Still Confused! Can someone tell me when is the safe time to have sex with your girlfriend without her?

Question

getting pregnant. I do not want convoluted answers and judgmental answers. I just need to know the estimated number of days since the last day of her menstruation that it is ok to have sex again, albeit protected sex. Simple medically sound answers please.

Guys, you are also welcome to give your views and "guaranteed" experiences

Gypsy g, did you read the question? I tis stupid not to read the question.

I know everyone ovulates at different times, so to be clear, when after the ovulation is the "safe" way to have sex. Is ovulation the same as her period? Some of you are not reading the question right and are not defining terms right.

Answer 1

Well 14 days after the start of her period she will ovulate. Now that is the start of her period so i would say right after but only one or two days after to be on t safe side

Answer 2

Avoiding the fertile time of the month is not a successful birth control method. A woman can ovulate during, immediately after or weeks after her cycle, and it can be a different time each month. I know this for a fact from when my husband and I were trying to conceive and tracking my ovulation. Plus the fact that sperm can live in the body several days make it very difficult to avoid pregnancy by tracking ovulation alone.

Answer 3

Seriously, if you can't afford for her to fall pregnant, you should not be messing with natural contraception. Your girlfriend should be using reliable contraception. And besides, you should be using a condom regardless, not only for pregnancy, but for HIV and other STDs risk too.

Oh, and 'Courage' is misinformed. Ovulation accures 14 days before the start of the next period, so for a longer cycle, it is not necessarily mid-cycle. And you are not safe for at least 4 days around ovulation. You can never bank on being safe. Ask my married friend who just found out she's pregnant when they thought it was a 'safe' time. If you must have the correct information, search for it on reputable sites, not Yahoo Answers!

Answer 4

I think it is hard to tell when you can get pregnant. I have irregular periods, because I am dropping two eggs, so I don't know when I can get pregnant.... I think anytime. I think women who have regular periods can get pregnant when they ovulate which is 14-16 days before the first day of their period.

Edit:
Everyone is saying something different on their answers. I don't think anyone really knows. Just use protection!

Answer 5

The menstrual cycle is divided into two phases--the follicular or proliferative phase; and the luteal or ovulatory phase. The follicular phase includes the time when menstruation occurs and is followed by proliferation or the growth and thickening of the endometrium. This phase typically lasts from 10-14 days, starting with the first day of menstruation.
Estrogen and progesterone levels are at their lowest during menstruation. When bleeding stops, the proliferative phase begins causing the endometrium to grow and thicken in preparation for pregnancy. During the next (approximately) two weeks, FSH levels rise causing maturation of several ovarian follicles and the size of the eggs triple.

FSH also signals the ovaries to begin producing estrogen which stimulates LH levels until around day 14 of your cycle when one of the follicles bursts, and the largest egg is released into one of the fallopian tubes.

This phase is followed by the premenstrual phase, known as the luteal phase.

This premenstrual period lasts approximately 14 days. After ovulation, LH causes the corpus leuteum to develop from the ruptured follicle. The corpus leuteum produces progesterone.
Together estrogen and progesterone stimulate the endometrium to prepare a thick blanket of blood vessels that will support a fertilized egg should pregnancy occur. When pregnancy occurs this blanket of blood vessels becomes the placenta which surrounds the fetus until birth.

When pregnancy does not occur, the corpus leuteum deteriorates and becomes the corpus albicans. Once this occurs, progesterone and estrogen levels decline, and the endometrial lining is shed during menstruation.

Menstruation can vary greatly from woman to woman and from month to month and still be normal. Generally, the length of your menstrual cycle can fluctuate from 3 weeks to 5 weeks, without alarm.

When counting the days in your cycle, always count the first day of your period as day one. The average period lasts about 6 days, although some women may experience slightly shorter or longer periods and be perfectly normal.

Variations in the amount of menstrual flow and the timing of menstruation are quite normal in young women during the first few years following the onset of menstruation. Periods may be irregular or very light. The use of oral contraceptives can often cause fluctuations in menstruation which include either light periods or spotting/bleeding between periods.

Many times, young women are frightened when they discover dark clumps of tissue in their menstruation. Most often, this is a part of the endometrium (uterine lining) shedding and is nothing to be concerned about.

The average age of the onset of menstruation is about 12 or 13, however it may begin as young as 8 for some girls or not until 14 or 15 for others. If your period has not started by the time you are 16, see your physician to assess whether there may be an underlying condition.

Answer 6

a woman can get pregnant when she ovulates... but everyone ovulates at different times, most woman normally ovulate 2 weeks after their period... I would still be careful all the time though... but 2 weeks after her period be especially careful.

Answer 7

Honestly no time is 100% safe. All women ovulate at different times so there's always a chance of pregnancy. Sorry but that's the truth.

Answer 8

there is never a safe time to have sex b/c a woman can ovulate at any given time. Sometimes the body just changes up on people and ot does what it wants to do at times

Answer 9

ya rfealy can't tell because every women is diffrent she can star ovulating a week after her period and be ovulating for a week or it can be a couple days every women is diffrent if u don't want to wrap it she should get an IUD they last like 5 yrs and she dosen't have to take a pill :)

Answer 10

every woman ovulates at a different time, so this is a hard one to judge.
She can buy an ovulation kit to find out when she ovulates, then you can base it off of that..they can be bought at drugstores.