help for a worried and confused boyfriend

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My girlfriend has been on the pill now for 2 months now, about a month and a week after the first month we started having unprotected sex, she just told me the other day the doctor mentioned to her that this kind of pill is not the strongest for stopping pregnancy that is was used mainly to regulate her period - great news after having un-protected sex for over 2 1/2 weeks - well now shes supposed to start her period tuesday and wednesday is now coming to a close, its not very late at all really but i thought that the pill was supposed to regulate to the day? last cycle she started the exact day she was supposed to , now i believe one day she missed a pill and not to mention forgot to take the extra pill the next day but i am nearly sure we didnt have sex around that time, we took a pregnancy test today , i believe it was ept and it came up negative with not even the slightest faint postive line,  but her period has still not come. is it possible we tested to early for it to show up? can i wait for her period to come without being so worried or is it a better chance it wont come at all, pregnancy is something we REALLY dont need right now so i am able to breath after getting negative on that test but i am still very curious as to why her period has not come , quite scared as well - please help me

[WinterAries]

Calm down honey, yer gonna give yourself a heart attack.  First of all, just some information on the pill... it doesn't matter WHAT pill you're on, it can NEVER guarantee to the exact date.  Some more girly info for you is that a woman's period is NEVER EXACTLY on time.  All types of things could effect a womans cycle... stress could make it come early, come late, last longer or even skip itself.  Don't panic, well not yet anyway.  Find out when her NEXT cycle is and if she doesn't have one then, then you can panic.  But honestly, she may just be stressed... oh, and I've gotten pregnant 2  times on the pill... I was religiously taking them and I was on "the strongest" too... my ass... well just for YOUR protection, if you're not ready for kids, use something for yourself.  IE condom.  She may forget one day or do it late or whatever... then there's no guarantee... there's a guarantee if you use a condom, yanno?  Good luck hon.

[heather2003]

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FYI, NO form of protection is 100%.
There have even been cases where women have conceived after having surgery to block ovulation ("tubes tied").

-Heather

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Thanks a lot for the advice, guess i'll just stop worrying (which is a lot easier said than done) , and i will be using a condom from now on - the appeal of being able to not use one was just a little strong to keep myself from - took another test today (thursday) came up negative , so i'm still in the clear but the period has still not started so i'm also still in the dark - i really appreciate your help , don't know how much i appreciate the stories of getting pregnant twice on the pill hah , but hopefully i'll make it through this . One way or another . thanks again