Can you get pregnant by having sex on your period

If you still feel a little weird about having period sex, one thing might ease your mind: lots of men are into it — in part, because some think it's a worry-free pass for unprotected sex. That's so not true. Before you toss your condom to the side, here's everything you need to know about the likelihood of getting pregnant on your period, according to an ob-gyn. The first step of knowing if you can get pregnant on your period is understanding your menstrual cycle , which is

Relying on your menstrual cycle as a means of birth control is definitely risky, because you can indeed get pregnant on your period. Meanwhile, the uterus is building up a lining just in case it needs to host a growing embryo. If egg meets sperm during ovulation and implants in that lining, bingo — baby on board. Because the egg can survive for 24 hours after ovulation and sperm can live inside a woman for up to five days, a woman can get pregnant starting five days before ovulation and ending a day after.

Want to avoid pregnancy? Learn how your fertility cycle works — and whether period sex is ever risk-free. Your period came, so does that mean you can be a little more lax about birth control?

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