Can You Really Get Pregnant While On Your Period?

Period sex is pretty much NBD these days. Some people love the extra lubrication, while others figure it’s a good excuse to skip the condom for once. (You know, provided you’ve DTR’d and such.)
But is the latter really a thing? Or is the idea that you can’t get pregnant on your period total B.S.?
Short answer: It’s unlikely that you’d get knocked up from having sex on your
period—but not impossible.
“Technically you can only get pregnant when you’re ovulating, which is a 48-hour window each month and should not be happening when you’re menstruating,” says Dr Taraneh Shirazian, an gynae with NYU Langone.
Unless you’re taking birth control or have an IUD, which both prevent ovulation from ever occurring, ovulation typical occurs about two weeks prior to menstruation, somewhere between day 11 and 21 of your cycle—although day 14 is the average, Shirazian says. (Note: the first day of your period is day one.)

The Fine, Red Lining
But, of course, it’s not that simple: Sperm has the ability to stay alive in the body for up to three to five days before hooking up with an egg and implanting in the uterine wall. Plus, many women have wacky cycles, Shirazian says.
So, theoretically, if you have unprotected sex during your period and, within a few days, ovulate, it stands to reason that you could wind up with a plus sign on a pregnancy test.
The chances of your period and ovulation being that close together is very unlikely, but it’s still best to play it safe and use a backup form of birth control when you’re on your period.

What’s more, many women (maybe even you?) experience breakthrough bleeding, which tends to actually occur around ovulation, says Shirazian, noting that this breakthrough bleeding is often termed “ovulatory bleeding.” And if you mistake that for your period, you could be sh*t out of luck.
So, basically, unless you want to get pregnant, don’t have unprotected sex … ever.

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