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[iwantyouhere.livejournal.com]

Okay,so I got the morning after pill on the 3rd (Thanks,guys!) and I was suppose to ovulate today,but I didn't b/c of the pills. I was telling my friend about it. She was like "Are you nervous now?" I was like no. She's like "But you didn't ovulate...you could be pregnant....you don't ovulate when you are pregnant."

*facepalm*

I'm amazed that she is that unknowledgable about the reproductive system.


(I am right...right?)

Comments

[geminigirl]

I'm confused by your post. Your friend was correct-when you're pregnant and carrying a fetus, you don't ovulate.

[iwantyouhere.livejournal.com]

she was trying to tell me that since I didn't ovulate (b/c of the pill) this month,that I might be pregnant...and I was trying to explain that for me not ovulating meant that I wouldn't get pregnant NOT that I was.

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

I think her logic is more confused than her biology:

* All pregnant people do not ovulate (true)
* iwantyouhere did not ovulate (true)
* Therefore iwantyouhere is pregnant (invalid conclusion).

the fallacy's clearer with different terms:
* All people standing in the sea have wet feet
* marnanel has wet feet
* Therefore marnanel is standing in the sea (false, I was having a shower.)

[iwantyouhere.livejournal.com]

That made me laugh...and reminded me of the SATs.

[junni.livejournal.com]

As always, you're great. No, wait, you're excellent! :)

[foureyeddarlin.livejournal.com]

She is correct that you don't ovulate when you are pregnant. However, she is not correct in assuming that because you didn't ovulate you are pregnant - there are many reasons why you might not ovulate (including adding hormones to your body) in addition to pregnancy.

[whozurducky.livejournal.com]

When you are taking the pill... it causes you not to ovulate.

[foureyeddarlin.livejournal.com]

Combination hormonal contraceptives do work partly by suppressing ovulation, but they don't always stop ovulation, especially when you've not had perfect use (or you're using progestin-only pills.) The poster mentioned that she had taken the morning after pill, which implies that her birth control method didn't work or was taken incorrectly, or she isn't on the pill. Emergency Contraception also tries to stop ovulation/fertilization/implantation. It also isn't perfect. It is most likely that taking EC stopped ovulation for the original poster, but it isn't guaranteed.