can you get pregnant whilst having sex during your period?

Question

i heared you can but also heared you can't! mixed answers!!

im not having sex whils ton my period, im wondering because someone said you cant and someone said you can!

Answer 1

Yes....it doesn't happen often but you can get pregnant while on your period. Read what I found below.





For a long time women have been asking if they can get pregnant when they have their period. The answer has gone back and forth, but one clear answer is that there is not a time during your cycle when you are free of the risk of getting pregnant. The reason for this is that there are women who have gotten pregnant at just about every time during their cycle, including their period! Every woman is different and while it is very rare for a woman to get pregnant while menstruating, there is a very slim possibility.

While it is not typical for women to get pregnant during their period, women often have bleeding that they mistake for their period and they become pregnant as a result. Stress and other issues may cause mid-cycle bleeding and if a woman assumes that she is having her period and has unprotected sex she may have sperm that are alive and well for five to seven days after this time. If the woman ovulates or has recently ovulated during or around this time, it may appear as though the woman has gotten pregnant during her period when she really has not. This is where knowing ones body will really come in handy, but sometimes it really can be tricky to determine what is really going on when you are bleeding.

Another typical issue is that some women ovulate before menstrual bleeding has stopped or it happens just as the period is finishing up. Either way, if you have unprotected sex before or just after your period you can end up pregnant by the end of your menstrual cycle! Usually when a woman becomes pregnant during or right around the time of her period it is due to the longevity of sperm. If you have sex around the time that you ovulate you are at risk of becoming pregnant, even if it is during or around the time of your period!

For so long women have been told that it is not possible to get pregnant during their menstrual cycle so they believe that they can freely enjoy unprotected sex and not worry about pregnancy. The fact is that most women do not get pregnant around this time, but there are some women that do not have the typical cycle and they can and will become pregnant if all of the ideal circumstances meet up. Never say never with the human body because there is a wide range of what can be considered normal or probable, and because every body is unique there are women that will become pregnant on the first through the last day of their cycle.

Answer 2

Yes it is definitely possible to get pregnant during your period. Because sometimes the egg is ready to be fertilized before you have finished your period.... Your period is basicly the crumbling of a bloody wall that builds in your uterus in order to protect a (possibly) fertilized egg (a baby). This is why you USUALLY don't bleed while you are pregnant because the body tells the wall to stay there to help protect the baby. When your system sees that you are not after all pregnant it destroys the egg, heats up your uterus, melting away the blood. But sometimes the blood is enough to expand the lifetime of the sperm enough to wait until you are ovulating again. I have heard that you shouldn't trust the last three days of your menstrual cycle. Those are the days in which the egg might have already prepared. You need to learn how to track your menstrual cycle to know which days you are ovulating and which days not. Now another very important thing you should know....YOU SHOULD NOT BE HAVING SEX WITHOUT A CONDOM!!! Are you really willing to risk getting a disease? Do you want to risk getting pregnant? Come on, don't do this to yourself. USE A CONDOM ALWAYS ALWAYS, NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!

Answer 3

Answer: It's possible — but highly unlikely. You'd have to have a very short menstrual cycle, which is the time from the first day of one period to the first day of the next period, or a tendency to have long periods. This would bring the time of ovulation closer to the time when you would start bleeding.

Conception occurs when an egg and sperm meet in a fallopian tube. Sometime during the middle of your menstrual cycle, most likely between the 12th and 16th days, an egg reaches maturity in one of the two ovaries.
The ovary releases the egg into the abdomen, where it's quickly sucked up by the tulip-shaped opening of the nearest fallopian tube.

An egg can survive in your fallopian tube for about 24 hours after it's released from the ovary. So the only way you can get pregnant is if sperm are present in your fallopian tube during this window of opportunity. If the egg isn't fertilized, it's shed along with your uterine lining during your period.

Typically, when you have your period, another egg is developing in preparation for release during the current cycle. But not every woman's cycle length is the same. Many women have a cycle that's about 28 days long, but some have cycles as short as 22 days long. If you have a shorter cycle, you could ovulate just a few days after you have your period. And considering that sperm can survive in your reproductive tract for up to three days, it's theoretically possible for the sperm to hang around until you ovulate again.

It's also possible to mistake breakthrough bleeding — spotting between your periods — for a regular period. So you may be bleeding right at the time of ovulation, when you're most fertile.

The time that it takes for an egg to develop, or mature, within the ovary can vary, and therefore, the actual day of ovulation can vary by several to many days. Some ovulation kits also base the "fertile time" on rising estrogen levels rather than the peak of luteinizing hormone, or LH, which is the actual trigger for egg release. In those situations the "fertile time" may seem to be longer.

Answer 4

Very, very, very unlikely.

But as so many people like to say on this board....any type of sex with no protection could lead to pregnancy. Not everyone has a "normal" cycle or body. I'm sure there are a few women out there who may ovulate on their period! Just like there are a few women who have a period when they are pregnant.

Answer 5

pregnant sex period

Answer 6

Yes. There is never a time when you can't get pregnant.. You're never 100% safe even WITH protection.

Answer 7

Since you have no way to know precisely when the unfertilized ovum has been expelled, consider this a "dangerous" time. In other words, yes, it is possible to can become pregnant.

Answer 8

no no no no--- ug-- ok look i dont know how old u are nothing-- but when ur on ur period its ur body flushing the un used egg outta u--- soo the egg thats in there is dead an no good so ur body is making it go bye bye----now--- in about 2 weeks after ur period u can get preg-- cuz there an egg sitting there readin a book bein bored waiting to get attacked by sperm-- lol--- soo not on the rag-- but try in 2 weeks like a rabbit---- or by an ovulation test at wal mart to find out when ur fertile--- good luck byes

Answer 9

A doctor told me that's the best time to get pregnant. When he told me I was , and I told I couldn't be because that was the only time we would have sex.

Answer 10

Yes, you can. You can always get pregnant unless you're infertile or post-menopause. So, make sure you protect yourself and your partner (the pill and condoms).