is it impossible to conceive when you have your period?

[vannah]

have also posted in health..

Please reassure me that its virtually impossible to get pregnant if having unprotected sex during your period... Im on day 4 of my cycle, and still bleeding a tiny bit, but have done perhaps what I shouldnt have. I know sperm can survive for up to 7 days...

Also, would you say it was relatively safe on the first 2 days (heavy bleeding) of your period to have unprotected sex?

thankyou...

Highly unlikely but not impossible!

I know someone who got pg after unprotected sex on cd5, she was young though (21) and had a fairly short cycle, so she usually ov'd around cd11. I still think to this day she was unlucky but she swears the same happened to her mum (begs the question why she wasn't more careful)

thankyou, I had no idea...

It depends when you ovulate

My friend fell pregnant, unexpectedly, after unprotected sex on CD5- she is 40, and was told that cycles change just before the start of perimenopause and many women actually become more fertile then and ovulate at different times- as sperm can in theory live up to 5ish days inside you, you could have sex on CD5, ovulute on CD10 and conceive.

Personally I would have thought it's unlikely during the first 2 days of your cycle...But I bet someone somewhere has managed to fall pregnant that way!