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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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How likely is it to get pregnant from one instance of unprotected sex twice?

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Pleasegetmeacoffeesotired · 03/10/2025 08:33

Hello! Embarrassed to be making this post but my dh and I made a stupid mistake 3 days ago. It was our first "date" since our dd was born nearly a year ago and we got a little too tipsy and, yeah, I'm sure you can guess what happened.

After checking my period app, I've now realised that it occurred the day before I probably ovulated. So even more idiotic of me to have not been keeping track of that. I'm now really worried that I'm going to find out I'm pregnant in two weeks. Our first dd was conceived in similar circumstances, one instance of unprotected sex and bam, pregnant. Clearly, we didn't learn our lesson.

We were going to start trying for baby #2 in ~6 months but getting pregnant right now would really get in the way of some big life plans that we have coming up. I know that no one can tell me but I'm panicking a bit. Surely the chances of one instance of unprotected sex resulting in a pregnancy twice are pretty low?? I'm grasping at straws here! Has anyone had something similar happen? And how did it turn out?

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Outside9 · 03/10/2025 08:42

Assume it's 100% if you were ovulating and you both have no fertility issues. Consider what you would do next. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Morning after pill is not effective after ovulation, contrary to general perception.

LuckyNumberFive · 03/10/2025 08:42

MAP can only be taken up to 72 hours after as I remember it, so you're too late. But even then the idea is it delays ovulation, if you've already ovulated it wouldn't do anything anyway.

You can have the coil fitted up to 5 days after, but I'll be damned if you can find and get one fitted in the next 2 days. Our area has a 3-4 week wait, and same again for removal.

Yes you could quite easily be pregnant. Just a toss of a coin isn't it.

2chocolateoranges · 03/10/2025 08:41

I conceived first time both times!

dh thought we would have fun with months of trying and we had one night! 😂

GlassofRosePorfavor · 03/10/2025 08:40

Well it's 100% possible 😂

Original poster
Pleasegetmeacoffeesotired · 03/10/2025 08:39

Thanks, everyone. Yes, I know we've been very stupid here. I don't know what we were thinking tbh.

I was hoping to find some comfort in statistics, but, you're right that all I can do is get the map and wait.

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SeptemberNCing · 03/10/2025 08:38

DH and I had drunken unprotected sex only once. I got pregnant.

It very much does happen.

Couldashouldawoulda · 03/10/2025 08:38

Or I think you can have a coil fitted within 5 days to cover you retrospectively, if you’re too late for the MAP.

Danioyellow · 03/10/2025 08:37

Statistics aren’t going to help you, you either are or you aren’t. Take the map and hope for the best

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 03/10/2025 08:37

I'd say the chances are pretty high, tbh.

It's not about how many times you have sex, but when you have sex. And you had sex on the day of your cycle when you were most likely to conceive.

ScarlettSunset · 03/10/2025 08:37

Any instance of unprotected sex can result in pregnancy, particularly if it was near or during ovulation. The fact that it happened once before doesn't have any impact at all on the chances of it happening again.

muggart · 03/10/2025 08:36

I think if you did it the day before ovulation it’s like 20% or something like that (assuming no fertility issues). I have conceived 3 times that way, which is every time I have had unprotected sex on ovulation.

Tillow4ever · 03/10/2025 08:35

It took one occasion of sex for all 3 of my sons AND my miscarriage pregnancy. Much to my husbands disappointment.

So yes, if it was right in your fertile window you could easily be pregnant. You should have taken the morning after pill if you didn’t want to risk it once you realised what happened.

Wallabyone · 03/10/2025 08:35

Are you still in the time frame for the morning after pill? If you got pregnant easily the first time, and you were at ovulation point this time, the chances are very high. I think the MAP only really works at a certain point in your cycle. Good luck x

Hadalifeonce · 03/10/2025 08:35

Of course you could be pregnant, you had unprotected sex. Speak to your GP to see if it's too late for the morning after pill.

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