Condom failure without obvious breakage or misuse?

[Anonymous]

Has this happened to anyone personally? Sitting at work, feeling awfully pregnant but couldn't be more than 10 days past ovulation at the absolute most. Fwiw, I didn't feel pregnant early on with DD, and I don't usually get PMS. Age 38, so maybe my body is just going haywire?

[Anonymous]

Indigestion.

Try peeing on a stick for more accurate results.

[Anonymous]

I felt like that 2 months ago. I swore I was pregnant. My period was late, and I've only ever felt like that when I was KU.
Took a test, and it was negative. Got my period the next day. I chalked it up to a chemical pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Could very well be your 38 year old body going a little haywire. I'm also 38, and though I NEVER used to get PMS when I was younger, I'm finding that as I get older, I'm getting it with increasing intensity.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Mentioned this to a doctor friend of mine, and she said it might be perimenopause (breast tenderness at random times during cycle, fatigue, acne). Yikes.

[Anonymous]

I went through two years thinking I was pregnant every month (didn't want to be since I already had my 2 kids). I now realize it's just part of the ageing process - the clock gets really messed up and the symptoms of PMS feel so much like pregnancy. It started around 39 for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indigestion.

Try peeing on a stick for more accurate results.

hysterical!

[Anonymous]

Happened to me. No obvious reason why the condom failed that time.

Took Plan B right away. This was back in the day before Plan B and other emergency birth control was available w/o prescription. Now you can get Plan B without prescription. Most pharmacies sell it. You might have to look for it on the shelf and/or ask the pharmacist directly about it. Even though you don't need an Rx, most pharmacies keep it behind the pharmacy counter because it can't be sold to those under 17.

BTW, see the recent NYT article on Plan B, which says that it acts to prevent pregnancy by preventing ovulation and not by interrupting implantation of a fertilized egg. The latter would be troublesome to pro-lifers, but the former shouldn't be. See http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/health/research/morning-after-pills-dont-block-implantation-science-suggests.html?ref=planbcontraceptive

Of course, Plan B is more effective the sooner it is taken after failed contraception. I think there is a 72 hour recommended window, but even w/in that, the sooner the better. I keep a box in the closet now. Thankfully, I've never had to use it again.

[Anonymous]

You should be using more than just a condom to prevent pregnancy. So whatever the outcome this time, you should have DH get the snip snip if you're done with kids, or start the pill, or get your tubes tied, and IUD, etc.

Sorry but the fail rate on condoms alone when used properly isn't 0%.

[Anonymous]

I got pregnant using condoms. There was no noticeable hole, no tear, no break. I wasn't on the pill at the time (I was unemployed and had no health insurance, so the pill would have been expensive.)

So yeah, not foolproof.

But might just be your body changing as you age. My period all but disappeared after I had my daughter at age 36. I would get the PMS every 28 days but there'd be no bleeding some months, very little bleeding other months.