Whoopsie...

Hey! Did my first foreign object retrieval yesterday, on someone in for their first exam ever, no less. Me: "um, did you guys have a condom break recently?" Her: "yeah, actually, on Monday..." Me: "well, here it is...."

Good opportunity for me to do a little education about Plan B. Everyone: If a condom breaks, you COULD GET PREGNANT! It's not over-the-counter yet thanks to politics trumping science in the FDA, but you can take Plan B up to 5 days after an incident like this and reduce your risk of getting pregnant by 75-80%. Ask your doctor or friendly nurse practitioner about it. Get some. Keep it in your sock drawer so you don't have to panic if a condom breaks.

And if you're 16 and had a condom break, you might want to panic just enough to mention it to the person doing your exam wondering what on earth that thing might be...