Having your period does not necessarily protect from pregnancy. Even if the probability of getting pregnant is rarer during the period of the rules, it is important to know that it exists. In what cases?
The menstrual cycle usually lasts 28 days. The ovary releases an egg Between the 12th and 16th dayknowing that the first day of the rules is counted as the first day of the cycle. This ovum remains in the fallopian tube for 24 hours. Sperm must be present nearby to be able to fertilize it. However, their lifespan is about 5 days. Fertilization can therefore take place 2 or 3 days after intercourse. If the egg is not fertilized, it is evacuated during the rules. Can we get pregnant during periods?
Is it possible to get pregnant during the rules?
In theory, it is not possible to get pregnant during the rules. A theory that many women, for lack of relevant information, take for an absolute truth. Léa Marchal, midwife, experienced it: “Many times in consultation, women informed me that the only report they had had during the rules. They did not understand how they could be pregnant“. In fact there is the theory … and the practice. However, some women have shorter (or longer) cycles than 28 days, or irregular cycles. In this case, the start of the rules may correspond to the ovulation period, or this can occur only a few days after the rules start. Due to the lifespan of sperm which can reach 4 days on average, they still have the possibility of fertilizing an egg. Moreover, bleeding can occur between the ruleswhich are confused with them. We then talk about metrorrhagia.
If you do not want a child, protect yourself with each sexual intercourse
Is it possible to get pregnant during pill rules?
Knowing that the cycle restarts the first day of the rules, when a woman begins the pill, she takes it on the first day of the rules in order to block the following cycle so that contraception is effective in the first month. The rules last on average 4 to 5 days : Now if a report takes place on the fifth day of the rules, the sperm which live approximately four days, will be present on the ninth day, at a time when ovulation occurred.
If you don’t want a child, Protect yourself with each sexual intercourse And this even during the rules, with a condom; Or use contraception that covers the entire duration of the cycle (pill, intrauterine, patch or implant device). Léa Marchal recommends, In the event of doubts or questions to talk to a professional : “Ask your doctor for advice. You can also make an appointment with a midwife, they have been authorized for the gynecological monitoring of healthy women since 2009“.
Thanks to Léa Marchal, midwife
