some reassurance for you<3
hey everyone! i’m coming on here to give anyone i can some reassurance about taking plan b/ ella one as i know how horrible the anxiety can be and i really want to try help ease your minds! I have 2 situations of taking plan b so will talk about my experience and how my body reacted.
The first time i took the pill was back in october. This was like a few days after my period had ended so was confident that it would work. I had unprotected sex with one of my friends and we used the pull out method although i don’t know how successful he was with the timing hence why i took plan b. I took the pill after about 24hrs of the act happening and didn’t really feel any side effects at all. Then a week later i experienced a withdrawl bleed which is VERY normal after taking the pill. this is when your body is basically reacting to the hormones from the pill. the bleeding lasted up to about a week and at the time i actually thought it was my period (im still unsure if it was or not but either way i bled for a week so it was hard to tell). Then after taking the pill my period was due in another 2 weeks so i kinda forgot about the whole situation. When the date of my period was due i was panicking because i was showing no PMS symptoms which is odd for me and i was absolutely riddled in anxiety. I was convinced i was pregnant bc my periods are never late and also continued having sex from the time my withdrawl bleed ended up until i got my period. I took 2 pregnancy tests, one when i was 5 days late and one when i was 10 days late. They were both negative but i was so anxious i couldn’t even trust the tests. Long story short i started my period 18 days after i was due. I was so so relived.
The next situation i had when i had to take the pill was this month. i had unprotected sex on the 14th dec and he actually finished in me. this had never happened to me before and i was absolutely terrified as im not on any birth control and i said after my last situation i wasn’t gonna take plan b again because of my anxiety. I took the pill about 9-10 hours after the interaction but the thing that scared me the most was that my app said i was ovulating (i now know apps aren’t accurate with the prediction of this but at the time i genuinely thought i had utterly fucked up and that i was going to have to get an abortion) After taking the pill i experienced some light cramping and then about a week later my boobs were sore. when i say sore i mean like unbearably tender, even walking down the stairs hurt and they became super heavy. By this stage i was CONVINCED i was pregnant due to him finishing inside me, it being my day of ovulation at the time and now these symptoms which were new to me. I was planning on taking a pregnancy test 14 days after the interaction happened to make sure i wasn’t pregnant but luckily my period came 2 days early!
Anyways i know how horrible this type of anxiety can be so i just wanted to ease some of you hopefully and give u reassurance!
My advice would be to people who are on here and are worried is as follows:
try your best to use condoms (I know this is stupid advice and i’m well aware how sometimes the conversation about using protection with the person you’re gonna sleep with is really awkward and you don’t get the chance to have the convo)
if you think your partner finished INSIDE you then absolutely take plan b. that’s what it’s there for. However don’t take it if you used condoms etc bc this will just mess up ur cycle and give u unnecessary anxiety when in reality you should be okay and not get pregnant
when you take plan b be aware that your body is gonna react this could be from spotting between cycles, sore boobs, nausea, bloating, light cramps, sore back and fatigue. (these also happen to be early pregnancy signs too so honestly do not stress about this too early as your body reacting this way is a complete normal response to taking the pill as it’s such a huge dose of hormones)
after unprotected sex take a preg test at 14 days and then another at 21 days (this is when you should start stressing about pregnancy as a pregnancy test is the only way to ACTUALLY know what’s going on with your body)
lastly don’t feel bad or guilty about what you have done. we’re all humans here. We make mistakes but if u took the pill you are doing the right thing, you’ve taken the right precautions and u just have to wait it out for a bit
i know this will be hard for people especially with how scary the thought of being pregnant can be however i hope this has eased your mind a little bit and helped you out! Good luck to everyone <3