Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
During sex, my condom slipped off and stayed inside my partner’s vagina after ejaculation. The condom was intact, and semen was at the tip of the condom. Within 5 hours, she took EllaOne. She was in her ovulation period. What is the risk of pregnancy in this situation?
Kindly help.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
I read your query and understood your concern.
Based on your description, during sex with your partner using a condom, the condom remained in her vagina after the sex was completed. You mentioned that the condom was intact and semen was at the tip of the condom. Still, there is some chance of a small amount of semen spilling into your wife's vagina. She was in her ovulation window period. But she has taken an emergency contraceptive pill within five hours of the intercourse.
Research has shown that the emergency contraceptive pill protects from pregnancy in more than 95 percent of cases if the emergency contraceptive pill is taken within 24 hours of having intercourse. Thus, we can assume that the chance of pregnancy in your case is less than five percent.
Having said that, I think you should not be too worried about the chance of pregnancy happening. Even in an extremely rare case, if you, as a couple, fall into the less than five percent category, then you can have another scope of getting an early termination of pregnancy with medicines only, without going for a surgical procedure.
I must mention here that the subsequent menstrual cycle often gets delayed in women who take the emergency contraceptive pill. Hence, if your wife does not get her menstruation on time, she should wait for a few days and then do a urine pregnancy test.
I hope that this answers your query.
Kindly follow up if you have more doubts.
Thank you.
Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
Thank you for the reply.
The condom was indeed fully intact, and like I said, semen was inside it. My partner took EllaOne within five hours. Can I assume that, with the combination of an intact condom and rapid EllaOne intake, there is practically no real risk of pregnancy, even during ovulation, and that the pill in this case served mainly as an extra precaution?
Kindly help.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
I read your query and understood your concern.
As I mentioned in my reply that the risk of pregnancy is not absolutely nil.
I hope that this answers your query.
Kindly follow up if you have more doubts.
Thank you.
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Answered byDr. Purushottam Sah
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