falling pregnant while on the pill

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So, this question goes out to all the ladies. Do you use the pill? Do you use any other protection? Have you ever fallen pregnant while on the pill?
 
Apparently munching antibiotics can mess with the pills effectiveness.

/not a lady
 
My colleague says his wife has fallen pregnant three times while on the pill.

I somehow don't believe his wife.
 
The pill has a 99.7 % protection. Usually it fails due to lack of compliance.

Antibiotics stop the pill from becoming active thereby stopping its protective effects.

So yes you can fall pregnant on the pill. The problem is the intervals of how you use the pill and what type of pill you use. Monophasic, biphasic triphasic combination oestrogen progesterone ones high concentration synthetics vs low. Its extremely complex, and its a field I personally dispise.
 
RiaX said:
Antibiotics stop the pill from becoming active thereby stopping its protective effects.
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This is s theory but has never been formally proven by clinical studies.
 
its because broadspectrum antibiotics disrupt the normal flora in the git and they are used to convert the ingredients in the pill to its active form. Kill them off less active enters the blood stream.

You can't do a clinical study with undesired effects. What if the participants don't want to be pregnant and they end up pregnant in the trial ? Also how you going to monitor sperm integrity and compliance. Some things will never be studied and will remain theory but they taken as fact
 
Thought this thread was about falling from a spill while pregnant :what:
 
My brother in law is a pill baby, but that's 35+ years ago.

Wife is on the pill and we still use a condom, just don't want to take a chance at another little one yet.

Lots of things can affect the efficiency of the pill. Time of day its taken (needs to be consistant), skipping a pill, antibiotics, diarrhea....just read the pamphlet. You also get a lot of variation in the types of pill as mentioned above.

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Something that seriously irks me about the pill is that you can walk in and get it from a government clinic if you are disadvantaged, as soon as you go onto a medical aid though you need your gynae or GP to give you a perscription that is only valid for 6 months to get the pill from a pharmacy. Explain the logic of this to me please...
 
The logic behind it is that the medical aids are probably in coo hoots with the doctors or they have been mandated to do this to encourage business hence generating profits hence generating more business taxes etc etc etc....all leads back to the greedy government.
 
My gf's sister is a pill baby. Apparently mom did not drink pill on time each day and probably skipped now and then. From what I've heard you need to take it at the same time each day. Don't no how true it is though.
 
you also have to take the pill for a set amount of time before hand.
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First time users must wait one whole cycle before protection begins. If protection breaks from more than 2 or more missed pills it takes 7 - 14 days to restablish protection depending on the type of pill.

Wife is on the pill and we still use a condom, just don't want to take a chance at another little one yet.
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Consider IUD or do natural planning while on the pill. Though if your wife reads her instructions and follows it religiously then there is no worries. I explained natural planning for some poor kid who thought he knocked up his GF here:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...girl-to-get-pregnant/page7?highlight=pregnant

Something that seriously irks me about the pill is that you can walk in and get it from a government clinic if you are disadvantaged, as soon as you go onto a medical aid though you need your gynae or GP to give you a perscription that is only valid for 6 months to get the pill from a pharmacy. Explain the logic of this to me please...
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Its medicine control act, law. You allowed 6 repeats on a chronic prescription, thats 7 issues in other words The script must be repeated 6 more times. A lot of pharmacists and doctors dont do this because its a grey area and the penalty for breaking this law is stiff. I myself dont do it and do a maxium of 6 issues as well. If you buy from the franchises you cannot break the law, a private smaller pharmacist can make a plan :p I prefer these guys as they keep a full drug history and its always the same guy you deal with, totally worth the extra bucks.

They pay in a government facility. Everyone is welcome at a government facility you get charged according to your status, however if you have medical aid you will not be allowed to collect medications at the government pharmacy. Though the equipment is not on par as with the private sector plus the hospitals are over crowded and you require referals to access higher facility care. Trust me you rather pay privately and save yourself 9 hours. I worked at a government regional hospital for a year, there were days where I had to serve 1000 patients myself, imagine waiting in PnP to buy stuff in a queue a 1000 long? I ran FAAAAR away from that hospital.

Oh and in the government centre they get 6 month issues as well. Once you established in a government facility and follow the rules properly its a quick and fast procedure after that. Some people get their medication within minutes since in government we dont process medical aids and have fancy printers, just a sticky label and a pen.

medical aids are probably in coo hoots with the doctors
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Not doctors, they hate doctors surgeons are expensive. Medical aids target pharmacies like clicks and dischem and authourise their products. If you want original panado tablets you pay a levy charge and if you want panado capsule same thing same price suddendly they only give you R5 for medicine. This forces you to buy cheaper generics run by chain pharmacies that force you to buy certain branded drugs because they got a bulk order contract, a formulary.

How you think pharmaceutical companies can pay their reps R600 000 per annum excld med aid pension car petrol phone allowance and commisions of 20% of R1 000 000 sales per annum? its all just good business at the end of the day. All I ever get from these fools are cheapy s**tty plastic pens that dont write :mad:

From what I've heard you need to take it at the same time each day. Don't no how true it is though.
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Still true, even for modern day pills, though modern ones have more slack. if you miss one pill (provide its not the first pill in the 7 days she is most likely ovulate) the woman can take the forgotten pill when she remembers within 24 hours, even if it means taking two at the same time (brand dependant not universal). If she misses it her protection can be compromised.

This is why I despise women's health ... just look how f**king complex all this is :mad:
 
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Arzy said:
Going off topic now:

Something that seriously irks me about the pill is that you can walk in and get it from a government clinic if you are disadvantaged, as soon as you go onto a medical aid though you need your gynae or GP to give you a perscription that is only valid for 6 months to get the pill from a pharmacy. Explain the logic of this to me please...
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Anybody can get free pills at a govt clinic, as long as you dont mind the long queue. They dont ask for your medical aid information at your local clinic, that only happens at the govt hospitals.

As for the pharmacy story, it depends on which pharmacy you go to. If its your Link/Clicks/Dischem, they will insist on a prescription. If its your Ngobeni & what-what pharmacy, they sell to you no problem, no prescriptions.
 
Hmmm.... interesting.

Have any of you pill babies that are middle aged now have any chronic illnesses outside that of your parents' medical history?
 
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