COULD I BE PREGNANT

[kyyy]

Me and partner was ttc for a year nothing happened but I still kept track of ovulation every month with my cb digital so I knew when I ovulated this month me and partner where dtd when I had flashing smiley faces but he has been pulling out I’m pretty sure he hasn’t slipped up but I got a solid smiley on the 28th I dtd the next day probably about 6 times but pull out methods every time is there a chance I may be pregnant I will drop my chart down below also though i would add I have been getting the most sharp unusual pains today !

You obviously need to take a test. It’s the only way you’ll know. Why’s he pulling out if you’re meant to be ttc?

You need to do a test.

Are you ttc or not?

Another wondering why he is pulling out if you're trying to conceive... unless you're trying to do so without his knowledge...

Either way. You both need to grow up and stop using pulling out as a form of contraception like a pair of young teens... though I'd like to think even young teens have more sense than that nowadays.

Of course you can be pregnant. You've had unprotected sex around ovulation? Or am I missing something?

If you mean you got a solid smiley on the 28th October then you’re only 3dpo so wouldn’t show up on a test as too early to have implanted yet so wouldn’t be pregnant yet. Doesn’t mean you won’t end up being pregnant this cycle but as yet you’re not as it’s too early. Ovulation pains can happen before, during or after ovulation so could be this or rising progesterone can cause cramps (which happens after ovulation).

Give it another week then take a test but like previous posters say if you’re now not ttc don’t use the pull out method so casually when you know you’re ovulating.

Pull out method? That isn't a method! 🤦🏻‍♀️

You can easily get pregnant from that.

Take a test.

Thank you all for your responses we where originally ttc but it didn't happen for a whole year we was trying so we decided to leave it a couple months and try again so our idea of leaving it a couple months was pull out but if I ovulated on the 28th wouldn't that make me 5dpo these cramps I'm getting are reallly making me think somethings going on I thought pull out was considered quite safe but I did dtd on day of ovulation so I suppose there's a chance

You dtd 6 times in one day? Did he even have anything left to pull out with?

But yes you're too early to test really so leave it a week

@kyyy nope. Dpo means days post/past ovulation so solid smiley is your peak and you ovulate 12-36 hours after that (usually the following day but depends) so 28th peak, 29/30th ovulation, 30th/31st 1dpo and so on so you’re very most 4dpo. It’s too early for anything to be pregnancy. Like I say it doesn’t mean you won’t be pregnant this cycle but it means symptoms now are not because of pregnancy as it’s too early to have implanted so not pregnant yet.

Pull out method is safe if you do it properly. I don’t think anyone trying to avoid getting pregnant would pull out on day of ovulation 6 times! Also by the end I doubt there would be much good sperm left but I don’t know much about that. I wouldn’t want it 6 times in one day phew.

Oh okay I think I ovulated on the 30th so that would make me 4dpo I'm only worried that pregnancy may occurred because I'm getting extreme cramps in my vaginal area today me and my partner have a very high sex drive so dtd that many times is almost normal for us has anyone else on here used pull out method perfectly and still ended up pregnant

Hi OP, you are unlikely to be pregnant this cycle - (although it’s always possible ofc). Pull out method isn’t infallible, but it’s pretty reliable if done properly. It’s too early for you to be having pregnancy symptoms, so the cramps won’t be an indication of anything. Fingers crossed for you when you start ttc again 🤞🏻

Clearly you just need to take a test, no way of MN being able to tell you what the cramps are!

Oh give it a rest. It isn't safe at all. Precum for a start.

So do you want to be pregnant or not? I'm a bit confused sorry.

@EmilyGilmoresSass sorry? Rude! Maybe you should get over yourself. If done PROPERLY it is safe as any contraception can be. Being done properly is the operative word. I know loads of people who use these method properly and haven’t got pregnant (myself included when I didn’t want to get pregnant). Doing it 6 times on day of ovulation is not doing this method properly.

Lol. Six times a day. Don't you get sore? I'm surprised you can fit anything else in , so to speak

@kyyy you didn’t do the pull out method perfectly. People doing this method properly wouldn’t be doing it day of ovulation

I know this isn't the point but 6 times in a day?! How do you get anything else done?

Yes. My parents.

(As my dad told us all one night when he was very drunk). 🥴

There's the explanation for the vaginal cramps

"Sperm are mobile and can find their way into the vagina even if the ejaculation happened "outside".

In practice, however, the withdrawal method can be pretty unreliable, which is why it’s not advised as a reliable or standalone method of contraception by the NHS."

@kyyy maybe the fact that your dtd several times a day is the reason you didn't get pregnant during your time ttc. Surely, he would be shooting mostly blanks as there us no time for new sperm build up? Maybe I am mistaken but thought that dtd once a day or every 2nd day around ovulation is best for conceiving.

Yeah @allgoodthings84 I agree with you, I used this method for years but I also tracked ovulation and avoided potential fertile days, and never got pregnant, started "trying" and conceived so it can work if done properly! @kyyy I think you need to prepare yourself for being pregnant as you were DTD six times a day on a fertile day!

You could post your ovulation cycle, tell how many times you’ve had sex, the different positions to did it in, what you had for breakfast, etc., or you could just do a pregnancy test in a month. I’m afraid the latter is the only reliable method. If you’re worried about fertilisation, then you can get the morning after pill, or an IUD fitted.