Often for a woman, the news of the pregnancy is a complete surprise, especially if, according to her calculations, this pregnancy has come after menstruation. Currently, many drugs and methods of protection are offered, but it happens that a woman can not use them because of breastfeeding or gynecological diseases.
The calendar method is considered the most environmentally friendly and has no contraindications : on the days preceding ovulation and several days after it, partners abstain from an intimate life in order to avoid pregnancy. It is generally recommended that you not contact the ninth to twentieth day of the standard 28-day cycle.
The calculations are simple: the egg usually remains viable for three to four days after ovulation, sperm can "wait" for five to seven days. In total, we get seven to nine days with an increased likelihood of fertilization - these days, active intimate life ends. If this regime is strictly observed, then in most cases the pair gets the desired result.
But for the successful application of the calendar method, the following conditions are necessary:
- a regular cycle of menstruation ;
- strict discipline;
- smooth hormonal background of the body.
Still, failures do occur, so women often ask: “Is pregnancy possible after menstruation or directly during them?”
Gynecologists argue that such a situation may well happen, because here the individual characteristics of the body, the duration of the menstrual cycle and so on are very important. Of course, in percentage terms, the probability of fertilization is very small during this period, about 2-3% (for comparison, on ovulation days the chances increase to 32%). However, now pregnancy after menstruation does not surprise anyone; you will find as many such stories on any forum.
What leads to similar situations? Even if a woman has everything necessary for a successful calendar protection, a failure may occur in her body at any time due to stress or hormonal dysfunctions. Then the egg can mature earlier than usual, and pregnancy can occur almost immediately after the completion of menstruation.
In addition, the risk may come from a partner if they develop sperm with high viability. Normally, they live from 3 to 5 days. But there are those that remain active for up to 7 days. And if the egg matured a little earlier, and the sperm waited for her week after the act, then you yourself understand that pregnancy immediately after menstruation will not have anything strange.
Let's take a closer look at other risk factors that lead to the fact that pregnancy occurs after menstruation.
Irregular menstruation cycle
The atypical cycle involves a floating ovulation schedule, so in such cases it’s generally difficult to plan something. How many days will be in the current cycle, from which day to start the countdown - if a woman cannot answer these questions, then theoretically pregnancy can occur on any day of the cycle under a favorable set of circumstances, including immediately after menstruation.
Prolonged bleeding
The beginning of a new cycle is the first day of menstrual bleeding. It is during this period that a new egg begins to mature. If the period of spotting is prolonged to 7-8 days, then physiologically ovulation can begin immediately after that. And women mistakenly believe that a few days after the completion of menstruation, you can definitely not worry about anything. It is important to remember that the longer the bleeding period, the longer it takes for an egg to mature fully.
Illusory pregnancy after menstruation
Yes, often a woman believes that pregnancy occurred during menstruation or immediately after, although this is not at all. Fertilization occurred, as expected, during ovulation, and spotting during menstruation erroneously said that there was no pregnancy. That is, the illusion of full menstruation is created with the existing pregnancy. And then, a bewildered woman will calculate that the pregnancy came as a result of intimacy immediately after menstruation, although it really happened a few weeks earlier.
Maturation of several eggs
If the body has this feature, then the chances of getting pregnant increase at times. For example, one egg can exit along with the endometrium, and the second, fertilized, will remain attached. If the eggs exit the tubes at different times, then the typical picture of the menstrual cycle changes completely. This makes impossible the standard calculation of days of risk, pregnancy can occur on any of the days.
Tubal pregnancy
A fertilized egg can be in the tube, not in the uterus. This happens when pregnancy occurs just before menstruation, and the egg does not have time to sink into the uterus. But this may be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy. In such cases, the illusion of pregnancy also occurs during or immediately after menstruation.
Therefore, you see that pregnancy after menstruation may well occur, because now there are so many adverse factors affecting the female body: ecology, stress, fatigue, unhealthy lifestyle. Therefore, take care of yourself and remember that any pregnancy is a gift of fate, do not neglect it.