Please Break It down to me? So Should I take A Pregnancy Test?

	Asked by Unregistered (Female; 18; 10489 ) on Mon 01, Sep 2008 07:32pm :
	This what the doctor told me: It is seen that pregnancy only occurs if intercourse occurs within the 6 days prior to and including ovulation.Intercourse after the day of ovulation does not result in pregnancy It is seen that the best timing of intercourse in order to conceive is day 10, 12, 14 and 16 (in case of late ovulation) of a 28 day cycle. Check out whether you had intercourse around 1 week before ovulation of this month i.e around 26-27th august.As you are saying that you had intercourse on 22 august i.e on day 10,so chances of pregnancy are there.The menstrual cycle method of confirming a pregnancy is very unaccurate.To confirm whether you have conceived or not,you can get home based urine for pregnancy test done.For this,over the counter pregnancy kits are available. So my question is, Do you count the day you started your period prior to ovulation? i started my period on august the 14 and it was thru on sunday the 17th i had sex on friday the 22, so i count from the day i started my period to see if im pregnant? Or do i count the day i ended my period? Your telling me a possible pregnancy could be there so are you counting from the day i started my period?
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	Answer by Dr.Bhumika Aggarwal (doctor) on Mon 01, Sep 2008 08:05pm: Hi, Ovulation takes place on the 14-16 day of the menstrual cycle. That is to say that the bleeding takes place on the 1st-3rd days. To be on the safe side, one must always take the later date for ovulation, ie the 16 th day. The male sexual cells survive approx a maximum of 72 hrs inside maximum female tract. I know it is difficult to calculate using this method, but guess what, this method is variable and has too many ranges. Therefore, I would suggest that you get a pregnancy test done and end all speculation. Hope this helped. Let me know if you need more help. Best regards Thank you for using our service.  If you are satisfied with the answer or if you want a detailed answer for your question, please make a donation and request for further clarifications.  Our doctors will provide an elaborate answer for your clarification.   Please make a donation by clicking the button below. You may donate using funds from your PayPal account or Credit Card. Please rate my answer (select the stars below, no need to log in.)
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