Likelihood of pregnancy
Question:
Hi, I was diagnosed PCOS in 2000. I have been on the pill (Yasmin) for almost two years. On the first and second days of the second week of my pill pack, I was so tired I forgot to take them. I resumed on the third day, taking two on the third and two on the fourth day of that week to catch up. I did have intercourse on the first of the two days on which I forgot my pill. What is the probability, given pcos, that I could have gotten pregnant? I know that the pill packs give caution in relation to the second week, but am not clear how that is actually taking into consideration when one has pcos. thanks. Mysty
Response:
The likelihood of someone getting pregnant during the first week of a pill pack is extreamly low. If I remember correctly from when I was on the pill, I was usally bleeding the first couple days of a new pack, having statred about 3 or 4 days after the last acitve pill. Even a ‘normal 28-day-cycle’ woman would have a very low risk of pregnancy during the first week of her cycle. An egg only lives 24 hours and sperm can live up to 5 days, so you would have to have unprotected sex within 5 day prior to ovulation to concieve under normal circumstances. I’d think you shouldn’t be worried. A good general rule of thumb on when you might ovulate is approximate 2 weeks to 10 days prior to starting to bleed. I know that is a veryhard way to calculate, and that it wouldn’t hold true for every woman, but the average luteal phase (the time between ovulation and mensturation) is 10 – 14 days. For every woman, the part of the cycle that can vary most is the time from the end of mensturation to ovulation. Anyway, that is probably WAY more information than you were looking for, but thought I would offer it. Robin "Mysty" <inthem…@mailandnews.com> wrote in message
news:5c334e9f.0408240736.5540aa42@posting.google.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I was diagnosed PCOS in 2000. I have been on the pill (Yasmin) for > almost two years. On the first and second days of the second week of > my pill pack, I was so tired I forgot to take them. I resumed on the > third day, taking two on the third and two on the fourth day of that > week to catch up. I did have intercourse on the first of the two days > on which I forgot my pill. What is the probability, given pcos, that I > could have gotten pregnant? I know that the pill packs give caution > in relation to the second week, but am not clear how that is actually > taking into consideration when one has pcos. > thanks. > Mysty
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