silly question?

[Brianna]

I know that the best time to ttc is while you are ovulating but what are the chances outside of that time, is it still remotely possible to fall pregnant? This may be a silly question but I am just curious as I am having pg symptoms but hadn't been ttc so I checked and at the time I wasn't ovulating. Could anyone shed some light?

[Olive]

sperm can survive up to 5 days in you prior to you ovulating, is that what your asking?

[MantaRay]

You also might not always ovulate when you think you do. Most people assume they ovulate at the "normal" time in their cycle, but some people ovulate earlier and others later.

[Kitt3n]

not a silly q hun - i thought i had the whole cahrting thing "down" (we werent tryin yet) but here is little unit in my tummy. I think i ovulated twice, doc tends to agree.

Hopefully this goes whichever way you wish?!

[Brianna]

I find it all a bit confusing lol, with my dd we just said ok let's go off the pill and just let nature take it's course so I didn't really chart my ovulation anyway, maybe I should just wait and see if af arrives, the thing is now that I have the thought in my head another baby would be wonderful!!! even though we weren't going to start trying again till august.

[sconeonamission]

I was going to ask a similar question and wasn't sure if it was worth a thread starter...

I wanted to know - if I have a period for 5 days (counting day 1 as the first day of af) then dtd on day 6 ( and weren't too careful about things) - what are the chances of being pg? I have a 28 day cycle... Dh is nervous - he didn't want to have any more just yet - and wont even think about dtd or anything of that nature till he *knows* that we're not pg.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

are you asking if you could have Oed and fallen pg on day 6 the day after your AF ended? i'm no expert but i dont think that would be possible. who knows though.. someone else might be able to help you out a bit more than i can.