Missing pills / maybe infertile?

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Im not the most organized person when it comes to taking my birth control pills on time. Sometimes I will honestly forget. It doesnt matter now as Im not having sex but before when I was it obviously mattered. However, there have been times in the last 3 years that I've missed up to about 3 pills (not on purpose!) because life got hectic and I'd just plain forget. It'd happen most frequently in the middle of the packs sometimes at the end or beginning but normally about the middle. I was having sex at the time, quite frequently with my ex over the last 2.5 years. As weird as it sounds, it seems odd to me that I didnt end up pregnant at some point. I know that typical use of the pill is about 93% I believe and if you are over a certain weight its even less.

Im honestly worried that something could be wrong with me or even him. I'd rather find out now when Im not trying to get pregnant rather than later when I am. My question is.. should I worry about this?? I have a doctors appointment soon and Im not sure I wanna bring it up to him or even how to bring it up to him.

Am I totally crazy or am I right to worry?? Help me :(

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Comments

[spiffychicky.livejournal.com]

I can honestly say I've thought the same thing. I was on BC for 1 year and a half sexually, active, broke up with this boy, (stupidly) stopped the pill (it was ravaging my body, like every pill horror story ever with that brand... ugh), then picked up with another boy a month later. And with this boy, there was almost never any birth control used, hormonal or otherwise (he was kind of an asshole who couldn't stay up with condoms and I didn't push is because I was a stupid teenager who wanted to get laid). I tried my best to avoid ovulation days, but this relationship was sexual for a good 6 months with little to no protection period. In retrospect I'm so confused about why I didn't get pregnant. I'm guessing it was just some seriously luck timing. I'm back on the pill (with a different, less shitty boy) and I've never missed a pill but I'm certainly nowhere near perfect use and still no babies. Our bodies are wierd sometimes.

But really, like you said typical use is still 93%. That's still relatively high. And if you don't have any current medical issues or a family history of infertility, you shouldn't have any reason to worry until you're 35+