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Is Pregnancy Possible Despite Taking Emergency Contraceptive?

Hello i am a male and i am very nervous. My girlfriend and I had were having sex the condom broke and i came inside her. She is not on birth control but i got the Aftera pill 3 hours later and she used it. its been four days but on the third day she had a little guey yellow discharge i am very nervous. I hope she is not pregant and today she had disharge today too. please help
Mon, 6 Jul 2015
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1. emergency contraceptive works best when taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex and since you have given within 3 hours thus possibility of pregnancy is minimal [95% effective] however to allay anxiety go for UPT [urine pregnancy test]

2. Since it is a contraceptive and not abortion pill thus remember it will not work if she is already pregnant so don't take it as main form of birth control

3. Since it does not protect against STDs [sexually transmitted disease] and discharge [spotting/irregular bleeding] might be the side effect of the drug which is of short term.
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Is Pregnancy Possible Despite Taking Emergency Contraceptive?

** 1. emergency contraceptive works best when taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex and since you have given within 3 hours thus possibility of pregnancy is minimal [95% effective] however to allay anxiety go for UPT [urine pregnancy test] 2. Since it is a contraceptive and not abortion pill thus remember it will not work if she is already pregnant so don t take it as main form of birth control 3. Since it does not protect against STDs [sexually transmitted disease] and discharge [spotting/irregular bleeding] might be the side effect of the drug which is of short term.