How To Get Pregnant

Women talk about having control over their bodies as far as abortion but i never hear them talk about not getting pregnant in the first place???? First let me say i am not talking about under age girls who get pregnant..or women who are raped..i am talking about women who are of age and consent to have sex. I got pregnant in college because i allowed my guy at the time to have sex with me WITHOUT A CONDOM..when i got pregnant i did not act surprised or act like a victim because i knew i should have used protection. I am apart of a women empowerment group and when the discussion of abortion comes up its always about is it right is it wrong should it be legal….im neither pro choice or pro life..im pro protection and not getting pregnant to begin with!!!! I know we don’t live in a perfect world and all pregnancy’s are not planned or wanted..and a woman can do whatever she wants with her body…but i find that alot of women don’t want to take accountability for their actions when they get pregnant and feel they have to justify their decisions to everyone..and that is what bothers me. The women in the group were all making statements about a woman’s right to choose to abort having control over her body… which is true but when i bring up the topic of having control over their bodies BEFORE THEY GET PREGNANT everyone get silent!!?? WTF!! No one wants to talk about the irresponsibility on the parts of women whom are having sex raw and having multiple abortions…i feel that PREVENTING pregnancy from the get go should be our groups main focus and not just advocating abortion because there is enough of that already. I know so many women who have multiple abortions because they refuse to protect themselves and then want someone to feel sorry for them when the get pregnant!!!!!!! Some of the women agreed with me but some of the radical types even advocate all women under 30 having abortion one even said it doesn’t matter if a woman is protecting herself or not…its still her choice to do as she pleases with her body..which is true but how can we advocate women’s rights and not advocate women taking responsibility for their sex lives and being pro active about their health???
@angela-no their are women who know they do not want to get pregnant and dont get pregnant they use more than on form of birth control…or the simply abstain from sex…if animals who have a lower intellegence than humans can control thier reproduction..why cant we???????????????????

I believe you are right. When I was 16 I was on birth control (and taking it correctly and on time, mind you) and I still got pregnant. Although it was clearly unplanned, I could not blame anyone except for me and my boyfriend. I was not forced into sex. I had a miscarriage at about 7 weeks.

After that, I definitely learned my lesson. I couldn’t even blame the failed birth control, because I still chose to have sex, knowing that sex can lead to pregnancy. Since I knew I did not want to get pregnant again, I decided to be abstinent. And if you knew how high my sex drive was and still is, you would know it was not a difficult thing for me to do, but I did it. I don’t see any reason why more women can’t do it. I found myself masturbating multiple times a day, every day, but still went years without actual sex. Now that I’m happily married, I’m still not planning on having a baby yet, so I do use birth control. But since I am financially stable and have support from my husband, I feel that I should be able to have sex and if I do get pregnant, we will both be very happy and we will have everything we need to support our child. We did not get married and have sex until we knew we had the resources to take care of a baby.

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I was told if you have sex 14 days after the day you start your period you will get pregnant…is this true??When should you do it to get pregnant?

The best or most fertile time to get pregnant is the period of ovulation in your menstrual cycle. This is the time when following an LH surge, a mature ovum is released into the uterus from the follicles. This egg or ovum is ready to be fertilized and stays so for about 12 hours after which it starts degenerating. The best way to determine your most fertile time is to pay attention to your body and learn to spot the physical signs of ovulation, and thereby the best time to get pregnant.

To know the best time to get pregnant, it is first important to evaluate when your ovulation due is. Then, once you know your ovulation period, you can time sexual intercourse in accordance with it to increase your chances of getting pregnant.

One common method of finding out the best time to get pregnant is counting days. To do this, figure out when your next period is due. From this date, count back 12 to 16 days. This will give you a range of days when you will probably be ovulating. In normal case, for women with a 28-day cycle, the 14th day is often the best day to get pregnant. To use this method, you must know how long your cycle usually lasts and have relatively regular cycles. You can use our free online ovulation calendar to plan out your fertile days up to three months in advance.

As your cycle progresses, your cervical mucus increases in volume and changes texture. The greater volume and changes in texture reflect your body’s rising levels of estrogen. The best time to get pregnant is when the mucus becomes clear, slippery, and stretchy. At this stage the mucus can be compared to raw egg whites. The role of mucus is to nourish, protect, and speed the sperm on its way up through the uterus and into the Fallopian tubes for the rendezvous with your egg. Some women find that their cervical mucus is very sticky or non existent for their full cycle. Pre-Seed lubricant can help create a sperm friendly environment will nourish and protect the sperm on it’s journey.

I’m 13 and a girl. My parents were very young (17) when they had me. They tried living together. It worked for about 2 months then my mum disappeared. She left the country to be with another man. I stayed with my dad and we haven’t heard from her since. When I was nine he met another girl and they were together for a year until she fell pregnant. She made it vey clear to him that she wasn’t interested in keeping the baby. She was going to put it up for adoption . My dad said that he will keep it. The first 6 months of the baby’s life, my little brother it was hard. I helped my dad allot. When he was 6 months he got really sick. Wasn’t eating or anything. We took him to the doctors and they told us that he had cancer. Ever since he has been in and out of hospital. He had 6 surveys to try to cure him. The doctors told us from the start that he had a one in a million chance of survival. Last night after school I went straight to the hospital to see him and my dad. When I got there his bed was gone. My dad was sitting in a chair with his head in his hands. He got up and walked over to me, hugged me and said that he is gone. I have never seen my dad like this. He lashed out at the hospital when they were taking my brother away to get ready for his funneral which is in a couple of days. When we got home he smashed his hand through the wall. I said maybe he should go to the hospital to get his hand looked and and he just yelled at me to go to bed. I couldn’t sleep and still haven’t. Im really worried about my dad. How do I comfort him? What should I do?

