Pregnancy after intercourse

Initially, Sexual intercourse in mammals was conceived by nature as a way to preserve the species, the birth of offspring precisely through the onset of pregnancy. In the course of evolution, a person has learned to receive from this not only offspring, but also sexual satisfaction. A variety of contraceptive methods have taught men and women to prevent unwanted pregnancies even more effectively. And yet, men are less worried about the consequences of sex, while women are anxious or happy to look for signs of pregnancy after intercourse.

Chances of getting pregnant

The development of modern obstetrics has led to the fact that today you can get pregnant and endure pregnancy not only in the traditional way. The proof of this is IVF, as well as the insemination of a woman with the sperm of her husband or a donor.

The physiology of a healthy woman allows conception during ovulation, while a man is always fertile. This is a healthy man. Statistics say that 10-20% of couples are infertile in marriage. Of this number, 45% of pregnancy does not occur for female reasons, 40% for male reasons, and in 15% both partners are to blame. Today we will talk about those who do not have reproductive disorders.

Pregnancy occurs only after the fusion of the egg and sperm, and in order for this to happen, a whole army of them is needed.

For this purpose, there is a special enzyme hyaluronidase in the head of the spermatozoon. To answer the question of when pregnancy occurs, you need to know the life span of the egg and the ability of sperm to maintain fertility in a woman's body. Science knows both. The approximate timing of the onset of ovulation is also known. With a regular menstrual cycle, this does not happen approximately on the 14th day, counting from the beginning of the last menstruation.

Dynamic ultrasound or the method of charting rectal temperature helps to more accurately determine ovulation. The probability of pregnancy on the day of ovulation is maximum. How many days after ovulation can a woman get pregnant? Considering that the egg cell lives for 12 hours, the answer is obvious. sexual intercourse during the first days after ovulation can give rise to a new life.

And if sexual intercourse occurred 3 days before ovulation? There is every reason to conceive after it. Spermatozoa are alive and active for about 72 hours, they are ready to wait for the egg.

For those couples who use the physiological (calendar) method of contraception, knowing this fact is important, as they can have safe sex 3 days before and 1 day after ovulation. Quite the contrary, the situation is developing for couples who want to conceive a child. 3 days before and 1 day after ovulation is the time when pregnancy is possible.

In real life, things are not so simple. Both female ovulation and sperm quality are affected by many factors:

• Severe stress;
• Alcohol;
• Excessive sexual arousal;
• Long abstinence;
• Excessive male sexual activity .

This is not a complete list that affects conception on favorable days, even in reproductively healthy couples.

A little about contraception

Along with traditional methods, there are modern methods of preventing unwanted pregnancies. What is the reason for this? Possible reasons:

• Lack of public awareness of modern contraceptives;
• Expensiveness of hormonal pills and condoms;
• Fear of gaining weight after hormonal pills;
• Reluctance to use a condom due to a decrease in the acuity of sensations;
• It just wasn’t at hand at the right time.

For the latter group, postcoital contraception is most acceptable. How many hours after unprotected intercourse it should be done depends on the method chosen. Postinor, a long-known progestogen drug with a high dose of the hormone, has many complications, disrupts the menstrual cycle, and is used in the first 48 hours after intercourse. This method is not recommended to be used more than 2 times a year.

Escapel is a progestogen drug, the sooner you take it, the better, but there are 96 hours left. Modern antiprogestogenic drugs (Ginepriston) are relatively harmless, after how many days are they taken? In the first 96 hours.

If the listed drugs can be used independently as emergency contraceptives, then Mifepristone is the prerogative of the doctor. This drug can cause a velvet abortion up to 2 months.

Another method of postcoital contraception, used with the participation of a doctor, is the introduction of an IUD in the first 5-7 days after intercourse. The method is suitable for women who have given birth and plan to use it in the future. Emergency contraception is used in cases such as:

• Condom broke;
• Forgot to take birth control pills for more than 3 days;
• There was forced intercourse.

A few words about the effectiveness of PPA.Opinions are polarized, figures suggest that 18 out of 100 women using this method become pregnant within a year. For comparison, the Pearl index for a condom is 15. Despite these numbers, the method has many negative sides:

• Does not protect against genital infections;
• Leads to congestion in the woman's small pelvis;
• Tension, stress in a man, fear of missing the right moment;
• Subsequent decrease in fertility;
• When PPA is used, part of the sperm enters the vagina before ejaculation.

Which method of contraception to choose depends on each individual couple. Do not neglect the advice of a doctor who will recommend the most appropriate method of protection.

Early diagnosis

The passion is satisfied, the sexual intercourse is completed, and here the thought comes into the woman's head: have I flown? No matter how you listen to yourself, but getting up from the bed of love, no one manages to know for sure whether the pregnancy has come. What is the minimum period, after how many days it is possible to answer an exciting question? The first symptoms of pregnancy are non-specific, in many women they resemble signs of PMS. Irritability, tearfulness, drowsiness, mood swings, discomfort in the lower abdomen, tension in the mammary glands, food addictions, slight nausea, all this can be on the eve of menstruation. These are doubtful signs of pregnancy.

A delay in menstruation by 5-7 days with a regular cycle is more likely to indicate pregnancy. In combination with an elevated basal temperature over 37 degrees, lasting more than 3 weeks, the diagnosis of pregnancy becomes even more reliable.

Many women are in a hurry to go for an ultrasound, especially since a new 3D ultrasound method has appeared. Early diagnosis of pregnancy by ultrasound depends on the resolution of the apparatus, on the experience of the doctor, since it is very difficult to see a 3-5 mm bubble, and even distinguish it from a polyp on the 5-6th day of a delay in menstruation, even with transvaginal ultrasound. Abdominal ultrasound will give an answer no earlier than 7-10 days of delay, and in women with magnificent forms, even later. The new ultrasound technology will show pregnancy in the same way, on the 7-10th day of delay.

Vaginal examination allows you to determine pregnancy from 5 weeks, before this period the uterus is not enlarged.

Those women who are eager to know the result are advised to take a pregnancy test after intercourse. The onset of pregnancy is accompanied by the production of a special hormone hCG, which is excreted in the urine of a woman, and is also present in the blood. The test is based on the detection of hCG in morning urine.

A reagent specially applied to the test strip, reacting with hCG, causes staining of 2 strips. Tests differ in their sensitivity and methods of administration (urine stream or urine container). After how many days to do the test, the information that the growth of hCG begins from the moment the fertilized ovum is implanted into the uterus, that is, from 7-8 days after fertilization, will help.