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Do you have to have sex on the day you ovulate in order to get pregnant or can it b a day after ovulation and on a fertile day?

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Around the day: It can happen around the day you ovulate. Sperm can survive for a day or so in the vagina, so a day or so before you ovulate, or a day or so after etc. Is still a viable time for you to get pregnant.

Answered 1/25/2014

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