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Re: Questions that I need answers to please...

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:53:14 -0500 (CDT)

At Sat, 6 Jul 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am curious about the depo shot, I started it about a year ago this
>month...Me and my boyfriend were just wondering a few questions so we know.
>If you get your shot regularly for however many shots you've ever gotten,
>your body is used to getting it on time right? Well what if I am late to get
>my shot, but I do get my shot (I am just late like a few weeks or something),
>once I get my shot it would be like restarting the whole process again,
>right? Because my body went a while with out it in it's system. If I have
>sex, and for some reason or another, say the condom breaks, how long would it
>take for the shot to get through my system to start protecting against
>pregnancy? And if it didn't kick in until after we had intercourse and i
>tuned out to get prgnant by that one time of sex...would it kill the baby or
>in anyway harm it? And I know alchohol and other substances weaken regular
>birth control, but since this is a shot and it goes through your system on
>its own, does it still affect the percentage of protection? Please if anyone
>knows the answers to these questions, you would be helping me and my
>boyfriend out so much. THANK YOU.

You should be able to find these answers in the archives 

--
Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
Sugar Land, TX


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