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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another mini pill failure -- babies 15 months apart. Was very freaked out at first but they are teens now and it's all good.

And I've now used an IUD for 15 years[/quote]
My OB told me that the mini pill is only 90% effective which seems like terrible odds if you’re trying to prevent a pregnancy? Like “oh good, only 1 in 10 women will accidentally create another human being”[/quote]
Closer to 99% with perfect use. Average use 90%.

Perfect use means taking it exactly the same time every day. You miss a day and you're unprotected for a week. Hence oops babies.[/quote]

I used it for years and no oops babies. It doesn't give you the clotting and stroke risk like the estrogen ones. I just set a timer to take it at the same time every day. Not that hard. [/quote]

Well, then I guess you’re not one of the unlucky 9%. Your n=1 doesn’t prove anything.

It’s not only the taking it at the exact same time. Like the combined pill, it has a list of meds that can make it less effective. Allergy meds, antibiotics, OTC stuff like Pepto Bismol. Having vomiting or diarrhea. St. John’s wort.

In any case, OP was using condoms, which are also excellent in “perfect” use, but rarely used perfectly, because people having sex are humans and all.

Congratulations, OP. It sounds like this won’t be a huge stressor on your family, and I think in those cases, a baby is good news.

Like PPs have pointed out, I probably wouldn’t advertise that baby is an oops, although some people will surmise that by the timing. My “baby” brother is an oops and it’s something that he feels has followed him around his whole life. [/quote]

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