Thursday, May 22, 2008

Can You Get Pregnant While You Are Having Your Period?


In the 1970s there was an after-school special on TV where two girls were talking about whether you could get pregnant from kissing a boy while wearing a wet bathing suit. That definitely isn’t true, but the answer to this question is a little more complicated.


The basic answer is yes, you can.


First, not all bleeding is a real period. Sometimes a woman can have spotting during
ovulation and that would be a very easy time to get pregnant.


Also, if a woman has a short menstrual cycle (about twenty-one days), then she could be ovulating on day seven of her cycle. This would be the seventh day from the first day of her period, and if her period lasts seven days, then it is possible that her period is ending just as she is ovulating.


Confusing? It is definitely easier to practice safe sex.

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