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Hello Aunty,
Last month I had unprotected sex the day my period ended, and I took two Plan B pills that day. About six days later I got a normal period again. It’s now two weeks on, my nipples are quite sensitive, and the Flo app says my period is due in nine days. Should I be worried?
Thank you!
Scaredy-Cat
Age 21, Poland
Hey Scaredy-Cat,
Everything you’ve described points firmly away from pregnancy, and here are the actual reasons rather than just a pat on the head. Three things are working in your favour at once.
First, the timing: sex right at the end of your period is one of the lowest-risk moments in your whole cycle, because ovulation is usually still a week or so away (not zero, since sperm can hang on up to five days, but low).
Second, you took emergency contraception promptly. And third, the strongest sign of all, you then had a real period six days later – a genuine bleed is one of the clearest indications you’re not pregnant.
Those sensitive nipples are the Plan B talking: it’s a big hormone hit designed to shake your cycle up, and tender breasts and a slightly scrambled cycle are classic after-effects, not a pregnancy signal.
If you want certainty, you’re now far enough past the event that a home pregnancy test would be accurate. So if your mind won’t settle, take one – a clear answer in five minutes beats weeks of worrying.
And don’t put too much faith in Flo’s prediction this cycle, because after Plan B your timing is well off-script, so a ‘late’ or early period is expected rather than a red flag.
The thing that helps long-term, though, is that apps guess while your body tells the truth: learning to read your own ovulation signs – cervical mucus and the rest – means you’ll know which days are actually risky and which aren’t. And you’ll never have to spiral over a calendar app again.
You handled this well; take the test if you want the full stop, then let yourself off the hook.
Hugs,
Aunt Vadge
This is general information, not a substitute for personalised medical advice.
