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Originally Posted by Justwantfair

You wanted someone to come and explain that your statement that someone is most furtile while they are on their period, which wasn't an accurate statement for someone to support.

A mistake is one thing, your tone and it is a fault to post wrong information. We are a Help board, in order to 'help' information should be accurate, with as little judgement as possible, especially misplaced judgement.

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Had to spread the rep, but I agree.

Hot Potato, this is not the guess site, this is the answer site.

I realize that there are lots of forums, many questions, if you don't know the answer then don't answer. It's never okay to guess, or to pull number out of nowhere.

The people coming to this site need answers, not guesses and the response you gave, which was completely false, could have had horrible consequences for the young person asking. Thanks goodness Justy came along and corrected you before the OP left with this info.

Why not stick to sites where only opinion matters, like the relationship forum. Pregnancy and New Motherhood is not an opinion based forum, it deals with facts.

Thanks

Thank you all... I really appreciate the help... so I could be pregnant... right?. what are the chances of me not being so?

No one could give you a percentage of being pregnant. You can go to your doctor or wait till you miss your period and take a HPT test

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Originally Posted by HotPotato2009

If your not trying to get pregnant, you should never have sex while on your period! There is an 99% chance that you are pregnant.

This is hard to explain (I'm sure someone else could explain this better than me later lol) but the best time for someone to get pregnant is when they are on their period because once the period starts an egg is present (waiting for sperm) to make a baby.

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This is absolutely 100% NOT true. To have your period, you have to ovulate. Once you ovulate, and the egg is NOT fertilized, it flows from the fallopian tube to the uterus. Since there is no pregnancy hormone, and the egg is not fertilized, the uterus sheds it's lining... hence your period.

Now, it is still possible to get pregnant on your period, but rare, not definitely 99%. That's hogwash.

You see, most women ovulate somewhere in the middle of their periods. The egg is only viable for fertilization for 24-36 hours, after that, if not fertilized, you get your period. Now, a man's sperm can live in your fallopian tubes for up to 5 days. So, if you have sex 3 days before you ovulate, you have a risk of pregnancy.

I am a labor and delivery nurse, I know how the male and female reproductive systems work. ;)

The only way I think you can get pregnant during your period is if another egg is released.