[pacerfan31]

I was wondering, my girlfriend is taking birth control pills, and I use a condom everytime we make love. The next day I find myself being paranoid that somehow she will get pregnant. So I guess what I am asking is, if there is never any malfunction with the condom, could she still possibly become pregnant? Am I just being way to paranoid here, or is there something I just don't know about?

[Ambie]

W/ most birth control pills there's less than a 1% chance of a girl becoming pregnant...and thats without a condom. Personally, I wouldnt worry about it. I'm a girl and use birth control and my boyfriend and i dont really see the need in using a condom.

I think all people...especially younger and or unmarried people worry about an unplanned pregnancy so it's not really like wierd and pranoid but it's just unecassary to worry about. With a condom that's 98% effective and birth contol that quite effective (depending on if she accidently skips pills or is really good about remembering) you dont really have a need to stress over it.

[pacerfan31]

thank you, i appreciate it, that helped out a lot.

[pacerfan31]

I had another quick question. You always hear about these people who have accidentally become pregnant. I don't have the nerve to ask them, hey how did it happen. So I was wondering, would that just be that the condom broke and the girl didn't have any protection either, so what I'm ultimately asking here is can somebody become pregnant when there is no malfunction of the condom? no break, no leakage, nothing like that, is it still possible?

[LaShawn]

No, the only way to become pregnant with a condom is if it breaks, a hole it...something like that. I think you guys are being VERY smart by using two forms of birth control. Keep using both, but know that there is a SLIGHT (though very very very slight....tiny) chance that if she were to forget a pill and the condom were to break, she could get pregnant. Weirder things have happened. But using two forms you are 99.9% I would say safe. If you have worries I would suggest speaking to a doctor.

[Naive]

The odds of her getting pregnant if both of you are using some type of birth control is slim, but as long as you have sex there is still a chance she can get pregnant. The only sure way is abstinence!