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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  This mildly irks me too, OP.

If you are "lax" about birth control, "cut corners", skip it, even "just that once", and then get pregnant, I'm sorry but that is NOT "a surprise".  It's just not.  Becoming pregnant was actually a rather-to-be expected outcome.  Maybe not the desired outcome, but not a surprise.

If you are using birth control correctly, and it fails (like the strep meds that reduced efficacy of the pill), that is indeed a surprise.

Middle ground, I would say, is the 40 yr old who has had basically a clock-work cycle her whole life, so she thinks she knows her fertile window, and then all of a sudden has a shorter or longer cycle due to perimenopause and gets pregnant.  That would be surprising...but still within the realm of possibility that I thought most adults were generally aware of.

I looooooooooooooooooooooove my IUD (non hormonal one), so none of the above for me.  [/quote]

To a point.  I was definitely surprised when, after needing IVF for my two kids I found myself pregnant after having sex once in a month in my late 30s.  Within the realm of possibility, but it was such a long shot that to "beat the odds" so to speak was definitely unexpected and accidental and surprising.[/quote]

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