Pregnancy: Could I Be Pregnant? / Question
Published: March 16, 2009
Dear TeenHealthFX,
i am 16 and afraid i may be pregnant. My boyfriend and I had unprotected, but I came on my period March 6. and ended March 12. but had unprotected sex on March 14. is it possibly that i could be pregnant.....Please Respond Thank you
Signed: Is It Possible I Could Be Pregnant?
Dear Is It Possible I Could Be Pregnant?,
If you had sex so close to the end of your period it is unlikely you are pregnant (as the window where pregnancy is most likely is around the time you ovulate, generally in between your periods). However, it is absolutely not impossible – so to ease your fears you may want to meet with a healthcare professional to get a definitive answer on this. If you need to find a free pregnancy testing center, you can call 866-942-6466. If this is an unplanned pregnancy, you can call 1-800-672-2296. And if you are pregnant, but have no medical insurance, you can call 1-800-450-0183.
TeenHealthFX also wants you to stop having unprotected sex! By writing into us, FX feels certain that you do want to deal with a pregnancy at this point in your life – so we want you to stop putting yourself at risk to become pregnant and subsequently have to deal with choices like abortion, becoming a teenage mother, or having to give your baby up for adoption. Birth control methods such as withdrawal or “pulling out” or the rhythm method (where you aim not have sex around the time of ovulation) are very poor methods of protecting against unwanted pregnancies and offer no protection against the transmission of STDs. We recommend that you and your boyfriend use a condom each and every time you have sex, and that you speak with a healthcare professional about using something like the pill or patch as a back-up method of birth control.
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Signed: TeenHealthFX
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