What are the two types of unintended pregnancies?

What are the two types of unintended pregnancies?

• A. Mistimed and unwanted
• B. Mistimed only
• C. Unwanted only
• D. Neither

Answer: (A)

Unintended pregnancies are categorized into two types: mistimed and unwanted. A mistimed pregnancy occurs when someone would have preferred to become pregnant later, meaning the pregnancy happened earlier than they desired. An unwanted pregnancy is one that the person does not want to happen at all, either now or in the future. Together, these two types describe all pregnancies that were not desired at the time of conception. If you only consider mistimed, you miss pregnancies that were not desired at all; if you only consider unwanted, you miss pregnancies that were desired later.

Unintended pregnancies are categorized into two types: mistimed and unwanted. A mistimed pregnancy occurs when someone would have preferred to become pregnant later, meaning the pregnancy happened earlier than they desired. An unwanted pregnancy is one that the person does not want to happen at all, either now or in the future. Together, these two types describe all pregnancies that were not desired at the time of conception. If you only consider mistimed, you miss pregnancies that were not desired at all; if you only consider unwanted, you miss pregnancies that were desired later.