HOW are they surprised by this pregnancy?!

Although the couple has no immediate plans for children, they do not use any formal method of birth control. — I guess our technique for birth control would have been using the rhythm method. — Red flag. I'm sorry. Rhythm method is not reliable on its own. Cycle tracking with a real good understanding of cycles and several different methods of tracking and charting your fertility can be as effective as condoms. But rhythm method on its own is highly ineffective. That's fine. We've talked about this before. like birth control or contraception is only needing to be as effective as your risk aversion. If you would be fine if you got pregnant, then you might be fine using something that's much less reliable or even nothing, even if you're not trying to have a baby. But if you really don't want to be pregnant, then you got to use something else. I don't know where they land on that, but if you don't have a regular cycle, but you're also not using contraception and you're sexually active with someone who can get you pregnant and you miss a cycle, pee on a stick, take a pregnancy test. That comment bothered me. Like we didn't even think it was a possibility. We didn't even consider it. You have to.