Do I need plan B pill at age 46
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Anonymous
This. If you still get your period then you can get pregnant. |
Anonymous
Often the other birth control options don’t work for women. Condoms are a reasonable choice, especially if the dh doesn’t want to get snipped. |
Anonymous
Many of us do! I am OP’s age, also use condoms due to low frequency (marriage is good though, thanks!) and the increased risk of hormonal methods at our age. The birth control decision making changes as you age and life changes! I’ve used every other method out there over the years, as well. |
Anonymous
Why is this something you question? I'm 48, married, and dh uses them. We don't want surgeries, I can't tolerate hormonal, I acutally used a diaphgram for years but can't find a dr to fit a new one after a baby 5 years ago so we're using condoms until menopause. Does that explain it? OP-personally, I wouldn't take the plan b. The chance of a pregnancy is miniscule and the pill itself has effects. Check the package insert. |
Anonymous
Yep, condoms are our birth control of choice. Together 20 years. |
Anonymous
I imagine for obvious reasons: BECAUSE SHE IS HAVING SEX! Because her husband hasn’t gotten a vasectomy, the couple is sexually active and they don’t want more children. How is this hard to understand? |
Anonymous
| We used condoms until DH got a vasectomy. They are easy, cheap, and no side effects. |
Anonymous
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I feel like many women who give birth in their 40’s.....
Especially the late 40’s are not being 100% real. They likely are using either frozen eggs of their own or are using a donor egg. It is next to impossible to get pregnant after 45 on ones own, carry the pregnancy to term for the full forty wks, then deliver a full-term baby, at a healthy birthweight w/no birth defects or Down Syndrome. The only people that claim they or someone they know has done it is only people online. And everyone knows that not everything you read online speaks truth. |
Anonymous
Thank goodness someone called a spade a spade! DW was pregnant more than I care to remember in her mid to late 40’s and every pregnancy had a chromosome defect. You have a better chance of meeting God than getting pregnant in your mid to late 40’s without issues and a baby without some sort of birth defect. If you’re willing to take on a special needs baby, I applaud you. I’m not and yes, I’m selfish. |
Anonymous
You go ahead and feel that. 
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Anonymous
At 45, a woman's likelihood of getting pregnant is no more than 3 or 4 percent. That's not to say it's impossible, but assisted reproductive technologies are almost always necessary, with IVF the most common. "The few eggs you have left may have chromosomal abnormalities, so screening before IVF is critical.” Success rates are 0 to 1 percent, and most clinics recommend using eggs donated by a younger woman for those who want to conceive between ages 46 and 50. |
Anonymous
This. It's close to zero percent chance OP can successfully carry a baby to term, about one in ten thousand or less. Most of the people you know who got pregnant after age 42 did so with IVF but don't tell you. Nothing wrong with that of course. |
Anonymous
No one here is saying it’s a sure thing. They’re saying that there is a chance, and if op absolutely doesn’t want to get pregnant, she needs to continue to use condoms, and plan B if those fail. Dh and I stopped using birth control when we got married when I was 38. I ended up having healthy kids at 41 and 44. I also got pregnant at 46, but that ended in a miscarriage. At that age, highest probable outcome was an m/c. Second highest probability was a healthy pregnancy to term, third highest was to term with a chromosomal defect. Pregnancies after 45 are unusual, but they do happen. |
Anonymous
of course, what else would you do to avoid pregnancy? At 46, other forms of birth control lead to blood clots. |
Anonymous
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