Do I need plan B pill at age 46

[Anonymous]

I don’t think the odds are necessarily as low as we are saying. It depends on the status of your cycle and family history. There is a lady in my church naturally pregnant at 45, 46 at delivery. I’m in awe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say no - 105 out of 72,005 makes it less than 0.2% chance. But do you want to be that woman delivering her 10th child a week after her 49th birthday? Nope. And it seems that they had abortions for women age 51.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/45103

I don’t get this study, it is recommending women aged 49+ not to use birth control and to have abortion if pregnant? Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the odds are necessarily as low as we are saying. It depends on the status of your cycle and family history. There is a lady in my church naturally pregnant at 45, 46 at delivery. I’m in awe!

Yes, this. I have a friend who conceived 3 kids (first month trying) at 40, 42, and 44. At almost 46 she thinks she is now "too old" to get pregnant again. Let's say, I have serious doubts about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you use condoms if you are married?

Not trying to be snarky - -
Just curious.

While I seriously doubt that you can get pregnant naturally at your age, it is still a very remote possibility.
Very remote.

Yet I would take Plan B because I couldn’t handle the possibility of having a child in my late forties.

Or having to terminate (which I definitely would.)

Long story, but mainly because we don’t do it often enough to bother

So was the condom old? If you’re not doing it often, don’t forget to replace the old condoms. They have a shelf life.

[Anonymous]

Schedule DH for the snip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say no - 105 out of 72,005 makes it less than 0.2% chance. But do you want to be that woman delivering her 10th child a week after her 49th birthday? Nope. And it seems that they had abortions for women age 51.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/45103

I don’t get this study, it is recommending women aged 49+ not to use birth control and to have abortion if pregnant? Why?

That study was published 40 years ago. I would look for newer information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say no - 105 out of 72,005 makes it less than 0.2% chance. But do you want to be that woman delivering her 10th child a week after her 49th birthday? Nope. And it seems that they had abortions for women age 51.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/45103

I don’t get this study, it is recommending women aged 49+ not to use birth control and to have abortion if pregnant? Why?

Probably because of the risk of blood clots or strokes from hormonal birth control, which were much higher back when that study was published because the pills available then had much higher doses of hormones. They are still risky as you age for that reason, especially if you are overweight or smoke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schedule DH for the snip.

Don’t think there is enough incentive given the low frequency

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Condom broke last night during sex with DH, it is around mid cycle, ie 15 days from my next period.
Given my age, 46, should I worry about getting Morning after pill?

Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let what happens, happen.

If you are by some miracle pregnant, maybe it was meant to be!

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let what happens, happen.

If you are by some miracle pregnant, maybe it was meant to be!

This is a hard no. If she was sure she wanted to be pregnant she would not have asked on an online forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The chances you're pregnant are minuscule. However, if you are pregnant, the chance that there would be serious defects with the fetus is huge.

Take that pill.

Agreed !000 %

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Condom broke last night during sex with DH, it is around mid cycle, ie 15 days from my next period.
Given my age, 46, should I worry about getting Morning after pill?

Yeah, plan B is taking it in the back door. You’re surely not gonna get pregnant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The chances you're pregnant are minuscule. However, if you are pregnant, the chance that there would be serious defects with the fetus is huge.

Take that pill.

Agreed !000 %

Highest odds are for a miscarriage. Second highest odds are for a healthy birth. Third highest odds are for a child with a birth defect.

[Anonymous]

Married and using condoms?