Morning After Pill While Pregnant

About the morning after pill

The morning after pill is emergency contraception that prevents you from becoming pregnant. This pill is meant only for birth control, to be used in emergencies, and only if you believe there has been a failure of your current attempt at birth control, like the tearing of a condom of copulation, or any other precautionary approach.

Availability of the morning after pill

A morning-after pill was easily available in your local pharmacy store and can be obtained without prescription.

How to take the morning after pill?

It must be taken in two doses. Take the first dose within 72 hours of unprotected sex and take the second pill 12 hours after taking the first dose. After two doses, do not engage in unprotected sex.

How does the morning after pill work?

The morning after pill prevents the ovaries from releasing an egg and alters the lining of the uterus which prevents a fertilized egg implant in the uterus.

Effectiveness of the morning after pill

The morning after pill is not 100% effective, but the failure rate is as low as 10% if it is not taken early. It can be as effective as 98-99% if you take these pills beginning.

Who is able to take the pill?

Most women can use the morning after pill, including those with a history of breast cancer, or more than 35 years and have been informed not to use birth control pills on a regular basis. However, it is recommended that women who have severe liver disease or who suffer from porphyria should not take the morning after pill. In addition, the morning after pill does not work for pregnant women.

Who will benefit all of the pill?

Women who do not want to get pregnant can benefit greatly from this pill.

Couples who have a condom break during sex.

The women attracted to have sex under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

What are the side effects?

The morning after pill side effects include, fatigue, nausea, headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, irregular bleeding and breast tenderness. However, as this is a short-term treatment, these side effects resolve once you have completed two doses.

Is it the pill on fertility?

It does not affect fertility in any way and your fertility returns immediately after your next period.