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The Pregnancy Scare: A Comical, Yet Horrific Phenomenon

Delving into the lives of young sexually active ladies

Winifred J. Akpobi
4 min readMar 24, 2022

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Photo by Chayene Rafaela on Unsplash

How are you a virgin feeling pregnant just because you got a two-day late period? Having sexually active friends must rub off on you a lot! Month after month hearing them get the kit or complaining about the slight headache they started feeling 10 days after they got laid. It’s usually always negative though.

Yes, it’s overwhelming.

18 and finally getting laid must’ve caused a slight frisson in your chest, good or bad? Who cares?

The proud tingling awareness of finally feeling like a woman, feeling like you got everything under control. Nothing could go wrong… as long as you use protection.

At least that’s what you thought.

You’d be the girl who used condoms whatever the circumstances, vasectomy, contraceptives, or not. That was rule number 1 — stamped and posted in your mind.

How’s the “condom always” working out for you though?

One consented drunk raw sex and now the idea of condoms doesn’t ring a bell. Yeah, depending on the pull-out is the riskiest move you ever made. Not to talk about the risk of STDs and STIs, what were you thinking?

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Winifred J. Akpobi

Young, graceful womanist. You should read my stuff while you’re here <3 💌 Email: winifredakpobi@gmail.com