Patient's question:
I had unprotected sex yesterday and took emergency contraception to breastfeed. However, today I saw online that emergency contraception has side effects and downsides, including a post mentioning that taking emergency contraception can easily lead to ectopic pregnancy, which scared me quite a bit.Doctor's answer:
Emergency contraception pills will never increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy. According to a 2009 experiment by the Family Planning Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, emergency contraception pills will never increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy. The results of the experiment showed that among 15,696 women who took levonorgestrel emergency contraception pills, 307 became pregnant, with 3 cases of ectopic pregnancy, accounting for 1% of the total number of pregnancies. The incidence of ectopic pregnancy in women with normal pregnancies is 0.8% to 2%. Emergency contraception pills work by affecting a woman's endocrine system to prevent the reunion of sperm and eggs and the implantation of fertilized eggs.