Pregnant while on birth control?

[darkstar]

I'm on Ava 30 ED and I'm not the best at taking it at the exact time each day but I usually remember to at least take it around the same time each evening roughly. Once last month I forgot and had to take it the next afternoon as soon as I remember so I was over 12 hours late.

I did ovulate a couple of weeks ago, and I don't usually, but I had the cramping and increased discharge I would usually get when ovulating when i'm not on the pill.

For the last few days I've had an upset stomach, a little nausea, really really sore breasts, heartburn and headaches. I'm so hoping it is just the pill side effects as we are not trying to conceive, my 2 year old is supposed to be the last! I've been on the pill for around 5 months so its not my body adjusting to a new pill. Could it just be symptoms? I have no tests to set my mind at ease and I don't live close to a pharmacy to get any yet so I realise its the only way to be sure :/

Has anyone got pregnant on birth control?

 

[Angel022605]

(I've never been preg but I know a few people who have been) yes you can get preg while on BCP. The pill is only 97-99% effective even when you take it religiously. The 2 people I know did get preg while on the pill and they swore they took it religiously. Even the shot is still 99.9% effective. So all in all yes it is possible to get preg on the pill even when you do take it super duper religiously.

 

[lilmisscaviar]

I became pregnant while on BCP. I took them everyday but not at the same time and boy was I surprised when I got my a couple weeks later! I knew by the symptoms you're describing that something was up, especially the sore breasts. They were so mega sore that I had to use hot water bottles!

 

[darkstar]

Thanks for your responses. I tested yesterday and it was negative but af wouldn't be due yet for 10 days anyway. I was hoping if I am pg it would show early so I know whether to keep taking my pills and I'm not sure if I should as they recommend you stop if you suspect you might be pg.

 

[ProudArmyWife]

Just curious how this turned out for you? Im somewhat in the same situation. We moved at the end of april and during that move I ended up missing 3 active pills in a row which brought on my withdrawal bleed so i just stopped the pack (it was the last week) and let my bleeding die out at then restarted with a new pack so basically i missed the last 5 active pills plus the 7 inactive pills. So there was about a 12 day break in hormones for me. I restarted the pills and am now coming up to my inactive week again but there is this nagging feeling in m head that I am pregnant. I cant shake it and i think its because i know my chances were increased to ovulate but i mean really? does that really happen that often? I have taken a test and it showed negative so i figured I would wait to see if i bleed this coming week.


sorry for such a long post just been weighing heavy on my mind