Has anyone become pregnant while using a condom?

[Dragonbub]

I hate to be a party pooper, but really the odds are so tiny! I mean, you have about a 4 day window to fall preggers in a month, and if you used a condom during this time, you might have, say, about a 70 - 95% protection rate if you used them correctly (as in using spermicide, using them for the "whole show", etc). So I guess statistically speaking, you have something like a 1 in 10 chance of getting BFP if you DTD right on fertile period.

But time will tell huh?

[amberj]

Not a party pooper Dragonbub- that's what I want to hear!

I adore my DS, but I'm just not ready for another one yet!

[Dragonbub]

I hear ya Amber. Half the ladies in my mothers group are pregnant, and 2 have just had their second bubs! I look at Caden and just see him as a baby still...I can't imagine another just yet! Good luck

[christy]

mmmm DD1 was a condom baby. We were having celebratory sex when finding out a lump in my breast was due to ovulation... so I knew I was ovulating and we were happy it wasn't a nasty lump....

weeks later as I was vomiting in the toilet it hit me that I may be pregnant... and sure enough 4 tests and a blood test later, DH & I were finally convinced it was true. Since then we have used the ovulation and condom methods.

[amberj]

Thanks all. Still waiting on AF to arrive. Probably is, I don't really keep any records so I'm not sure where I am!!

DH said "well, do you *feel* you're pregnant? What does your intuition tell you?". I told him this was an entirely dodgey test since last time I was absolutely sure I wasn't pregnant and only took the test because I had one left and I didn't know what else to do with it!!

Time will tell.

[Counting Days]

no records then all you can do is wait and see

maybe if you don't want another child right now try a mirena just set and forget

[kiwichick]

[QUOTE=Dragonbub;1733308]I hate to be a party pooper, but really the odds are so tiny! I mean, you have about a 4 day window to fall preggers in a month, and if you used a condom during this time, you might have, say, about a 70 - 95% protection rate if you used them correctly (as in using spermicide, using them for the "whole show", etc). So I guess statistically speaking, you have something like a 1 in 10 chance of getting BFP if you DTD right on fertile period."

I'm intrigued by this thread! So if you use a condom the week before and on O, no spermicide, sometimes not for the 'whole show', and me ain't on the pill or have an IUD... you're saying up to 30% chance ineffectiveness?
We also use latex free as I'm alleric, don't know if these are any dodgier or trustier. They are a finer material.

Jessica did you get a BFP or AF yet?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

yeh jess. what happened??

[amberj]

All clear, no Bean 2.

[Dragonbub]

Good news Amber!

Kiwi - I am no statistician, LOL! but I read somewhere that the odds of falling pregnant in any given cycle, for a normal healthy couple are 1/5 (not very high really). So, if you DTD 3, 2, and the day of ovulation, you should have a higher chance, say 3/5 (60% chance).

Condoms range in effectiveness, but I guess if you consider the best case scenario of 95% effective, then that makes your 60% chance about 3% overall (5% of 60). Therefore, the best scenario is that you have about a 5% chance of falling pregnant if you use condoms on your most fertile time.

Of course, there can be sperm in pre-stuff, so if you don't use them for the whole show that would increase your chance, but I would say only marginally.

Nature is a funny beast who will always find a way to defeat us! They say 50% of pregnancies are unplanned, and 60% of these women were using some form of contraception, so it shows we are animals that are destined to procreate

Stats stats stats. They are interesting, but there is always someone out there who falls into the tiny percentage, no matter what stats we are talking about.

[Counting Days]

Nature is a funny beast who will always find a way to defeat us! They say 50% of pregnancies are unplanned, and 60% of these women were using some form of contraception, so it shows we are animals that are destined to procreate .

in most of these cases contraception was not used correctly as it was designed to be used there is a whole website and radio campaign which covers this

the website which contraception are you is great shows many more options that the horrible condom

[[M]umma[M]ia]

yay!!!!