to wonder if you conceived while you were on your period?

[annauk1]

I know that it's unlikely that a woman can concieve while she's on her period, but i've heard that it's not an impossible thing to happen.

The thing is, i'm more or less constantly bleeding at the moment with about 3 hours respite per day (unexplained Mennoraghia...I'm having scans to determine what's wrong).

When i'm not bleeding, in the three or so hours respite, DP have been shagging like rabbits, in the hope to miraculously ttc. Can anyone give me hope and tell me that they got pregnant whilst on their cycle?

No personal experience but if this is going to happen it would be to somebody like you whose body is giving out confused signals and so could be ovulating. You can't know when you ovulate so if you are going ttc you need to do what you're doing. Hope it gets sorted with a BFP for you soon.

The NHS says you can!

From June to Sept last year I bled almost continually & DH & I were desperate to conceive - especially as we had lost a baby in February.

I had scans & it was discovered that hormone levels kept fluctuating, making my body believe I was ovulating when I wasn't, so although we were DTD crazily on my bleed-free days I wouldn't have fallen pg. I was given clomid, I'm now 15 weeks pregnant.

I hope they discover the problem soon, I know how horrendous the wait is.

i conceived whilst mid- cycle spotting related to PCOS hormone imbalance. obviously that is different to a period. so in my case, as long as i was ovulating, it proved possible to conceive whist experiencing light bleeding.
wishing you all the best

I once went family planning clinic for MAP after condom split, but I'd come on literally a couple of hours later. They didn't give me the MAP as they said it would have been impossible for me to be pregnant.

Thanks so much for your replies. I have hope after reading your post NorthernLurker. I am 30, so getting on a bit where babies are concerned, especially with my reproductive system problems! I have hope :)

Yup. I'm fairly certain I did on the first day of Auty Flo, or the day before.

If you ovulate at the time you are bleeding of course you can conceive. Also sperm can survive 5 days in there which increases the "window". So someone with irregular bleeding whose cycles is all over the place can easily conceive.
However someone with a regular cycle wouldn't ovulate near the time of their period so wouldn't be able to conceive.

If you ovulate at the time you are bleeding of course you can conceive. Also sperm can survive 5 days in there which increases the "window". So someone with irregular bleeding whose cycles is all over the place can easily conceive.
However someone with a regular cycle wouldn't ovulate near the time of their period so wouldn't be able to conceive.

I think I conceived dd the day before my period started.

Naturally v short cycles (20 days) so I ovulated around day 6. Had sex at end of last cycle "just for fun" then not again until about day 8 (period days 1 - 5,flying across the world day 6 - 7.

Only realised what had happened at my 12 week scan when my dates moved by 8 days. I think they thought I was an idiot who couldn't count. I can count.

I had been on the pill for years so had forgotten how short my cycles were.

I had a mc and was told to wait until I had had three periods before trying again. I did, then fell pregnant on the night my period ended. I worked nights and didn't DTD for a while after, then found I was pregnant!

People forget that you don't necessarily get pregnant the night you "DTD" as sperm can survive up there for 5 days. So it can be another 5 days before sperm meets egg: when you technically conceive.

It is possible, but the unexplained bleeding may be caused by something that would affect fertility as well.