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Morning after pill

Does anyone know how reliable the morning after pill is? I took it 12 hours and 45 minutes after my boyfriends condom broke, does time make a difference?
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Hi all

I had unprotected sex over 2 weeks ago (july 24). My period was supposed to come that same day. I know it is less likely to get pregnant, however I took a morning after pill less than 24 hours after sex. I'm also aware it may delay your period but it has been 16 days already and nothing.

What worries me is that I've had constant white discharge since then (which is a bit smelly) and a week ago I started to have sporadic cramps, which last for 15 secs or less. When the cramps started I really thought my period would come but it didn't. I'm considering getting a pregnancy test but what are the chances? Help, please!
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i have used it before and it did it's job. it did through my cycles way off though. about 4 days after taking the pill and about 2 weeks before my period was about to begin, i had to go home from work becuase i was bleeding so badly. not really menstrual blood, but bright red. scary. but...i didn't get pregnant and now things are back to normal.

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thanks for the information and encouragement!
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i took the morning after pill the next day, had sex early afternoon.i was ok.im sure u r x
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your chances of being pregnant are very very slim. you are fine, don't worry!
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i'm not 100% sure on the exact states but i think its about 87% effective! its most effective when taken in the 1st 12hours or so and gets less effective after!
when i had to use it, it knocked my cycle way off, just so you know :-)
hope that helps! good luck
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