An interesting survey conducted in Australia by Marie Stopes International recently was featured in Australian newspapers.

The survey revealed that nearly half of Australian women who became unexpectedly pregnant were either take the birth control pill or using condoms at the time of conception. If you look at the results further, it goes on to say that forty three percent of the women surveyed were on the pill during conception while twenty two percent were using condoms at conception, and twenty one percent of the women were on more than one method of contraception at the conception.

Sometimes birth control is used but is used in correctly or other health issues, like being on certain antibiotics and medications are not taken into consideration. Jill Michelson, the acting executive chief for Marie Stopes International, said that “With the pill in particular, timing is very important, and it won't work well if you're on antibiotics or have diarrhea and vomiting, but many (women) don't know this.”

I think I found this story and the results so interesting because I became pregnant with Charlie while on birth control. I was on the Depo-Provera shot, which is a form of birth control given via an injection every three months. It’s 97-99.7% percent effective.

I think sometimes when people think of women who become unexpectedly pregnant, they think of women who are careless with birth control and go sleeping around, but that isn’t always the case. Many women I know were using on some form of birth control. I certainly was not looking to get pregnant and already having had one unplanned pregnancy, I was trying to be very careful by using birth control and using it correctly, in this case getting the shot on time every three months.

So, as you are beginning to think about what type of birth control you will use after pregnancy, research and find out the best way to take it, what to do if you are sick while on birth control, etc.

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