sex and periods

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-26-2004
sex and periods
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Sun, 09-26-2004 - 9:16pm
Can you get pregnant if you have unprotected sex on the last day of your period. I did it last night and now my period is still here. I'm really scared. My period should have been over yesterday. Plus, I only started taking birth control last month. I took my birth control this morning and I haven't stopped bleeding yet. Please help me.
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-27-2004
Mon, 09-27-2004 - 8:35am
Your period is over when it's over. Having sex, or being on b/c has nothing to do with that.

My question to you is, were you supposed to take a pill when you took it yesterday? Was it the start of your new cycle? If you take the pills according to the instructions......and what your doctor told you, you can't get pregnant. Although your doctor probably told you that you should use protection during the first month, it's highly unlikely that you'd get pregnant.

If you take the pill correctly, that is EVERY day, at approximately the same time, the hormone supresses ovulation. If you don't ovulate, you can't get pregnant. Your period will stop when it's finished.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-01-2003
Mon, 09-27-2004 - 10:47am
I had that happen to me when I was on BCPs, and so has my best friend. We both assumed that there was still a bit of blood inside, a residual, and the semen kind of diluted it and caused its appearance. It's no big deal. I wasn't always completely over my period before it was time to start a new pack.

If you're on the pill, you're not having unprotected sex anyway, even during the placebo pills. It's not a *real* period, since you're not releasing eggs. You're fine. That old saying about being able to get pregnant while on your period isn't true for pill users.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-24-2004
Mon, 09-27-2004 - 11:02am
If you had taken the pill yesterday and had unprotected sex, you should be fine as long as you took the pill. However having sex on your period unprotected is risky and you have not had the pills in your system long enough. Never have sex on your period without the pill if it is unprotected. Also if you are experiencing an extra day do not woorry because your period is just responding to the penetration of intercourse. Usually you will find out that when you are in your last days of your period and you have sex it can cause it to either be heavier or just stay on longer. Relax you should be fine!