40 hours later....still at risk of being pregnant?!


Question: 40 hours later....still at risk of being pregnant?
I had unprotected sex 40 hours ago and have only just taken Levonelle. Currently, I am aware that this is time that my body is ovulating. Yesterday my doctor told me that due to my period cycle there is a high risk that I am ovulating. Could I possibly be pregnant then after taking the pill 40 hours later and being mid cycle at the same time.

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yep



It's not 100% effective, but you did take it within the 72 hours that it can be used in, so you have a reasonable chance of it working to prevent pregnancy..

According to Bayer, Levonelle works in 3 ways:
1) if you haven't ovulated yet, it can inhibit ovulation
2) if you have ovulated, but the egg has not been fertilized, it can inhibit fertilization
3) and lastly even if an egg has been fertilized, it can inhibit implantation in the uterine wall

So if Bayer's claims are true, the only way you could be pregnant is if within those 40 hours you had already ovulated, it became fertilized, and it reached and implanted itself in the uterus before the drug could prevent any of those occurrences.

Good luck.

http://www.levonelle.co.uk
and Alumni of a University Honors program on the Sociology of Human Sexuality



Yes. Emergency contraceptives are only about 87% effective. While taking the pill certainly lowered your chances, you'll still have to wait and see.



There is still a risk... the sooner you take it the less of a risk there is



you should go to doctors immediately.




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