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Confused? Ovulation, Pregnancy. Is there an Accurate answer



Asked by Unregistered (Female; 18; USA ) on Mon 01, Sep 2008 12:00pm :

This what the doctor told me: It is seen that pregnancy only occurs if intercourse occurs within the 6 days prior to and including ovulation.Intercourse after the day of ovulation does not result in pregnancy It is seen that the best timing of intercourse in order to conceive is day 10, 12, 14 and 16 (in case of late ovulation) of a 28 day cycle. Check out whether you had intercourse around 1 week before ovulation of this month i.e around 26-27th august.As you are saying that you had intercourse on 22 august i.e on day 10,so chances of pregnancy are there.The menstrual cycle method of confirming a pregnancy is very unaccurate.To confirm whether you have conceived or not,you can get home based urine for pregnancy test done.For this,over the counter pregnancy kits are available. So my question is, Do you count the day you started your period prior to ovulation? i started my period on august the 14 and it was thru on sunday the 17th i had sex on friday the 22, so i count from the day i started my period to see if im pregnant? Or do i count the day i ended my period? Your telling me a possible pregnancy could be there so are you counting from the day i started my period?
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Answer by Dr Smitha M, MD (doctor) on Tue 02, Sep 2008 03:08am:

Hi, The menstrual cycle is counted from the day you start your period. That means, if you started your period on 14 Aug, that is day 1 of your cycle. Pregnancy can occur anytime within 24-48 hours after the release of the egg from the ovary. This is because the egg takes a few hours to travel from the ovary to the correct part of the ovarian tube before it can be fertilized by a sperm. This can occur anytime between the 10th and 17th day of your cycle. The time interval mentioned is so wide as it is not possible to accurately predict when an egg is being released. This is because, even in individuals with very regular cycles, small things like stress or minor physical illness can cause ovulation to occur later or before the 15th day of the cycle. If you start a period it means that pregnancy did not occur in the last cycle. Do keep us posted on any further doubts in this regard.

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