Expert: Bob Kambic - 4/26/2007

Question
I have stopped taking my birth control pill about 3 weeks ago..just 5 days ago i didnt have "sex" with my boyfreind, but we did mess around..a little "touching" of genitals  without a condom..but we did not have intercourse..and just recently i woke up with nausea in the morning..could these be pregnancy symptoms even if ive only been off my pill for almost 3 weeks? also what are some symptoms of being off the pill..

Answer
Women coming off the pill vary. Basically your body is trying to return to normal after having artificial hormones in it most of the time. So it it difficult to say for you what to expect this case. Nausea can be due to many things, not just to pregnancy. If nausea continues every day and you get a few other symptoms you could take a home pregnancy test. It would most likely be negative.

Males always leak sperm even if they don't ejaculate. But the chances of pregnancy without full intercourse are very small. I can recall only two cases in 20 years of talking with couples about family planning.