Question for the Ladies...

[Jack_Dawson]

Ummm...what are the chances of conception occuring during menstruation? Guess I'm having a panic attack right about now. Hope this doesn't qualify as a sex thread, cause I'm not aroused.

:beer:

[da_chimperor]

1. I'm not a lady . . . but this site says it's possible

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/41/1687_50059.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

[Jack_Dawson]

4. Oh dear

:beer:

[LibLover]

14. If he's willing and I'm in the mood, we're doing it!

Sex During That Time of Month

Is it dangerous to have sex during a woman's period?

By Sandor Gardos, PhD
WebMD Answers to Questions

Unfortunately there is still a great deal of misinformation circulating about women's menstrual cycles. We're past the days when we believed a menstruating woman would curdle milk with which she came into contact. Yet many still wonder whether menstrual blood isn't somehow "dirty." The belief that sex during a woman's period could be somehow dangerous or unhealthy has its origins in myths such as these.

The reality is that menstrual blood is nothing more than the remains of the uterine lining, shed after it's no longer needed. This lining builds up to prepare for the possible implanting of a fertilized egg. But if a woman doesn't become pregnant, then it's shed over the course of several days and a new lining begins to build.

Sex during menstruation doesn't pose any additional health risk to you or your partner. If either of you has a sexually transmittable infection, the blood can make it easier to transmit. However, there would always be a chance of transmission even if you weren't having your period. If this is at all a concern for you, you should be using a condom -- menstrual cycle or not!

Remember that just because you're having your period doesn't mean you can't get pregnant. Be sure to continue using birth control unless you are trying to become pregnant.

Of course, sex during a woman's period is a little messier. Many couples, however, take great pleasure in the extra lubrication and "earthiness" of it. About the only "precaution" you need to take is putting down a towel first if you are worried about staining the sheets (and maybe having a few moist towels laying around for use afterwards). But beyond that, and the caveat about infections such as HIV, there's no other reason to be concerned.

And many women find sex eases the cramps that sometimes come with menstruation. It seems to be the orgasms that do it: Many women report that an orgasm or two -- with or without intercourse -- works better than any drug. Of course, having sex also gives you a great distraction!

So feel free to have all the sex you want during your period. In fact, if it helps your cramps, then you can even say, "Doctor's orders!"

[JVS]

2. Trying to find out if you can swim during the crimson tide, eh?

[ogradda]

3. uuhhh

we can get pregnant anytime. not as likely during menstration, but possible.

[FloridaPat]

5. Suppose to be highly improbable. Best of luck.

[kixot]

6. delete

[likesmountains 52]

7. not real likely

most women are fertile on days 11-17 of their 28 day cycle. However...the only time you CAN'T get pregnant if you already are pregnant...Seriously, if the woman is having a regular period( not just mid-cycle break through bleeding etc.) you are probably safe...if you're worried go get Plan B, the morning after pill.

[Jack_Dawson]

10. It's about 30 mornings too late for that, but

thx for the info...it's helpful.

:beer:

[JVS]

11. Oh, total bummer

Here's hoping that she's not pregnant :beer:

[likesmountains 52]

12. sorry

so...the period is already late?

[ogradda]

8. you didn't fall for the

"i can't get pregnant cause of blah blah blah" did you? sheesh, i thought my brothers were the only ones who did that. and yes, i am an auntie :)

[Pithlet]

9. Possible, but not likely

Women typically ovulate 12-14 days after onset of their period. But, this can vary, and many factors can lengthen or shorten this by several days, including stress and illness, even for women who's cycles are usually regular. If you have sex close to the very end of the period, and she ovulates less than 8 days later, it could result in a pregnancy, because sperm can last for a few days.

[helnwhls]

13. well ya wore a condom right...

right...could avoid any worry at all if ya used a condom

[Sporadicus]

15. Just Make Sure

she doesn't touch any altar vessels or carry communion to the sick, or she could give birth to a goat.

-Theodoric of York

"What you need is a good bleeding."

[SarahB]

16. I'm a woman....

I have kids, am a nursing student, and I used to do natural family planning (for health reasons while breastfeeding), it's pretty improbably unless she tends to have short menstrual cycles (3 weeks or less as opposed to 4 weeks), but it is possible. A good pregnancy test and first morning's urine should tell you in ten days. If it just happened and you don't want to chance it, she should call Planned Parenthood or her doctor and get the "morning after pill" which is just a bigger dose of BC pills to keep anything fertilized from implanting. Good luck.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

17. It is possible, because it happened to me.

I got pregnant with my son on the first day of my period, so it can happen. I know it happened that day because we used protection all the time, except when I was menstruating. It was weird because the period went away after a day. I had always had normal periods before lasting at about 5 to 8 days. I got a pregnancy test after a couple of days, and I was definitely pregnant. I couldn't tell you what the chances are of it happening, I just know it can happen.

Here's an article from webmd on the topic.
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/41/1689_51580?src=Inktomi&condition=Healthy%20Women