23 Year Old Woman Pregnant Seven Times In Five Years, Despite Using Contraception

A mother of 3, Gemma Potter, has gotten pregnant 7 different times in five years despite using the pill, condoms, the coil, progestogen injections, and an implant. She is currently expecting her fourth child (she's had 3 miscarriages and 1 ectopic pregnancy). Doctors have been unable to pinpoint the cause of her extreme fertility.

Here at EFP, we found this article very interesting and couldn't help but ask ourselves if using natural contraception instead of the hormonal options she used, would have ended up in 7 unwanted pregnancies. Although her case may be rare and her cycles irregular, perhaps practicing fertility awareness could have prevented the pregnancies if she abstained from intercourse on her fertile days. What do you think?

You can read the full article here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/20/gemma-potter-pregnant-_n_1160098.html

Morning-After Pill Available for Free by Phone in UK

In preparation for the holiday season when health services may be closed, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) have implemented a new service which allows women to order the morning after pill, for free, over the telephone.

The BPAS believes this will help prevent unwanted pregnancies and/or abortions during the festive season by removing the potentially embarrassing face-to-face contact women must go through when asking for the pill in public.

This precautionary measure taken by the BPAS has been criticized by the pro-life charity 'life', who believe it encourages risky behaviour and bad decisions.

You can read the full story here.

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