The 3 times the morning after pill might NOT stop you getting pregnant

THE morning after capsule is a tried and examined type of aid for a lot of ladies.

It's typically sought out after contraceptives have failed, been forgotten or in instances of assault.

There are a selection of the explanation why a morning after capsule will not workCredit score: Alamy

The morning after capsule works round 98 per cent of the time, which is about the identical because the contraceptive capsule or condoms.

However for the 2 per cent who it fails, it's typically a shock.

There are three the explanation why it could not work, and never stop a being pregnant happening.

Timing

Firstly, it is apparent as it's termed the morning after capsule, however it's worthwhile to take it as quickly as you realise you may want it.

Ideally it needs to be taken inside three to 5 days, however the sooner you're taking it the simpler it's going to be.

Nonetheless there are instances in your menstrual cycle when it will not work.

The morning after capsule is simply efficient if taken earlier than the discharge of an egg from the ovary - ovulation.

If the discharge has already occurred then the capsule will not work, because it's purpose is to delay this - and subsequently cease any fertilisation till the sperm dies.

Ovulation often occurs in the midst of your cycle - about two weeks earlier than your interval.

Weight

The effectiveness of the morning after capsule may be diminished if a girl has a excessive physique mass index.

It is because it makes it tougher to work out a exact estimate for the capsule.

Steering says the effectiveness of oral emergency contraception might be diminished if a girl weighs over 70kg, about 11 stone.

Treatment

If you're taking these medicine, they could work together with it and cease it working successfully.

• the natural drugs St John's Wort
• some medicines used to deal with epilepsy, HIV or tuberculosis (TB)
• drugs to make your abdomen much less acidic, equivalent to omeprazole
• some much less generally used antibiotics (rifampicin and rifabutin)

At this time we advised how a girl revealed she gave beginning to a phenomenal little boy regardless of taking the morning after capsule.

The mum of 1 shared her story on her TikTok account, soholuxeceo, the place the video has been considered greater than 800k instances.

Lacey claimed within the feedback that the chemist she acquired the capsule from didn't warn her that it would not work if she was already ovulating.