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archangelbeth ([personal profile] archangelbeth) wrote in [community profile] vaginapagina 2008-04-02 11:49 am (UTC)

If remaining un-pregnant is a goal, unprotected sex should not be met with reassurance/positivity.

But neither should it be met with scare tactics.

The timing of the unprotected sex (probably far after ovulation had happened, and unlikely to be within 5-7 days of the next cycle's ovulation), and the lack of ejaculation mean that the odds are with "not pregnant." The question is whether the OP's friend considers the odds to be sufficient to her desire not to become pregnant, or if she wants to be extra-mega-positive.

In which case, she should get Plan B.

There's no reason to imply that "OMG ALL SEX = PREGNANCY" on this community. There are plenty of other places which think it's okay to claim that any sex could cause a spontaneous ovulation with ninja sperm jumping out of the penis and rappelling from the thighs into the vagina. Here, though, it's better to give the statistics so that people can make their own decision about whether the odds are comforting enough for them or if they want to take further precautions.

Me, in my relationship? I'd not be comfortable with having done it, but I wouldn't bother with Plan B. It would not be a disaster if my husband and I had another kid. The OP, in an unknown relationship with her partner? Might consider any risk to be too great, and want to seek Plan B to reduce or eliminate the chance of a freak ovulation just before her period would normally have come, or guard against the chance that stress had delayed her ovulation sufficiently to make her due for one unexpectedly.

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