Family Planning Plus

If you have been taking your birth control pills correctly and consistently, it is unlikely that you would become pregnant.

You don’t mention if it was an entire condom or just a piece of the condom in the toilet. If the condom tore during sex, that piece could have been situated deep inside the vagina. Just as semen and vaginal fluids from sex take time to “drain” out of the vagina, so would a “foreign object”. Additionally, the repeated downward pressure from urination or bowel movements would help to push it out of the vagina. This would also be true for a piece or the whole condom. It would eventually come out, if not now, most likely during your next menstrual flow. If a condom is left in the vagina, infection could result. In this case, you would experience vaginal symptoms like unusual vaginal discharge, foul odor, and discomfort.

When used together, birth control pills and condoms are very effective at preventing pregnancy. One also serves as a “back-up” for the other. In the future, when using condoms, have your partner check to make sure that the condom is still on his penis, and that it is intact. He may need to hold the condom (at the base of his penis) in order for the condom to stay on when he withdraws.