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A member asked:

Can you get pregnant while menstruating? i searched the answer on this site and some doctors said yes and others said no.

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Both are correct: Yes, you can get pregnant if the period was slight and not normal or the sex occurred at the end of the bleeding with early ovulation. It is rare but it happens. The general answer is No, while actively bleeding during menstruation pregnancy does not usually occur.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/29/2016

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