EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION Emergency contraception is a method of birth control you can use if you had sex without using birth control or if your birth control method did not work correctly for example, your condom has split or you have forgotten you OC pill. You must use emergency contraception as soon as possible after unprotected sex. Emergency contraception pills are different from the abortion pill. If you are already pregnant, emergency contraception pills do not stop or harm your pregnancy. Emergency contraception has also been called the "morning-after pill, " but you do not need to wait until the morning after unprotected sex to take it. Emergency contraception is not meant to be used for regular birth control. Talk to your doctor about regular birth control to help prevent pregnancy. There are 2 types of emergency contraception: the emergency contraceptive pill – (the "morning after" pill) the intrauterine device (IUD ie intrauterine contraceptive device) to be continued:::::::; Dr Nandini shete