Many times, I have heard people discouraging the use of safe days as much as many others encourage the use of this very practice, and many times I have also refused to use safe days because of my insecurity on the topic.
I am in my 3rd year at Makerere University and just a week ago, my boyfriend convinced me to use the condom. Honestly, I have been a very loyal servant of the condom and I had never though of any other method to avoid pregnancy, until last week.
He wanted to do it live and he threatened to leave so I had to give into the use of safe days so as to avoid any chance of pregnancy. Now, I don’t feel comfortable at all, I feel like I am already pregnant because I am not even sure of my safe days.
Answer:
Safe days aren’t actually safe since different humans have different menstrual cycles and their different factors that can change or affect the actual period days
factors like stress, diet, use of contraceptives, among others.
In case of unprotected sex, I advise the use Emergency Contraceptives [ECPS) or an IUD with 120 hours of intercourse.– Alex Kiwanuka, Sexual and Reproductive Health specialist at Reproductive Health Uganda [RHU].
