Can You Get Pregnant After Ovulation?
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Highlights
- A woman’s fertile window is a period when pregnancy can occur, which encompasses ovulation as well as the amount of time sperm lives in the cervix before fertilizing an egg.
- To calculate a fertility window, note the first day of a period and count the number of days until the next cycle. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long but can vary between 21 and 35 days.
- It is possible to become pregnant up to 12-24 hours after ovulation.
- Timing sexual intercourse 5 days prior to or 1 day after ovulation is most likely to result in conception.
- To track and predict ovulation, use an ovulation predictor kit, chart basal body temperature, cycle tracking apps, try fertility monitors or look for cervical mucus changes.
- Anovulatory cycles do not produce an egg for fertilization and pregnancy cannot occur during this time.
