At school, in the small number of "sex education" type lessons we had, they hammered home that if you don't use protection, you'll get pregnant. Real life though, suggests that this is a lie. You don't have to look far to find forums full of people desperately trying to get themselves knocked up, figures vary in telling you that it takes on average 5 months to get pregnant up to 9 months. It seems then, almost "safe" to assume it won't happen to you. I (and in fact we) are at the "don't believe it" stage. It's not denial of an "oh my god this isn't happening" level, just a general "seems a bit too convinient" feeling. In fact, I'm amazed. It also shows that the morning after pill works (I'd always been faintly convinced infertility was the reason that a surprise baby never followed taking it). The regular pill also works (see above).
Now may also be the time to offer explanation on the title, it isn't a huge mistake (nor am I even sure you can use the term "accident" if you knew it was a possibility). But accident it will be. This isn't something unwanted, it just hasn't come after years of desperate hoping, or any concentrated effort. I may not be particularly excited, but that's due to the "not believing" feeling. I'm also a pessimist, not a worrier though, I just always tend to err on the side of caution. Last week I read an article stating that 1/4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, which I didn't think was that bad. Further reading tells me that this doesn't include "missed" miscarriage, and only counts from implantation onwards, which is a little scarier. The second horrific statistic was that if a man is over 40, this risk is raised to 33% (not by 33%, though it really was a badly written piece).
The BBC also posted up this happy(?) story. It's time to stop reading I think.
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