Morning After Pill helps prevent pregnancy before it starts by temporarily delaying ovulation when taken within 72 hours (3 days) after unprotected sex. The sooner you take it, the better it works. Wondering whether you’re within the window to take Morning After Pill? Enter the date and time you had unprotected sex below.
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Morning After Pill is an Emergency Contraceptive. It is a form of birth control that is meant to be used if your regular birth control failed (like a condom broke or you missed pills) or you forgot to use birth control. It helps prevent pregnancy after sex and must be taken within 72 hours (3 days).
- Take within 72 hours of unprotected sex; the sooner you take it, the better it works
- Available for purchase at neighborhood convenience stores (no ID or Rx required)
- Won’t affect your ability to get pregnant later
Levonorgestrel is a type of progestin that is commonly found in birth control pills. Emergency contraceptives containing levonorgestrel have been trusted for 40 years as a safe way to prevent pregnancy. This is not the abortion pill. If you are already pregnant, it will not end or harm your pregnancy.
- Prevents the release of an egg (ovulation) so the sperm will not find an egg to fertilize. No egg. No fertilization. No pregnancy.
- Won’t affect your ability to get pregnant later.
- If you are already pregnant, it will NOT end or harm your pregnancy.
- Take within 72 hours of having sex.
The sooner you take it, the better it works.
Morning After Pill
Morning After Pill is safe when used as directed. Its main ingredient has been used for more than 40 years. Some people may experience side effects but they tend to be mild and of short duration. The effects of the pill are only temporarily in your system so it will not affect your health later on.
Some people might experience temporary changes in their period such as bleeding and spotting. If your period is a week late or you think you might be pregnant, please take a pregnancy test.
- Irregular period bleeding
- Nausea
- Lower abdominal pains
- Tiredness
- Headache or dizziness
- Breast pain or tenderness
- Vomiting
The hormone in the Morning After Pill delays the release of an egg (ovulation), so sperm can’t find the egg to fertilize it. When fertilization is avoided, a pregnancy is prevented. No egg. No fertilization. No pregnancy.
You’ll know Morning After Pill has worked when you get your next period, which should come at the expected time. Sometimes your period can be up to a week late. If you wish to find out earlier whether Morning After Pill has worked, you can do an early pregnancy test 10-12 days after the day you had unprotected sex.
No. It will not. If you currently have periods every month, taking Morning After Pill will not affect your ability to get pregnant later. When you start your next cycle, you’ll ovulate again and that will bring a new opportunity to get pregnant. If you have irregular periods, you may have difficulty getting pregnant if you decide to become pregnant, but taking Morning After Pill once or more than one time will not make it more difficult.
So no worries if you want to have children later on!
Yes you can. It is safe to do so.
There is no weight limit for Morning After Pill. When you take it is the most important factor; the sooner you take it after unprotected sex, the more effective it will be.
No. Morning After Pill helps prevent a pregnancy from starting. It is not the same as the abortion pill so it will not terminate or harm an existing pregnancy.
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2.3 million unintended pregnancies happen each year in the U.S. alone, almost half of all pregnancies.
2 out of 3 people living in small U.S. towns can’t find emergency contraceptives in their local stores.