Times A Woman Can Get Pregnant
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Hi,
I have been researching natural family planning and keep coming up with contradictions. I normally use condoms with my husband (I do not trust the safety of the Pill for long term usage), which works fine but of course he'd prefer s_x without (but not enough of a preference to risk an unplanned pregnancy!).
My question is this: If a woman has a fairly regular cycle (I am always 25-27 days between one period starting and the next beginning), is it safe to have unprotected s_x after, say, day 22? I know ovulation can vary but occurs around the middle of the cycle, and I know that it is impossible to get pregnant more than 3 days after ovulation, so it seems like this would be very safe. However, I keep finding online websites that say you can basically somehow get pregnant anytime at all.
My husband and I would really like to have a few days a month we could have unprotected, risk free s_x, and some information I have seen makes it look like this would be fine, but again, some information seems contradictory and definitely it wouldn't be worth the risk if it is indeed a risk to do so.
Does anyone know for sure if it would be possible to get pregnant in the scenario I've described?
Thanks so much!
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Your logic is correct. It falls apart if stress or sickness delays your cycle. You can add a layer of safety by learning your signs of ovulation - fertile mucus, high libido, cervix high and open (hard to find), and maybe an ovulation cramp. There is also the BBT temperature charting method. Enjoy!
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The best way to know when to know when you are ovulating is to do a manual inspection of your cervial mucous. During ovulation, your cervical mucous become clearish and sticky, loosing the white milky discharge. Once you find out when you ovulate, I would not have unprotected s_x at least 4 days before that, because sperm can live up to 3-4 days.
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