Ya would think a college professor knows what causes that!
Newsflash: millions of women conceive while using contraceptives. For birth control methods which exclusively avoid conception (i.e., not those which cause permanent sterility or early abortions), the most effective one, at 98% effectiveness, and the only one with no medical counter-indications or side effects, is Sympto-thermal Natural Family Planning (NFP) -- See chart for comparison.