I will be celebrating my 18th birthday soon. I have been going out with my boyfriend for some time now and I am still a virgin. However, I have promised to have sex with him after my 18th birthday and have told him to buy some condoms as I don’t want to be saddled with an unwanted pregnancy.
I am still a student and my parents are old-fashioned, so I can’t ask my mum about contraception. My boyfriend said I shouldn’t worry as I couldn’t possibly get pregnant the first time I have sex. Is he right?
Blanca, by e-mail. I am still a student and my parents are old-fashioned, so I can’t ask my mum about contraception. My boyfriend said I shouldn’t worry as I couldn’t possibly get pregnant the first time I have sex. Is he right?
Dear Blanca,
There is absolutely nothing stopping you from getting pregnant when you have sex, be it your first or your 100th. When puberty begins, your ovaries start producing eggs. The result? Your first period. Apart from the odd occasion, everyone who has a period produces an egg, and so there’s always a chance of getting pregnant. So until you make a solid arrangement with your boyfriend as to the best form of contraception to adopt, I would put sex on hold for now if I were you. 18 is a bit too young to be anxious about sex. If your boyfriend keeps on putting on the pressure, dump him and look for a more patient man.
By Bunmi Sofola reporting for Vanguard news.
Relationship: I want to have sex on my 18th birthday, will I get pregnant?
By Bunmi Sofola
Dear Bunmi,
I will be celebrating my 18th birthday soon. I have been
going out with my boyfriend for some time now and I am still a virgin.
However, I have promised to have sex with him after my 18th birthday and
have told him to buy some condoms as I don’t want to be saddled with an
unwanted pregnancy.
I am still a student and my parents are old-fashioned, so I
can’t ask my mum about contraception. My boyfriend said I shouldn’t
worry as I couldn’t possibly get pregnant the first time I have sex.
Is he right?
Blanca, by e-mail.
Dear Blanca,
There is absolutely nothing stopping you from getting pregnant when you have sex, be it your first or your 100th.
When puberty begins, your ovaries start producing eggs.
The result? Your first period. Apart from the odd occasion, everyone who
has a period produces an egg, and so there’s always a chance of getting
pregnant.
So until you make a solid arrangement with your boyfriend
as to the best form of contraception to adopt, I would put sex on hold
for now if I were you. 18 is a bit too young to be anxious about sex.
If your boyfriend keeps on putting on the pressure, dump him and look for a more patient man.
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