Brooklyn, NY
A 33-year-old female asked:
If i make sex 5 days before my ovulation day, could i still get pregnant?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

Dr. Ramon Garcia-septienanswered
Sports Medicine 47 years experience
I don't think so: You can have safe sex from the first day of you menstrual cycle until the 10 day and from the 21 day until next cycle
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Springfield, OH
A 20-year-old female asked:
If i had sex days 5, 4, 3 and the day before ovulation can I still get pregnant? What's the percentage?
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Dr. Alvin Linanswered
Geriatrics 32 years experience
Yes!!!: Best way to get pregnant is to have unprotected sex for several days before, during ; after ovulation as sperm ; egg can live for several days inside your body. Thus timing can allow for overlap to improve chances of becoming pregnant. Odds are 1 in 5 to 1 in 4 of getting pregnant during each cycle. Check out http://www.Babymed.Com/getting-pregnant/what-are-the-odds-conceiving-conception.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Can yiu still get pregnant the day after you ovulate?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Ovulation usually occurs about 14 days after the start of your period. You are most fertile for the next few days but can get pregnant until your period starts again.
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United Kingdom (Great Britain)
A 29-year-old female asked:
Can you get pregnant 5 days or more before ovulation day?
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Dr. Alan Pattersonanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 44 years experience
Usually not: Should too early as the sperm should only live for 72 hrs at the max, if indeed u did ovulate then and not before then.
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Atwater, CA
A 19-year-old female asked:
Is sex 5 days before ovulation day a good if I'm trying to get pregnant?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

Dr. Stuart Winkleranswered
Internal Medicine - Nephrology & Dialysis 50 years experience
Pregnancy: The best time to become pregnant is one to two days before ovulation. The egg lasts about 1 day once released by the ovary and sperm can last up to six days in your body. There is about a six day window for sperm to meet an egg. You should have sex every couple of days around this period to be sure there are always sperm in the fallopian tubes to meet the egg when it is released.
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Clinton Township, MI
A 31-year-old female asked:
Trying to get pregnant but what if I don't have sex doing the days that I'm fertile but have sex on the day I'm ovulating can I still get pregnant ?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

Dr. Jeff Livingstonanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 24 years experience
Fertile = ovulation: Your fertile days are the days you are ovulating. The timing of ovulation is how one defines the fertile days. Subtract 14 days from the expected date of your next period and that is the most likely day of ovulation
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