"the pill" questions

[peculiar.livejournal.com]

Well I've noticed some posts of people saying that they have gotten pregnant while taking the pill.
My question to anyone who has, or anyone who knows someone who has...
* What kind of pill (brand) where you taking (ortho ortho tri ortho lo etc)
* Where you/they taking the pill on time every day?
* Where you/they using condoms or withdrawl method along with the pill?
* Where you/they having sex frequently (more than once a week)?

I take the pill on time every day,
however i do not use any other form of protection (condoms, withdrawl)
And i have sex very very frequently with my partner of 2.5 years.
Really, what are the chances?

Comments

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

I certainly don't know these details for the friend in question, though I am pretty sure she was not using a backup method at the time. The story she tells is that she went to the hospital to visit a friend who had just had a kid and that her biological clock responded to it very strongly and she went home thinking "babybabybabybabybaby!" and pounced on her husband and got pregnant. So it wasn't the worst thing in the world, but inconvenient timing for the two of them.

There have been actual studies done on the chances and I'm pretty sure it's something like 99% effective.... meaning that of the people who use it correctly 1% will get pregnant in a year if that is the only method of birth control they use. People who don't use it perfectly (meaning they don't do the exact time thing or occasionally miss a pill and take it the next day) have a 92% effectiveness rate - meaning within a year 8% will get pregnant. (from here: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/bc/YOU_AND_PILL.HTM )

Interesting article about some other things that can interfere with the pill's effectiveness: http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/515031.html

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

As it says on the label, you have a 99% chance or whatever of it working... my ex and I never used condoms once I started using the patch.

But there always is that 1%

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

Plus it's possible that she was taking something that caused a negative drug interaction that she may not have been aware of.

[dorkymanduh.livejournal.com]

I was on Mircette for about 2 months

I took it at exactly the same time everyday because it was my first time on the pill and I didn't want to play around

I was not using a condom or any other form of contraceptive except for the pill

I was having sex, I want to say about 1-2 times a week on average. This being new to us [no condom] we were a little anxious.

that being said, the week before my last placebo week on Mircette [my second month] I was informed I had a miscarriage, not an early period.
I believe the dose was just waaay too low for me, I had frequent breakthrough bleeding or maybe my boyfriend/I are extra fertile?