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writes:ok, i have big drama. to begin with,i started taking my birth control incorrectly, instead of starting the sunday after or the day my period begins, i started the day my period ended. I spotted the whole first month and never got my period. 2nd month into the pack the spotting stopped but i missed 2 active pills right before the placebo pills. my boyfriend and i had unprotected sex while i missed pills but the next day i bled slighlty, not enough to wear a pad or tampon. also, i never started taking a 3rd pack of birth contro, oh, i was also taking St. johns wort, which is supposed to reduce the effectivness of the pill. i would love to have children but i don't know what the chances of pregnancy are? it's been 2 wEeks to the day and i've taken several pregnancy tests, all negative. could i be stpregnant and is it too early to take a test?
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reader, pinktopaz +, writes (26 July 2008):
I'm glad to know that you're willing to take on the responsibility of parenthood. But don't you think it would be nicer to be married and have a planned child? I'm not knocking anybody down who hasn't done it the "right" way, as people say. I know marriage isn't for everybody and accidents happen. But just from experience with friends and family who happened to get pregnant and ended up getting married simply for the sake of getting married because they now have a child, wished they had gotten married to someone first and then had a child. Having a kid isn't easy--your whole life is devoted to that one person. And sadly, sometimes your boyfriend isn't the great guy he's cracked up to be once you have a child together. Just some advice that maybe you should consider.
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reader, anonymous, writes (26 July 2008): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionsince i missed those pills i've been doing a massive amount of research on the effectiveness of birth control if you miss pills and forget back up pills. the only reason that i know about the st. johns wort is becuase i found that out online after the fact. i do want kids and and i've been taking birth control because they calm my periods down becuase they're so bad, so if i were to become pregnant it wouldn't be something that i'd be afraid of. the point of the question was to find someone who maybe went through a similar situation and could give me advise or when it's appropriate to take a test.
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reader, Angela.B  +, writes (25 July 2008):
 If you miss a pill, or lower the effectiveness of the pill (such as by taking St Johns Wort or some antibiotics etc) and have unprotected sex then it is always possible that you could be pregnant.
How likely is it? Well, that's pretty much impossible to say because every womans body is different. Even if you could say there was a 57% chance it wouldn't really help much anyway - it wouldn't tell you if you were pregnant and if you really didn't want a baby then even a small chance is probably too high anyway!
Home pregnancy tests can vary in how sensitive they are, but in general they can wrongly report "no" until about 1 week after you were expecting your period. If by that time they are still saying "no" then you can take that as the final result. If you are still unsure you can always ask your doctor to do one to be on the safe side.
You say you'd love kids and haven't started your next pack. If you and your boyfriend are actually starting to try for a baby (if you're not then you don't need have it pointed out that stopping taking the pill and having unprotected sex is almost certainly going to result in one sooner or later!) the medical advice is to wait a couple of months after stopping because there is a small chance that the changes in your hormones caused by the pill might not be good for the baby.
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reader, pinktopaz +, writes (25 July 2008):
I'm not trying to put you down, but if you cannot take your pills everyday like you're supposed to AND you take St. John's Wort and you KNOW that it can lessen the effectiveness of the pill, why don't you use a back up method?!
If you are pregnant you body will start producing that hormone which is what pregnancy tests are supposed to detect. The only things that I have read is that it could be early and your body isn't producing enough of the hormone yet to give you a positive result. However, I think you usually ovulate the week after your period, so if you were on the pill the previous month and even if you did take it a few days later than you were supposed to, I'm sure you're fine. But don't take my word for it. If it goes long enough, go to the doctor and have a blood test taken for pregnancy.
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