Could i even be pregant?!
Question: ok i started taking birth control last month but i was on an antibotic wheni found out that it could mess with my BC i stopped taking the antibotic on the 5th when i started my period. i just started the new pack on the 9th but on the 12th our condom broke? was my birth contorl working?? i takes two weeks to work but did the antibotic mess with it? can i even get pregant that close to ending my period?? HELP!!
Answers: ok i started taking birth control last month but i was on an antibotic wheni found out that it could mess with my BC i stopped taking the antibotic on the 5th when i started my period. i just started the new pack on the 9th but on the 12th our condom broke? was my birth contorl working?? i takes two weeks to work but did the antibotic mess with it? can i even get pregant that close to ending my period?? HELP!!
Not all antibiotics messes with all birth controls. Rifampin is the only type that has been shown to have an interaction. The more I read about antibiotics and the pill the more studies I find that say interaction only happens in a small percentage of women and doesn't totally cancel out the effects of the pill. Yet people still warn about using back-up contraception anyway, just to cover their arses.
You're meant to use back-up for 7 days after finishing the antibiotic. You stopped on the 5th and condom broke on the 12th so that's 7 days. If you've taken all your birth control pills right then I'm sure you're fine.
Here is a really good page that explains it: http://pregnancy.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Ant...
If it's been a few days you can't take the morning after pill. There's nothing you can do but wait and take a test in a couple of weeks. I'm sure you'll be fine.
If you had sex then yes, theres a chance that you can be pregnant. No birth control method is 100% effective and there is a possibility that your birth control didn't work. Your best bet is to take a pregnancy test about two weeks after intercourse.