Patient's question:
When I was doing it, I used a condom, but it broke during the act. At that moment, I immediately bought and took emergency contraception pills. However, until now, my period hasn’t come, and today I feel a bit nauseous. According to an old method, salt water can be used to test if you’re pregnant. How do I do it?Doctor's answer:
You can take a pregnancy test with a pregnancy test strip or a pregnancy test stick three to seven days after your period is delayed to see if you are pregnant. For the test, you need to use your first morning urine. Using salt water cannot determine if you are pregnant, and this claim has no scientific basis. If the condom broke during intercourse but you took emergency contraception, consider that the delay in your period is likely caused by the emergency contraception, and the chances of pregnancy are not high.