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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking a different angle here.  Your DD may feel like I did as a teen. I didn't have sex until college. I remember being completely confused by the idea that people could get "caught up in the moment" and have unprotected sex.  Seemed totally bizzare to me because I knew the risk of getting pregnant and how it would impact my life.  I knew that no amount of making out and foreplay was going to have me take that risk.  I really just didn't understand how that could happen. Tell her to be prepared to use condoms and make sure she knows about the morning after pill (God forbid she ever find herself in a situation she can't control).  [/quote]

I was like this as well. Nowhere near ready as 15, the guys I knew in high school just did not get me that excited. Even when I did lose my virginity, I got myself to student health services, had an exam, and waited through the window for it to start taking effect before actually having sex. I was confident enough in my own bodily autonomy to tell my partner that was the timeline, and would not have stayed with someone who didn't respect me that way.

OP, I think it's important to show your DD that HER choices are worthy of respect, not pressure her to take the pill because "everyone's doing it." How do you expect her to stand up for what she wants with men if her own mother doesn't respect her wishes about her own body? Set an example! Just let her know about PP's recommendations, and also how long it takes for the pill to be effective when you start it, and let her make her own decisions.

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