Patient's question:
18th: Past treatment and effectiveness: Taking birth control pills two hours after masturbation, discovered pregnancy a few days later. What kind of assistance is needed: How should this child be born?Doctor's answer:
The main component of emergency contraception is a synthetic progestogen, chemically known as levonorgestrel. If pregnant women take progestogen hormones, it mainly affects the growth and development of the fetal reproductive organs, potentially causing female fetuses to become masculinized. Generally, such fetuses can be saved because the period within 4 weeks from the last menstrual period is the prephase of cell and tissue division, which is generally not sensitive to various teratogens. Moreover, the development of the reproductive system occurs approximately at the 8th week of pregnancy. Since the body's decomposition and metabolism of emergency contraception are short, lasting about 3 days, taking emergency contraception within 4 weeks from the last menstrual period has little impact on the fetus.