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Submitted by helena_brass on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:26pm

I'm not sure if this is a common occurrence, but ever since I've been with BF I've been ridiculously paranoid about being pregnant. Mind you, I take the pill religiously. I was with my last boyfriend for five years, and I only once felt the need to take a pregnancy test. Since I've been with BF, I've taken at least 8 tests, probably more. I suppose being around the kids has heightened my awareness? I don't know.

I talked to my cousin about this and she's just like me, but in her case her BF has no kids, she's just been caught off-guard by a pregnancy before. I don't tell BF about it usually, and I throw away the tests in places he won't find them. I don't want him to think there's a reason for me to be paranoid, and I don't know how to explain it. I am just crazy! Any time that I feel under the weather for more than a day or two I start to worry about it. I really dislike it. I dislike that annoying voice in the back of my head saying "Oh god, what if you were!?"

Furthermore, the tests are an expensive habit. I hate having to buy them because now they're all behind the customer service counter, so you have to request them specifically and do the whole chit-chatty thing with the person behind the counter. Last time the lady was so excited for me that I felt weird and muttered that it wasn't that kind of situation, resulting in her giving me the most judgmental death stare ever.

Anyway, I am nutty. Blum 3

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Submitted by Unfreakingreal on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:36pm

My tubes are tied. For the first time in my life I missed my period in February. I'm freaking out because I'm not supposed to be able to get pregnant I tied my tubes over 12 years ago. I keep thinking it's stress, but still, no signs of my period.

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Submitted by Stepmom_Lori on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:38pm

I know about pregnancy tests addiction but I had the opposite problem, I was obsessed with trying to get pregnant!!

The dollar stores where I live sell them and they're not behind the counter. Oh and you can order cheap ones online. They sell them in bulk Wink

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Submitted by helena_brass on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:43pm

Oh no! You enabler you! Blum 3 I wonder what BF would think if there was a crate of pregnancy tests sitting on the porch when he got home...

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Submitted by stepmasochist on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:29pm

Yep, Dollar General and Dollar Tree both sell them for $1 each, but at the Dollar General here you have to ask for them at the register. It is awkward.

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Submitted by Stepmom_Lori on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:48pm

LOL, sorry for enabling you }:) My DH was just happy I stopped spending 17 bucks a box on them when I started ordering the bulk cheapies!!

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Submitted by helena_brass on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:10pm

That show is horrifying! I honestly cannot believe that all these women could just pop out a kid in the middle of a camping trip or something. Eeesh! I don't watch it anymore either.

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Submitted by RaeRae on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:49pm

I use the IUD. I'm not worried. We have a ton of kids (8) but sometimes I wish I could have one with DH. Even the kids want a little sibling who will be a part of all of them.

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Submitted by skylarksms on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:01pm

Not to freak you out but I was on the pill until I was almost three months along. I had no clue I was pregnant because I had faith in the pill. Back then, it wasn't well known that antibiotics interfered.

But now I have my tubes tied and have not worried about it since.

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Submitted by bruisedpeach on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:11pm

Yes to the point we use condoms and i am on the pill. Maybe in future but no WAY right now.

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Submitted by Most Evil on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 6:06am

Yes it is weird, I have been like this more since getting married than I ever was before. I guess I really don't want to give birth? especially at my age, and am actually looking forward to menopause (I think) so I don't have to worry any more!

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Submitted by cellecell on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 12:40am

Millions of women trust only birth control pills every day. Between 3 and 10 couples out of every 1000 that use the pill exactly as prescribed for a full year will be pregnant after the 12 months. If you do not follow the instructions exactly, this number goes up to about 30 couples out of 1000 pregnant after a year.

If you can absolutely not afford to get pregnant, keep on using condoms as well. My advice will always be that if you are not sure that this is a long term relationship, use condoms to prevent infections and STDs. As soon as you allow the third different partner to ejaculate inside you, your risk of bacterial infections like BV increase dramatically. So don't waste that on short term relationships.
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