Welcome to the EmpowHER community. I am glad you reached out to us with your concern about the possibility of becoming pregnant.
There was no risk at all. You were having your period at the time. You were wearing clothes and sperm cannot pass through clothing.
Each month inside your ovaries, a group of eggs starts to grow in small, fluid-filled sacs called follicles. Eventually, one of the eggs erupts from the follicle. This is ovulation. It usually happens about 2 weeks before your next period.
After the egg is released, it moves into the fallopian tube. It stays there for about 24 hours, waiting for a single sperm to fertilize it.
Should you have unprotected vaginal intercourse during the time of ovulation, five days before or on the day of ovulation, you can become pregnant.
If one sperm does make its way into the fallopian tube and burrows into the egg, it fertilizes the egg. The egg changes so that no other sperm can get in.
If no sperm is around to fertilize the egg, it moves through the uterus and disintegrates. Your hormone levels go back to normal. Your body sheds the thick lining of the uterus, and your period starts.
I hope this answers your question and calms your fear.
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Hello ann_reyes,
Welcome to the EmpowHER community. I am glad you reached out to us with your concern about the possibility of becoming pregnant.
There was no risk at all. You were having your period at the time. You were wearing clothes and sperm cannot pass through clothing.
Each month inside your ovaries, a group of eggs starts to grow in small, fluid-filled sacs called follicles. Eventually, one of the eggs erupts from the follicle. This is ovulation. It usually happens about 2 weeks before your next period.
After the egg is released, it moves into the fallopian tube. It stays there for about 24 hours, waiting for a single sperm to fertilize it.
Should you have unprotected vaginal intercourse during the time of ovulation, five days before or on the day of ovulation, you can become pregnant.
If one sperm does make its way into the fallopian tube and burrows into the egg, it fertilizes the egg. The egg changes so that no other sperm can get in.
If no sperm is around to fertilize the egg, it moves through the uterus and disintegrates. Your hormone levels go back to normal. Your body sheds the thick lining of the uterus, and your period starts.
I hope this answers your question and calms your fear.
Regards,
November 10, 2016 - 9:11amMaryann
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