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Possible ovulation on birth control, could I be pregnant?
have been on birth control for a year now and have never missed a pill. This is the first time that i have gotten the stringy discharge that i believe signals ovulation since being on the pill. I got the discharge the day after my period ended and i actually spotted a bit as well. I am scared that this was ovulation. I had sex with my boyfriend the day before and the day that the discharge began. We used condoms and he pulled out as well, but I cannot get pregnant right now because I am in pharmacy school. What are the chances that I am pregnant? Was this really ovulation? This was four days ago and today I've been gassy and had a headache and felt almost crampy. My mind could be playin tricks on me but I'm super scared
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- ?Lv 76 years agoFavorite Answer
There is no chance that you could be pregnant.
Stringy discharge doesn't mean fertile cervical mucus - you may be mistaking normal discharge or lubrication for cervical mucus, but even if it is cervical mucus it doesn't mean it's fertile quality...and even if it was that doesn't mean you ovulated, this mucus is produced leading up to ovulation. My guess would be that even if you are seeing cervical mucus it is just that, just normal cervical mucus which is coming down with remainder of your withdrawal bleed, which can happen around ovulation as your cervical o is open a little.
The combination pill works to prevent ovulation, fertile quality cervical mucus, and secondary uterine lining build-up...so that's three ways it prevents possible pregnancy. When used correctly the risks of it failing are slim, add to that the fact you're also using condoms and withdrawal...your risks are zero.
On top of all that, feeling gassy or getting a headache is completely irrelevant - these aren't normal symptoms of ovulation, also just in case you're thinking it at this point you'd not even be pregnant yet (thus why you'd still be able to use emergency contraception like EllaOne or IUD at this point to prevent unwanted pregnancy) and symptoms of pregnancy typically don't occur until around 6-8 weeks, if at all.
Consider some figures:
Combination pill alone is 99.7% effective.
Pill + condoms is 99.99% effective
Pill + withdrawal is 99.98% effective
Condoms + withdrawal is 99.92% effective
There are no stats for using three methods at once, needless to say it's around 99.9999999999% effective.
So, the pill protects you in THREE ways...you're using THREE forms of birth control...you are also within a time when you could pick-up EllaOne if you needed it...even if you became pregnant there are options to have an abortion or put the child up for adoption too. You need to think why you're *this* scared.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Yes it can happen but it has nothing to do with your period or the pill not working. As long as you take your pill you're fine.
