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by Konstance McCaffree: ()
Thanks for writing. By the time you receive this answer, you will probably know whether you had a period. You were already feeling the body changes other than bleeding that women feel when they have their period. If that was your period, it is not likely that you would be pregnant, since the lining was shedding because the ovulated egg from about ten days before had disintegrated and had not been fertilized. That is what causes the lining to shed (menstruation).
Withdrawing the penis before ejaculation (withdrawal) is actually more effective than the many people believe. If there is no ejaculation, the only fluids left in the vagina are pre-cum and that has very little, if any sperm in it.
That does not mean that for the future withdrawal is as safe as other methods. It is not. That is why you should use more effective methods if you don't want to be pregnant. If you are as paranoid as you say you are, then you should be using a hormonal method combined with a condom (for disease prevention) to avoid that pregnancy.
You mentioned that you had the pill but aren't taking it yet. I suggest that you get instructions on when to start the pill. Usually doctors have you begin the Sunday near the beginning of your period. It is important that you take it every day to make sure that it is 99.7% effective.
There is nothing about the intercourse that you described that should make you have bleeding like a period. If you have continued to bleed longer than a period would, I hope you will go have it checked out and while there talk about when to start the pill.
Write again if you have other questions. Reviewed by: Scott Gross M. Ed.
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