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when you are trying to have a baby, but you try to conceive the day after your period how come it didnt work?
me and my boyfriend had sex the day after my period was over and he came in me. well 2 weeks later we checked to see if i was pregnant and i wasnt...in that 2 weeks though, we kept trying...will it eventually work? and why didnt it work the first time..and also whats the best tips for when your trying to conceive?
23 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
when you have a period, it flushes your eggs out. try 2 weeks before and 5 days after... and if it doesnt work then the best thing to do is give up your body will stress itself out if u try to hard or two long, it will stop producing eggs. good luck
- jachoozLv 61 decade ago
You have to have sex when you are ovulating. Most woman ovulate about 14 days after the start of their periods - but that is only an average. You can actually ovulate at anytime during your cycle (except during your period).
You need to find out when you are ovulating and have sex around that time. Conception does NOT take plae right during sex. Sperm can live inside the woman for up to 5 days so it is important to have the sperm there and ready and waiting. Timing is everything.
I am going to give you my standard answer.......go get a book called "taking charge of your fertility" by Toni Weschler. It will help you truly understand your body and cycle and erase all the myths that women beleive about their bodies.I believed all the ovulation & conception myths that are floating around here until we tried for a year with no luck. My doctor recommended the book and it worked the very next month! It turned out my timing was wrong and that I don't ovulate in the middle of my cycle like most women.
I'll be 40 in Nov....and I am due to have my 4th in March!
- porcelina_68Lv 51 decade ago
Your cycle actually starts the day you start your period. Most women, on average ovulate about 10 days into their cycle - so depending on how long your period lasts, it could be 3-4 days, or more, after your period ends before you ovulate.
Since that's the average, you may ovulate a day or two sooner, or a day or two later. And BTW - a home pregnancy test is more likely to be accurate if you wait until after your next cycle is supposed to begin. If you only gave it 2 weeks, you wouldn't have had enough pregnancy hormone to build up in your system for a test to be able to read it.
- 1 decade ago
Many things can cause determining factors for this.Timing,for one, and how strong of the egg and sperm cells for two just to start. There are however old wives tales ways to keep the sperm inside like standing on your head after sex, or not urinating right away afterwards. Your probably going to do much better however, if you A) first off make certain both of you are ready physically and emotionally, able to conceive go to the doctors for an exam. B) they can answer your questions much better than here will.C) there are over the counter fertility items that can let you know when your best timing to try to conceive is,it is based on your body temperature also many things can come into play for both yourself and your lover. But please please, be very responsible when considering becoming pregnant there are so many factors involved it is a very big decision that will affect your life,your lovers life whether he is your spouse,boyfriend or just a significant other, and of course THE FUTURE CHILD'S LIFE. This is a LIFETIME COMMITMENT. Always keep that in mind before you jump right into trying to become pregnant. I have two children of my own spaced 11 years apart.And I love them both dearly. The second child was very much long awaited for and a miracle child, but all those thoughts aside..God gives us that miracle when he feels we are ready and only then.Good luck..
Source(s): Life experience and the help of some articles from http://www.webmd.com/ also read fertility articles for further references...available everywhere on the web. - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- musicpanther67Lv 51 decade ago
You will not get pregnant the day after your period. You have to be ovulating. You only ovulate for a very short of time each month.
Women tend to ovulate mid-cycle; however, it is more accurate to say that they ovulate fourteen days before menstruation. Women have been known to ovulate at any time during their cycle, including during menstruation, although this is unusual. In terms of conception, fertility depends on three factors: a healthy egg, healthy sperm, and favorable cervical mucus. A woman ovulates once a cycle. The egg lives twelve to twenty-four hours and then disintegrates if not fertilized. Under favorable cervical mucusconditions (cervical mucus nourishes and guides the sperm, which would otherwise die in about a half-hour or never reach the egg), sperm can survive as long as five days within the body.
The symptothermal method of fertility awareness is the most exact way to determine the best times for conception. This method has two parts: 1) before a woman ovulates, mucus observations are combined with predictions based on past cycle history (using a calendar calculation), and 2) to confirm ovulation, changes in basal body temperature are combined with cervical mucus observations.
- 1 decade ago
Well seems like you need to get educated. How old are you?? Sure your ready for a baby. You will need to read up on ovulation and if your determined to have a baby just keep trying it doesn't always work the first time. Wait till you actually miss your period to take a test
Good luck
23 weeks its a girl!!
- 1 decade ago
hey, well your body after your period just finish releasing eggs, though a woman can get anytime of the month, the best time to try to get pregnant is 2 weeks before your next period, and check for signs within your body, like if you feel cramping in your lower abdomen, or if your breasts are a little tender that means you are ovulating, do you ever discharge white stuff, well thats an egg release. you going to have to learn your body so you can plan trying to concieve, And normally it takes a woman trying to get pregnant up to a year to be successful, dont give up though.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Wow. Sweetie, you need to read up on conception a little bit. The sperm must fertilize an egg. You only drop an egg while you are ovulating. You need to figure out when you are ovulating. Have sex on or around that date and you should get pregnant. These things take time sometimes......
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Most women don't ovulate until halfway through their cycle. You were probably not ovulating straight after your period. Have sex at least every 2 to 3 days and you might be right!
Source(s): 13 weeks 4 days pregnant - Anonymous1 decade ago
You don't ovulate the day after your period. Most women ovulate on or around day 14 of their cycle (day 1 being the first day of your period). I recommend the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility."
- catwomanmeeeeowLv 61 decade ago
Because that's not the day you're ovulating.
You only conceive if you're ovulating. Try an ovulation predictor, which you can buy over the counter, or google up instructions on how you can find out depending on your temperature/cycle, etc.