Pregnancy Scare Masterpost

If you have had any sexual activity where pre-ejaculate or ejaculate has gotten near the vulva there is a chance of pregnancy. For a longer explanation visit this post.

To figure out what your approximate chance of pregnancy is visit this break down of chance by contraceptive technique used.

If you had sex that had a high risk of pregnancy, like you were totally unprotected, you had a condom failure, didn’t do the withdrawal technique right, or weren’t using birth control correctly you can take emergency contraception. It’s best to get EC as soon as you can, it is more effective the sooner you take it and not effective after 5 days. EC, like birth control, keeps you from ovulating. Unlike birth control it is a dose so that it starts working immediately but stops working after somewhere in between 5-7 days. This is because sperm lives inside of the body for around 5 days although some experts believe it may be closer to 7. If you don’t ovulate during that time there’s no chance of pregnancy. To find out more about different types of EC and other information visit this post.

If it is too late to take emergency contraception, to figure out when you should be concerned visit my “Am I pregnant: A step-by-step guide”

To reduce your worry about a pregnancy scare visit my post on safer sex.