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Pregnancy Scare

Unintentional, unwanted, or unplanned conception or pregnancy signs due to unprotected sex and defective contraceptive products or methods lead to pregnancy scares in women. Signs like missed period post sexual intercourse usually makes them anxious. While most of them get checked themselves through an over-the-counter home pregnancy test, at times, these tests are known to show false-positive results, which further worsens their scare. Emergency contraceptive pills can be taken within few hours of sexual intercourse to prevent chances of pregnancy.

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I indulged in non-penetrative sex while on my period. Will I get pregnant?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 16-year-old female with a height of four feet 11 inches and weighing 115.9 lbs. I have missed my period and was wondering can I be pregnant. My boyfriend and I were both naked and he was dry-humping my butt and he finished on my lower back (I was on my period). If the semen trai...  Read Full »


Dr. Balakrishnan R

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. How are you doing? If you were on period at the time of sex, then there is no chance of you getting pregnant. For a young lady of 28 days cycle, ovulation is around the 12 to 16th day. The life of an egg is 24 hours and th...  Read Full »

Is it possible for me to become pregnant without ejaculation of sperm inside vagina?

Query: Hi doctor, I am a 21-year-old girl with a weight of 72 lbs and a height of five feet four inches. I have a history of Hodgkin's lymphoma and got treatment before four years. I read about splash pregnancy. A similar thing happened to me and to my boyfriend. We never had proper vaginal sex. Can I have...  Read Full »


Dr. Balakrishnan R

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Pregnancy cannot be predicted without knowing your ovulation period. Sperms are attracted chemically towards the egg. So semen does not need to enter the vagina. Even if they fall on the thighs, they can find their way up to the egg within half an hour. Washing with soa...  Read Full »

I had vaginal sex two days back and am on contraceptive pills for seven months. Will I become pregnant as I missed my pill yesterday?

Query: Hello doctor,I had vaginal sex with my boyfriend two days back. I have taken the pill for seven months now and never missed a pill. But I forgot to take the pill yesterday. So I took both yesterday's and today's pill this morning. Will I become pregnant?Kindly help.  Read Full »


Dr. Balakrishnan R

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. I do not see any reason for you to worry. Let me explain. These contraceptive pills are a constant dose of Estrogen and Progesterone taken daily. When taken so, they suppress the hormones from the ovary that in turn suppre...  Read Full »

I took a combined contraceptive pill and thew up within 30 minutes. I had sex the following week. Am I safe?

Query: Hello doctor, I took a general combined pill a few days back but I threw up within 30 minutes so decided to wait for three days for my period to start. I had sex the following week, and four days after that I started taking the pill and have been taking it at the same time every day since. Am I prot...  Read Full »


Dr. Balakrishnan R

Answer: Hello, Thank you for stopping by! I am here to provide expert opinions on your medical issues. This can be decided only by knowing which half of the periods you missed the pill. If it was at the beginning or end (not in the middle 10 days) of the cycle, there is not much risk of ovulation or pregn...  Read Full »

I had unprotected sex during the 7th and 8th days of my menstrual cycle. Can I be pregnant?

Query: Hi doctor, I had unprotected sex during the 7th and 8th day of my menstrual cycle, right after finishing my periods. I took Ipill on the 8th day, which is within 24 hours. I do not want to get pregnant. Are there any chances of me getting pregnant?  Read Full »


Dr. Balakrishnan R

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Let me give you a few basic facts. The period occurs 14 days after ovulation. So if you take the average minimum and maximum periods frequency of the last year and subtract 14 from these two numbers, you will get the rough dates of ovulation....  Read Full »

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