Talk to him take him to a therapist who connects with him and I’m sorry about what your going through its not easy and every family has problems in times like that just keep going.

i consented to sex with a 24 year old man when i was sixteen , and got pregnant , now i need to take him to court for child support , but im scared he will get charged with statutory rape? does this merit as statutory rape in ontario?

He will get charged with it, but it is your fault…

Really, you need to sort out your god damn life… pregnant at 16 with a guy 8 years older than you? nice future?

Scientific studies out there and women are like, well it didn’t hurt my child, how dare you judge me. It’s like, it COULD have hurt your child, not every child comes out all good after you smoke, you’re considered a LUCKY one. But these women don’t get that, they just do it for like all 5 of their pregnancies and don’t TRY to quit.

And why do women say oh it’s hard to quit smoking for pregnancy yet they are already pregnant. They should have quit BEFORE getting pregnant.

Or the ones that ask about is weed okay around baby since their partner smokes it. Like why you with someone smoking weed? Why did you put yourself in that situation?

I’m so confused, is there some hidden fact that says smoking is GOOD for pregnancy?
I’m asking a QUESTION. I said WHY do women think it’s okay, they say it’s fine, it won’t hurt he baby. I’m asking if there is some article that says it’s fine to keep smoking. I’m not RANTING, I’m asking a question.
Yes, exactly. My mom keeps saying it’s okay to smoke, and I only weighed barely 4 pounds, and she said oh it wasn’t because of me. She smoked 2 packs of cigs a DAY of course it was. I’m not sure where people are getting their info.
Oh and it does concern me, I was a victim of this sort of thing. Worry about the trolls, at least I’m not trolling.

Don’t even get me started on this one! I got called stupid for stopping smoking when i found out i was pregnant! By a few people i know,they say ‘well it didn’t hurt my baby’ but my sister in law’s baby at 4 weeks old had a bronchial disease and stopped breathing,and another person i know said ‘i think they make it up my baby was fine’, when her baby was put in an incubator after he was born with breathing problems and low birth weight for some reason neither of them see the link! Also midwives and nurses pussy footing around them saying to both of them its nothing you’ve done..of course it was! In fact all of the people i know that have had children didn’t stop smoking and so find it weird that i did. I don’t care what anyone says its not that hard to stop when you know theres a life in your tummy,you wouldn’t give your newborn a Cig!!

EDIT When they say things like that they’re just trying to justify what they did from feelings of guilt. The way i see it why bother taking your prenatal vitamins and then filling your baby full of poisons? Makes no sense to me. Been a mother starts when you get pregnant not when the baby is born.

hi, I need some help. I know you could get pregnant even you are in your period days. I am also aware that no birth controls such as condoms are 100% guaranteed. But is it possible to get pregnant even with the used of condom and you are in your period days? We had contact on the 3rd and 4th day of my period. It was already a week ago. The only symptoms I feel is my right breast feels heavy right. It is kinda sore that I could feel the pain on my back! And feeling sleepy and tired all the time. I am not sure if it is only due to weather because it is 102F outside, or UTI, or I am being hormonal because hormones are crazy. HELP? I am going to the doctor on monday but I want some relief!

It’s highly unlikely you are pregnant. It is remotely possible to get pregnant while you are menstruating, but you’d have to be ovulating as well, which is pretty rare. Plus you used a condom. So in order for you to be pregnant, you would have to have been ovulating while on your period AND have the condom break.

There might be a psychosomatic component to your symptoms. In plain English: you are afraid you might be pregnant, so you seem to notice the fatigue, the back aches and the breast tenderness much more than you normally would.

i no its best to sleep on your side when pregnant and i every night i go to sleep on my side but i keep waking up on my back and i dont know how long i have been that way for. i have been told that sleeping on your back can cut off the blood flow and oxygen supply to the baby apparently, but what i want to know is in what way is this going to harm the baby? like could it cause the baby to have disabililties or damage his brain somehow if his oxygen supply is being cut off every night? has anyone slept on their back through their whole pregnancy and their baby has been perfectly healthy? i have asked this question before but im asking again coz im stressed about it and the answers i got last time didnt help me. oh and please dont tell me just to use extra pillows to stay on my side cause i tried that and it doesnt work. im 26 weeks preg. thanks.

I dont think it would cause any major damage like that. I layed on my back pretty much the whole time during my first pregnancy and she is healthy as can be. She is very smart. I wouldnt worry about it to much but it is best if you lay on your side. I hope this helps but I did sleep on my back my whole first pregnancy and the baby came out completely healthy

Ok today "August 21st 2011" makes me 7months!! but i would really like to know when did i get pregnant,I didn’t find out about my pregnancy until i was 1month & 2weeks & that was sometime in march & i missed my period in feburary is it possible that i got pregnant in december? or january? i don’t know someone please help me to understand

Count 40 weeks back from ur due date that should be around the time u got pregnant

im wondering if there is a slight chance to get pregnant if ure having sex outside of yoru ovulation days? i had sex 5 days before my period started and when my period ended, after few days i had sex again….so there is no high chance for me to be pregnant right?

Your only chances are about 5-7 days before ovulation and 1 day after!

My fiance and I are trying to have another baby. After he have sex and his sperm goes inside of me, if it comesout right away can I still be pregnant? When I stand up it all comes out and I’m not sure how that works.

You can get pregnant if you walk around afterwards.

Some of the semen will leak out, but thousands of sperm are already in your cervical mucus within seconds of ejaculation. Those are the ones that will fertilize the egg.