https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:01:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2149313 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:31:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2149313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: ahhhhh I just saw that it's a girl!! HOW FUN!!! so exciting!! Three sisters! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2148355 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:29:19 +0000 nana87 2148355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2148241 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:47:05 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2148241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: @LovelyPlum: It brings me such peace to know that. Mama S and I figured this out during the NICU stay... When we did, I cried. All the suffering and pain that we both went through made so much sense after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2148229 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:59:08 +0000 LovelyPlum 2148229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: wow, that is amazing. His soul and yours clearly need each other :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2148226 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:56:05 +0000 simplyfelicity 2148226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Just had to say that is so beautiful. During your tears and sorrow, he was making his way to you. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2148224 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:52:04 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2148224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: I was chatting with my OB yesterday and sharing the story with her. She said that if the device is not placed correctly in the uterus, there is a vanishingly small but non-zero chance that a pregnancy could survive.</p> <p>I just can't get over the fact that he was conceived about a week after I miscarried, despite those odds. I feel like we were frantic to find each other-his little soul and mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2148221 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:43:53 +0000 LovelyPlum 2148221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: congratulations!!</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: slightly off topic, but I didn't realize IUD pregnancies could be viable! I just sorta assumed that they wouldn't be. Add another layer to Theo's amazing story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2148040 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:47:43 +0000 lady baltimore 2148040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother beat an IUD. My niece and nephew were both conceived despite SiL being "on the pill", though I haven't asked about how faithfully she was taking it. There were some rumblings about Oktoberfest bearing some responsibility for my niece, so . . . :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2147120 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:23:18 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2147120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: I know of three other women who got pregnant on the nuva ring, too... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2147119 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:21:46 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2147119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: So glad Theo made his way to you!! But I'm counting on being in that 99% until we remove it...but you're right, 99% still means a chance I guess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2147043 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:36:47 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2147043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHansen82: seriously! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2147032 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:28:39 +0000 turquoisemama 2147032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Well your story is nothing short of magical and I guess sometimes God has plans bigger than what we know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2146808 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:11:36 +0000 Torchwood 2146808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Oh, it's definitely not the best option for everyone. I would never counsel someone that's not very responsible, and in a committed relationship with a man they trust to use it. It definitely requires some self-control on his part. We actually got pregnant this time because DH decided not to at the last minute, but he knew I was ready to start TTC and we were just waiting on him, so it was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2146785 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:01:59 +0000 Dandelion 2146785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my pregnancies was on the nuva ring but it wasn't an option to select. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2146675 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:18:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2146675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: I think the problem with pull out C's condoms is the user error is much higher and it's entirely in the guy, where with condoms, the woman knows if he's wearing one or not, you know? Not saying it's not a good option for some. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2146509 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:41:22 +0000 Torchwood 2146509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: @Rainbow Sprinkles: @FaithFertility: Condoms are only 95% effective when used correctly. I don't know if that takes into account breakage, but there's still always going to be a chance that there are small defects that allow sperm through, even if you can't see it. Sperm are tiny, and it only takes one! Pull-out is actually 97% effective if used correctly, so despite its bad rap it's better than condoms. The catch is that condoms are easier to use correctly. But we used pull-out for 8 years with no accidents, then got pregnant in 1 try 3 times and 2 tries once, so clearly it was working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2146486 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:19:11 +0000 FaithFertility 2146486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: ohh my she is special Congratulations </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails/page/2#post-2146481 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:12:19 +0000 coopsmama 2146481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Woohoo! Congrats! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146471 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:02:25 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2146471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: it's a Girl! :-D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146467 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:00:47 +0000 coopsmama 2146467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: That is beyond bizarre! How crazy. Well, I know have no doubt that this new little one was meant to be considering all the odds it beat. :) Are you going to find out the gender? Any inkling? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146465 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:54:56 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2146465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: yep. I didn't even find out I was KU until I was more than 6 weeks along (I gues that's still early, but I found out at 8 DPO with my others) becuase I did not even think it was a remote possibility. I tested because I randomly started throwing up and had a test on hand. To say I was blindsided is an understatement!</p> <p>What's even crazier is that with my EDD, I would have had to have gotten pregnant during the week I was on my period (which we didn't DTD during that time). So, the whole situation is a mystery. Not sure when or how it happened! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146460 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:52:16 +0000 FaithFertility 2146460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Ahhhh really? Wow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146458 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:50:40 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2146458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got pregnant with my third while we were using condoms (nothing else). Still to this day have no idea what went wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146403 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:38:08 +0000 birdofafeather 2146403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most oops babies I know were timing issues. So user error not a failure necessarily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146395 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:35:01 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2146395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHansen82: it's more than 99% effective. I think you are just fine and baby Theo was really meant to be! He was conceived within a week of my miscarriage and we all believe that he was working really hard to try and get to us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146368 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:14:48 +0000 BandDmommy 2146368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the cases I have seen have been human error. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146349 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:04:43 +0000 Ajsmommy 2146349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a bc fail.. and I have multiple friends and family members who had bc fail's too. Mostly the pill. My cousin had to switch from one pill to another pill for ins reasons and was ku'd with twins a month later... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146348 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:03:14 +0000 BabyPenguinXO 2146348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My understanding is the mini pill is far more sensitive to the timing then regular pills. </p> <p>Nuva Ring isn't on here but I know a few ring babies too. The ring supposedly has less room for error because there isn't any timing. The main concern is it falling out. But I think there's a big window for it being out and I can't imagine it falling out much other then maybe during sex.</p> <p>I didn't like how Nuva ring messed up my period for 4 months when I was only on it 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146347 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:01:41 +0000 turquoisemama 2146347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Ack scary! I just got Mirena and I'm 12 weeks PP so a pregnancy would be pretty much devastating to me! I know any method could fail but seeing it in black and white is terrifying! Maybe we should be using something else too... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birth-control-fails#post-2146333 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:53:46 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2146333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>never had a failure, but we used condoms for the early years of our marriage in addition to the pill. (just to be "extra safe") My best friend thought I was insane! </p>