Can I have sex the day before my period?

Women's menstruation is very special because there are so many things to pay attention to. The reason why so many requirements are required is to ensure women's physical health. But some women don't seem to take it seriously, believing that menstruation does not cause much harm to the body. For example, having sex the day before your period can still be very harmful. Let’s take a look at the effects of having sex the day before your period.

Can you get pregnant if you have sex two days before your period?

No, this is the safe period. If you want to get pregnant, you have to do it during the dangerous period. It is easy to get pregnant during the dangerous period, which is the ovulation period. A woman's ovulation date is generally about 14 days before the next menstrual period. Starting from the first day of the next menstrual period, counting down 14 days or subtracting 14 days is the ovulation day. The ovulation day and the 5 days before and 4 days after the ovulation day are called the ovulation period.

For example, a woman's menstrual cycle is 28 days, and the first day of this menstruation is December 2nd. Then the next menstruation will be on December 30th (December 2nd plus 28 days). Subtract 14 days from December 30th, and December 16th is the ovulation day. The ovulation day and the 5 days before and 4 days after it, that is, December 11-20, is the ovulation period. Except for the menstrual period and ovulation period, the rest of the time is the safe period.

How many days after ovulation can you tell if you are pregnant?

This is the most concerning issue for young couples planning to have a baby, after “how to maximize the chances of conception through sexual intercourse”. Many couples who are trying to have a baby use pregnancy test sticks almost every day after having sex during the ovulation period, but the results are often disappointing in the early stages. Because it takes some time to detect whether pregnancy occurs after having sex during ovulation. Therefore, young couples do not need to be anxious. Let's follow the editor to understand clearly how many days after having sex during the ovulation period to test whether you are pregnant, and then go for a pregnancy test to give you peace of mind.

1. Generally, you can use a test strip 15 days after sexual intercourse, and you can do a blood HCG test a week later to confirm whether you are pregnant.

2. Ovulation occurs around the 14th day of the menstrual cycle. Assuming that fertilization is successful at this time, it will take at least 6 or 7 days for the fertilized egg to produce HCG. Pregnancy test sticks are determined by testing urine HCG. HCG actually starts to be secreted in large quantities after the fertilized egg implants, and the syncytial trophoblast begins to secrete large amounts of HCG. It takes at least 11 days for the fertilized egg to implant. So, the earliest is 6 days. If you want more accuracy, wait until 11 days, as it will be more accurate then.

3. Using a pregnancy test stick can easily and relatively accurately test whether a woman is pregnant, so it is very useful for female friends to know when to use the pregnancy test stick most accurately. However, pregnancy test sticks are not very accurate, so if you want to confirm whether you are pregnant, it is better to go to the hospital for a check-up.

4. It is recommended to use the first urine in the morning for testing, because the hormone level at this time is easiest to detect. If used at night, the urine must be in the bladder for at least four hours before it can be detected. Also, avoid drinking too much water to increase urine production, as this will dilute hormone levels.