Months now and we have always used the pullout method but I am also on birth control. Only a couple months ago I think I might have screwed up my birth control I take the nuva ring. I was suppose to take it out the 26th of December but I didn't take it out till the 5th of January because I had forgotten and the next day I had my period and my period usually lasts up to 5 days and is usually heavy but this time it only lasted 3 days and was very light and watery with no cramps and that never happens. My period usually comes on the 13th of every month. On the 3rd day of my period, 8th of January, I had unprotected sex and he ejaculated in me. He did this a week before the 8th of January too. It is now the 18th and I am a little frightened that I might be pregnant.I no its only a week or so into it but I've been feeling nauseous, don't feel like eating a lot like anytime I look at certain food my stomach churns and I don't want to eat it and sometimes not at all I have a metallic taste in my mouth I feel bloated and white discharge has been coming out of me at least 3 to 5 times a day which also never has happened. Is there a possibility that I am pregnant?

Any time you have sex, protected or unprotected (nothing is 100%) there is a chance you can get pregnant. The pull out method is one of the LEAST effective means of birth control.

I would wait until your period is actually late and then ask your Pharmacist for whichever HPT he/she recommends.

To many there is no such thing as a Pull out method, he can pull out, but he still have left early fluids which can have sperm in it, pulling out just reduces sperm does not stop them.

So can't afford condoms?

But yes you could be pregnant,

Well yea we can afford condoms but we felt comfortable enough and trusted each other to experience it together. But now I'm concerned that I might be pregnant.

So you felt comfortable enough to become parents,
Trust has nothing to do with it, trust means you trust them, birth control means you don't want to become pregnant, one has nothing to do with the other

If you are, in fact, pregnant I hope you can trust your partner to help you raise the child, both financially and emotionally - if it is your choice to keep the child.

It's possible, but you will have to try a pregnancy test and see what results you get. If it is negative, wait and see what happens when you would expect your period for next month and test again if necessary. Your cycle may just be off because of how the birth control was used.

It is important to remember that there is no 100% safe time not to get pregnant, even during a period, so be sure he uses a condom every single time.

It's always best to take it after you miss your period.

Trust as in we WANTED to experience doing things together and I'm on birth control for my period not to prevent anything I'm not against having a child at a young age and if I was pregnant I would keep him/her
I wouldn't choose to give them away or do anything I will regret and yes I would be able to take care of 'em, I just wanted to no if it was possible that I am indeed pregnant because I'm not sure if what I thought was my period actually was my period because it was very light and watery and lasted 3 days and wasa week and a day early.

When will it be most efficient to take the test?

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But that's just it. I'm concerned that the period that I thought I had wasn't really a period and it was a week and a day early and if it isn't my period that would mean I'm now 6 days late.

Which means I'm not sure if I missed my period or not

Just try taking a test now. If you don't know whether you had a period or not, and you feel it wasn't a period, than buy a home pregnancy test and see what it says.

If it's negative and you're still worried that you might be pregnant than wait until your next period is due and see what happens then.

trust as in we WANTED to experience doing things together and im on birth control for my period not to prevent anything im not against having a child at a young age and if i was pregnant i would keep him/her
i wouldn't choose to give them away or do anything i will regret and yes i would be able to take care of 'em, i just wanted to no if it was possible that i am indeed pregnant because im not sure if what i thought was my period actually was my period because it was very light and watery and lasted 3 days and wasa week and a day early.

when will it be most efficient to take the test?

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As long as your boyfriend is on the same page concerning the possibility of pregnancy and is supportive,
but thats just it. im concerned that the period that i thought i had wasnt really a period and it was a week and a day early and if it isnt my period that would mean im now 6 days late.

which means im not sure if i missed my period or not


"Give them away?" This is painful language to anyone who has adopted a child, is an adopted child, has had a child adopted. You don't "give a child" away.

I'm sure you realize that you can avoid this wondering if you are faithful to your birth control method and perhaps even provide back up.

Good that your boyfriend is supportive. Any time you engage in sex there is a possibility of pregnancy and responsible people keep that in mind.

You act as if I'm a naïve little girl. Seriously I am old enough to make my decisions. And I would never, NEVER, give away any child that I have EVER. And the question that I had asked has nothing to do with my birth control.

And if you don't no how to read what I said I only had birth control to CONTROL my period not to prevent me for having a child and believe me I am ready for the responsibility. Like I said I was WONDERING.

Needanaswersnoe, try to remember that the people answering questions on this site are all volunteers.

If we all had a penny for every time a teenager told us they were ready to have a child, we'd all be very wealthy. The fact is, we're all over 18, and we all know how hard it is to raise a child, even when you're older, financially secure, married, etc. etc. So many young people seem to think that having a child is easy, that caring for a child is a piece of cake. It isn't, even under the best of circumstances, and at 18 there's no way that you're in the best of circumstances.

At best you have a high school diploma. You're not old enough to have gone to and completed college yet. So, what sort of work do you do? How much money do you make? Do you have a job? If not, how do you hope to get hired when people with college degrees are being forced to work at McDonalds for minimum wage because the job market is so bad.

Do you have any idea how much a child will cost? Just to have the baby in a hospital, if you're in the States, will cost anywhere from $12,000 and up, depending on how the delivery goes. Do you have that money saved up?

Where do you live? Do you have your own place? Can you afford your own place? Can you afford all the furniture, clothing, supplies, medical expenses etc. etc. that having a child entails?

Please don't come back and tell me that your parents will help out. That's not being responsible. If you're really ready for a child you have to be able to do all of this on your own. Not you and your parents, not you and your boyfriend (because statistically, he won't be around for long) but just you.

If you can honestly tell me that you can not only physically, but financially care for a child, than go for it, but I'm 40, I have a college degree, I have a husband and he makes a very good living, and we're still struggling, so I really can't see how a teen with a high school diploma at best, can afford to raise a child on her own.

So tell us, how do you plan to raise this child if you're pregnant? Getting pregnant is the easy part. Raising a child isn't easy at all.

Sorry "needananswer" but you don't GIVE a child AWAY. You put a child up for adoption, if that options is acceptable to you and the father. Arguing how responsible you are when you can't remember to use birth control rather argues against yourself. I am alarmed that you think the "pull out" method works.

And, yes, I "no" how to read. The question is do you "no" how to spell? Another indication of your age and immaturity.

If you and your boyfriend have the means to support a child AND he would stay with you and your child, continue to play around with birth control. If you don't, I'd suggest you follow the instructions and use a backup method.

I'd be curious to learn how many first time sex partners end up life partners - I'd venture a guess that there aren't many.

All of these are side issues. I'm tired of my tax money supporting other people's children... and their children.

Obviously you don't know how to read if your continuing to say that I forgot to take my birth control and haven't read that I AM NOT TAKING IT TO PREVENT BIRTH. I AM TAKING IT TO HELP MY PERIOD. And I have money and I have a job and I'm in school getting my masters in BSW to earn 75,000 a year.

And again I would never give away/give up for adoption. And if all your going to do is attack me on MY own question well then you can get the hell of my question and go VOLUNTEER on someone else's cause I already no what I need to no and YOU definitely didn't help me figure it out, so much for a volunteer. I could have sworn this was a ask a question and get answers website not ask a question and be judged website. Oh and by the way I would get use to giving away you tax money to help support others cause its not changing anytime soon.

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