Patient's question:
I had sexual intercourse with my husband half a month ago without using contraception and took the 72-hour emergency contraceptive pill. I thought it was highly unlikely to cause pregnancy, but now my period is delayed. A pregnancy test revealed that I am pregnant. I would like to ask if it is okay to carry the pregnancy forward after taking the 72-hour emergency contraceptive pill.Doctor's answer:
In this case of an unexpected pregnancy, I believe it is also possible to temporarily keep the child. Current clinical diagnostic data shows that emergency contraception pills taken within 72 hours have minimal impact on the fetus, as these pills contain estrogen and progesterone components. If you yourself want to have the child, you can focus on early pregnancy. If there is no recurrence of miscarriage or stillbirth in the early stages, and if both the 16-week Down syndrome screening and the ultrasound for fetal anomaly scanning around the 24th week are normal, then the child can be kept.