A 22-year-old member asked:
How long after your period could you get pregnant?
3 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Neeoo Chinanswered
Fertility Medicine 42 years experience
Varies: Some women may ovulate as early as 5-7 days after day 1, which is the first day of menstrual flow, not spotting. Usually though a person ovulates 12-16 days prior to there menses.
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Dr. Gerard Honoreanswered
Fertility Medicine 31 years experience
It depends: Depends on many factors. Take a 28-day cycle and count from the first day of bleeding: you are 'at risk' to become pregnant as early as the 9-10th day, but more usually between the 12th to 15th. In a shorter/longer or irregular cycle, it will be different. Do you want to conceive or are you asking how to avoid pregnancy? The facts are the same but the strategy would be different!
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Dr. Robert Killiananswered
General Practice 30 years experience
Please Clarify: One does not count fertility as the time of your period. You are fertile when you are ovulating. Ovulation is the cornerstone of your menstrual cycle and is the one absolutely necessary fact about menstruation that every female must know.
Ovulation is the process of preparing the egg for impregnation and the event of the egg being released from the ovary. Sex during the five days of ovulation.
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Dr. Robert Killian commented
General Practice 30 years experience
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Sex during the five days prior to the event of ovulation are the days most likely to cause pregnancy.
Nov 30, 2013
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How long does it take to get pregnant after my period?
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Dr. Philip Rosenblumanswered
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10-14 days: Counting the first day of the period as day #1, most women ovulate between day #10 and 14. Maximal sperm production occurs when you are having sex about once every 48 hours. If you have sex every other day counting days 9 through 15 you probably maximize your chances of getting pregnant. Female sperm last longer, male sperm swim faster. Early in the cycle, a girl is more likely, later on, a boy.
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If you were pregnant could your period be three weeks long?
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Long period and preg: if you are having heavy bleeding and it was on time, pregnancy is less likely, but a pregnancy test should be done. You should follow up with your gyn pregnant or not as a three week period is not normal and places you at risk for anemia.
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No: Although a woman could experience some bleeding during pregnancy, ti would not be her period. One does not have periods when they are pregnant. Yes, sometimes a period can be longer or shorter than previously.
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Can you get pregnant while you are coming off of your period?
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Dr. Joseph Warrenanswered
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Yes: People ovulate at various times during the cycle. We are not exact machines. Ovulation can occur early enough to permit conception, even if you just had a period.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Can you get pregnant befor your period?
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Dr. Jonathan Songanswered
Specializes in Gynecology, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Yes.: All pregnancies take place before your menses (period) because ovulation takes place around the 14th day of your cycle. It is actually when you don't have your menses that may signal (if you have regular menses) that you may be pregnant. If you are about 1-2 weeks late, i would recommend doing a home pregnancy test. Doing it sooner may yield equivocal results and they are not cheap.
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