Can I get pregnant if I have sex a week before my period?

Female friends can divide their menstruation into several stages according to the time of menarche, namely the safe menstrual period and the ovulation period. If you have sex during the safe period, the chances of pregnancy will be relatively small. If you have sex during your ovulation period, your chances of getting pregnant will greatly increase. So can you get pregnant if you have sex a week before your period?

Under normal circumstances, female friends will go through a follicular phase after ovulation before having their period. The follicular phase for most women is about 10 to 14 days. Therefore, theoretically speaking, the ovulation period has already passed a week before menstruation, and the chance of pregnancy during intercourse is not high.

However, even if you notice that some female friends have irregular ovulation or a shortened follicular phase, you may still get pregnant if you have sex a week before your period. Therefore, if you are not prepared for pregnancy, you should take good contraceptive measures.

As long as you have sex, there is a possibility of pregnancy, so if you don't plan to get pregnant, you must take good contraceptive measures. You can choose condoms for contraception. When buying condoms, choose products from large manufacturers and check the shelf life. And before use, you must observe carefully to check for any damage to avoid accidental pregnancy.

In addition, if you are not prepared for pregnancy in the long term, you can use an IUD for contraception. This method is relatively safer and you can remove the IUD immediately when you are ready to get pregnant. Please note that you need to do follow-up work every day after wearing the ring.

How to get pregnant faster

1. Avoid poor daily life

In daily life, if both parties have an unhealthy lifestyle, it will also affect the chance of pregnancy. Therefore, during the period of pregnancy preparation, men should quit smoking and drinking, and women should develop good living habits, eat a healthy diet, and avoid eating carbohydrate foods, etc., so as to increase the chance of pregnancy.

2. Men should wear looser clothes

If men wear tight underwear for a long time, it is very easy to make the testicles too hot, which is not conducive to the survival of sperm. Therefore, men should reduce the frequency of going to hot springs and wearing tight underwear, and try to create a good living condition for the testicles to increase the chance of pregnancy. If men have good habits, they can also prevent various male diseases.