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[buckylea.livejournal.com]

so, i'm a little confused.
if you know you've ovulated, be it through ovulation pain or whatever else, then if you wait a couple more days, are you then unfertile (read: safe to have unprotected sex) at least until your period arrives, maybe even during your period, as long as you give it around a week before you're next due to ovulate?

in other words, how long does it take for the egg to go 'too far' to become fertalised?

edit: i am not going to have unprotected sex, i'm just curious. i know that sperm can live for five days or so, but even giving a week's leeway BEFORE ovulation, and several days AFTER ovulation, that still leaves a lot of potentially 'safe' days in a 29 day cycle (my average is 29).

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[https://users.livejournal.com/----seulmortis/]

1. You can never be sure when you ovulate unless you use FAM.
2. Sperm can live inside of you for 3 days. So if you have sex during an "unfertile period", an egg may still be fertlized.

I remember from health class there is only a three day period when you aren't fertile, and that's on a perfect 28-day cycle.

[mercurysmile.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's right. Sperm hang out for about 6 days in your body. So if you know exactly when you ovulate, you can plan around it. There are different ways to monitor your fertility. I'd suggest poking around the archives and the vaginapagina website looking for information about FAM. It's pretty interesting and can be an effective method of birth control if you're willing to be diligent about it and actually track your fertility, not just assume your schedule's always regular.

[inrelisa.livejournal.com]

so....say I had unprotected sex on a thursday, then I got my period on saturday but only bled for one day....is it possible I may be pregnant?