I’m curious if anyone knows of any household replacements for plan B that can be taken after intercourse (say, the condom broke and you can’t access plan B for the next 2-3 days). Birth control pills aren’t an option at the moment.
(Also, you guys can save the snark or the quips about stealth bragging. -.-)
None. But Plan B it it’s cousins can be used up to 72 hours post coitus.
Wait, I misspoke. If your partner is on an OCP, then it can be used. I assumed she wasn’t or this wouldn’t be an issue.
And don’t worry about the stealth bragging accusations. I’d rather castigate you for relying on only condoms :p.
Aaaand if you can find a doctor who inserts IUDs within a week, that’s also an option. And then you have excellent birth control for 5 years!
Oral birth control? Well, she was taking it… And then she ran out, and was a problem getting new ones involving her doctor. She’s been off about 2 days longer than the normal pause for her period… I saw that in various places while googling around, but that was all we found, and it’s not really an option right now.
That… probably isn’t an option. We’d have to see if her insurance covers it (german insurance is good, but maybe not that good), and if she wants it, and of course if her mother wants in). Let’s just assume this isn’t possible.
Unfortunately, those are really your only options. There are tons of urban legends out there (up to and including douching with bleach!), but none are true. Hormones, IUD, and luck are the only real emergency contraceptives. Right now, the latter isn’t so bad, since the chance of pregnancy after a single episode is only about 1 in 20.
I wish I could be of more help!
This chart (scroll down) may be what you are searching for. It list many brands of oral contraceptives and how many of each you need to take for emergency contraception.
Two days past the typical “period” week on hormonal birth control makes it incredibly unlikely that she would have ovulated, so the odds are in your favour, though of course there’s no guarantee. Even 72 hours post-coitus, go get Plan B and use it; it can still be effective, though much less than in the first 24 hours.
I would call a medical professional, like, you know, a doctor or something, and ASK them what would be the best Plan B in the absence of Plan B™.
Since this is basically medical advice, let’s move it to IMHO.
Colibri
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If there were safe and effective household items that could be used as post-coital contraception then, I mean…I shouldn’t even have to finish this sentence.
I assumed his inability to access Plan B = inability to access a doctor.
At this point if she hasnt got her period and an at-home preg test is positive, the OPs lady friend should see a doctor… in order to schedule a confirmatory pregnancy test and/or nonsurgical abortion.
I Interpret it as “I don’t want to see a doctor because they will tell my parents.” (which itself may or may not be true). Either that or the op lives in a socially restrictive nation, and can look forward to being a daddy.
Maybe, but a phone call to Planned Parenthood is free and can be anonymous.
He mentions “German insurance” in post #4 so any US-centric assumptions/suggestions may not be useful.
Could be a German national visiting or living here in the US; he only has German insurance and does not know how to access healthcare in the US with it.
I want an update!
I’m pretty sure he’s mentioned in the past that he lives in Germany, and has little access to transport. But I suspect it’s the young girlfriend and the disapproving mother which is more of a factor here the reluctance to see a doctor. Put it this way, she’ll disapprove far more if her daughter ends up pregnant, so do what you can to deal with this.
In case you hadn’t figured it out already, for the love of all that’s good, do not resort to some kind of household remedy. Get condoms, get female condoms, get her a sponge or some spermicide or something, but do not half-ass this just because she’s having problems getting a prescription refilled.
RU-486 is good for the first 7 weeks of pregnancy.
Plan B is 89% effective within 72 hours, but it supposedly works for 120 hours after intercourse. I have no idea how effective they are after 5 days, but they still work.