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Is Plan B Necessary After Condom Burst During Intercourse?

My girlfriend and I had sex, and I came a bit into the condom (as in I pulled out to try to stop it and just a tiny bit went into the tip). We decided to keep going, and when we finished I checked the condom to see if the outside smelled like semen (as I always do as a cautionary procedure), but she had given me one of those flavored ones, so all I could smell was overpowering orange and latex. She isn t on the pill, so would it be advised to go with planb?
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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If you tried having condom sex and the condom broke when it was still inside your partner then taking a plan B is better. This is an emergency pill and should be taken when accidents like these happen. The plan B must be taken as early possible because after 24 hours following sex, the efficacy of emergency pills decreases. Please keep in mind that plan B should be taken only in emergency as this time and not regularly. It contains a high dose of hormones and can cause several side effects like ovarian cysts and irregular cycles. After taking plan B your partner may have early or delayed bleeding for two cycles. Taking the plan B will give more than 95 percent protection if taken within 3 hours after condom break.
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Is Plan B Necessary After Condom Burst During Intercourse?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. If you tried having condom sex and the condom broke when it was still inside your partner then taking a plan B is better. This is an emergency pill and should be taken when accidents like these happen. The plan B must be taken as early possible because after 24 hours following sex, the efficacy of emergency pills decreases. Please keep in mind that plan B should be taken only in emergency as this time and not regularly. It contains a high dose of hormones and can cause several side effects like ovarian cysts and irregular cycles. After taking plan B your partner may have early or delayed bleeding for two cycles. Taking the plan B will give more than 95 percent protection if taken within 3 hours after condom break.