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Re: Withdrawal Method QuestionFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:51:46 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Sera wrote: > >I'm 21 and have had no past pregnancies. I began thaking ortho >tri-cyclen about 4 months ago. I have been having sex with my fiance >for the past seven years and unprotected sex for the past six. Up until >the past 4 months have only used the withdrawal method as birth control >(no lectures on how dumb it was please). Before I went on the pill my >periods were pretty regular, but about 45 days apart,very long and very >crampy. I figured out when I was ovulating because of mucus changes >about 2 weeks before my peroid. I would try not to have unprotected sex >for the few days around ovulation. > >I finally got the guts to go to a ob-gyn and get an exam because I >wanted to see if going on the pill would make my periods less crampy. >Everything came back fine but the doctor said she was suprised that I >didn't get pregnant as the withdrawl method is a really unreliable form >of bitrh control. I am engaged and eventually want kids. Was it just >dumb luck that I didn't get pregnant or could either me or my fiance >have a fertility problem? Sera, Don't conclude you're infertile from the doctor's comments. You're probably just lucky. I had similar comments from doctors about my diaphragm (another "unreliable" form of birth control). Yet, it was reliable when I used it, and I easily conceived when I wanted to.
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