Family planning and pregnancy is an important part of a woman’s life. Usually the sudden news that a woman is expecting a child does not please either her or her partner. Is it possible to avoid pregnancy, forgetting about protection during critical days?
Is it possible to have sex during menstruation: the opinion of doctors
Doctors argue that intimacy during menstruation should be suspended because:
- natural bleeding can adversely affect moral satisfaction;
- women these days are more susceptible to STDs or other diseases, if the man is their carrier;
- frictional movements do not allow blood to exit. This can lead to many unpleasant consequences, including endometriosis.
Women often want to try to have sex during critical days, hoping that this will reduce pain in the lower abdomen or irritability.
In fact, often negative feelings only increase, soft masturbation will be much more pleasant.
From this it follows that a woman should refrain from intima during critical days, it will be useful both for her and for her partner. If sex is not avoided, it must be protected and non-traumatic.
Can I get pregnant on the last day of menstruation
Many believe that during critical days a woman cannot become pregnant. And the moment remains controversial with the last day of bleeding, when the body is already out of this phase. In fact, all women are individual, and an unprotected act is not safe even during the first day of the cycle.
The opportunity to get pregnant is preserved because:
- some women have an irregular cycle, they may have ovulation sooner or later;
- the male seed can be preserved in the woman’s body for up to a week; fertilization will occur during early ovulation.
Thus, sex on the last day of menstruation does not guarantee the absence of the risk of pregnancy. On any given day, a couple should worry about protection by resorting to better methods than the calendar method or PPA (interrupted sexual intercourse). The most reliable means - condoms and hormonal contraceptives.
Independent calculation of the days of the cycle: what you need to know?
Among the methods of contraception there is a so-called calendar. It is based on medical research, which states that pregnancy is possible only during the period of ovulation, when the woman's body is ready for conception. The whole cycle looks like this:
- menstruation - from 3 to 5 days;
- postmenstrual period - 7-9 days,
- ovulation - from 2 to 4 days;
- postovulyatsionny period - 7-9 days;
- premenstrual phase - 3-5 days.
It is believed that conception is the right day is ovulation and 2-4 days before and after it, but long-term observations state that this method does not guarantee 100% protection.
After ovulation, some women experience the phenomenon of "repeated" ovulation. This is due to the characteristics of the organism, sometimes this picture is a pathology, sometimes it is the natural work of two healthy ovaries.
In any case, using only the calendar method of protection does not guarantee the absence of unwanted pregnancy, it is better to use a more modern and reliable tool as methods of contraception together with the calculation of safe days.
To play it safe and know for sure if ovulation has not come, a woman can use special rapid tests, they are similar to pregnancy tests, their use is similar, the result will be known immediately. If the test showed ovulation - the next 3-4 days unprotected sexual intercourse is unsafe, like the previous ones in a week.
