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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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[mercurysmile.livejournal.com]

found this in the archives, it might help: Early-pregnancy tests (http://www.livejournal.com/community/vaginapagina/3495815.html)

Do you know when you were due for your period? Like, was this one-day thing on time for when your period should be? If not, wait until you're supposed to get your period, and if it doesn't come, take a test. If you're not sure, buy a box of two (they're usually packaged in twos anyway) and take one now. If it's negative, wait a few weeks and if a normal period doesn't come, take the second.

[inrelisa.livejournal.com]

thanks for the link. My period was due to begin on that saturday, the day it actually did. but its been a few days and I havent been bleeding.

I'm a little nervous right now.

[mercurysmile.livejournal.com]

I would guess if it was on time for a period, you're okay. Can't hurt to be sure though!

[inrelisa.livejournal.com]

I hope you're right. thanks.

(sorry buckylea for the thread jack!)

[ptilu.livejournal.com]

Also, it would be reaaaally soon for it to be implatation bleeding. If she only had unprotected sex on thursday, I don't think an hypothetic egg could be implanting on Saturday already. Doesn't it take at least a week or so for the egg to travel to the uterus and implant?