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pregnancy day before period starts?
Ok so I am 18 and have been having sex with this one guy and everything seems to be fine, but I am a little worried. I have not yet made it to get on birthcontrol, but we also stupidly dont use protection when having sex. Can I get pregnant the day before my period, and how will I know if I did get pregnant?
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You are not actually ovulating during or right before your period, but you can most definately become pregnant during this time as well as any other time during your cycle.
A woman ovulates, roughly, 14 or 15 days from the beginning of her last period; however, if your period is not a perfectly exact 28 day cycle then this can be thrown off. Ovulation lasts only a few days meaning about two or three) each cycle. Your body's temperature slightly changes during this time and you secrete more cervical mucus to ensure there is enough for sperm to travel in properly. During this time sperm that entire your body are able to live slightly longer than usual. Sperm typically can live in a woman's body for 5 - 7days, though it is not unheard of to find a few still alive at the two week mark.
It only takes ONE sperm to fertilize your one egg. Sperm are well equipped to find their way to their goal and they will do anything to ensure fertilization. A man's pre-ejaculatory fluid can be hard to distinguish after engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse because it is a smaller quantity and is thinner. Men are not aware of when they release this pre-ejaculatory fluid so there is no way to stop it. Yes, it is likely it contacts sperm that can still impregnate you just the same.
Also, ovulation is actually when you are at your peak fertility zone. Basically, you are equally fertile every day of your cycle, including the days you are on your period. The only time you are more fertile than usual is when you are ovulating (when the egg has been released from the ovary and begins traveling down the fallopian tubes). So, this means you can get pregnant during ANY day of your regular cycle equally and you have more chance of becoming pregnant during ovulation.
Ovulation tends to last a couple of days. Usually sometime during this travel is when the egg becomes fertilized and it attaches to your uterine wall when it reaches your uterus. Sometimes the egg is fertilized in the uterus; sometimes the egg is fertilized in the fallopian tube way too early and a baby begins to grown in the tube (which can cause MAJOR issues and can be very dangerous).
It can be extremely difficult to tell if you're ovulating or not if you're not keeping a very close track on your daily discharge and internal temperature. Many things can also throw off your regular ovulation cycle such as: stress, hormonal birth control, antibiotics, weight loss and gain, and major diet changes.
After you have sex you actually do not instantly become pregnant--it can take days before the sperm find and fertilize the egg and then another 6 - 10 days for the egg to actually attach to your uterine wall. Sperm can live in your body for a long time--they've even been some found alive in a woman 2 weeks after being ejaculated inside of her!
This being said, it could take weeks to actually become pregnant after one sexual encounter. It could be that you were so early into pregnancy that your body had not produce enough of the hCG hormone yet.
Take a home pregnancy test a couple of weeks after you engaged in sexual intercourse to find out if you're pregnant. It would probably be best if you waited until your NEXT period came/missed first. Some home pregnancy tests are better than others. According to a couple of studies done, First Response and Early Result Pregnancy Test are the two best kinds to purchase because they are slightly more sensitive than the others. You may want to pick up a couple of those for home usage.
Just because a home pregnancy test says negative (no pregnancy) does not mean it's right. Some show false-negatives (by the way, no such thing as a false-positive with these things) so it's BEST if you actually have a doctor run a pregnancy test by taking some blood.
I hope I've helped you out in understanding how your body works. If you have any other questions regarding this matter feel free to ask me :)
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Go take a pregnancy test. You can get pregnant the day before yes. If your not going to wear protection he should at least pull out before he goes. Remember Safety First. Hope all is well!
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Yes you can get pregnant before you're period and to find out if you're pregnant you need to take a pregnancy test.
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