SAFE PERIOD

 Many female patients ask this question of knowing the safe period when pregnancy can’t occur when they have unprotected sex with their partner. The safe period is certainly a period when a couple or two partners can have sex without necessarily fearing of pregnancy occurring.

Mostly pregnancy occurs halfway through periods i.e when ovulation (release of the female egg) takes place. However, it becomes difficult and a sort of a challenge to know when exactly the egg is released from the ovary and what’s more girls can be fertile for a couple of days around the time ovulation occurs. So having unprotected sex during the “safe period days” can’t guarantee of pregnancy not taking place which means you are required not to take chance by using contraceptive. However if you still want to take chance and want to have sex during the safe periods, this is how you can determine when it is;

How to calculate safe period to avoid pregnancy
To calculate and know the safe period for having sex and not getting pregnant, you need to know thoroughly about the menstrual cycle and how it takes place.

The menstrual cycle and how it takes place.
The menstrual cycle varies from 26 to 31 days from woman to woman and the safe period to avoid pregnancy should be calculated as below;
The longest cycle days subtracted by ten days gives the last day of the fertile period. i.e 31 days- 10days= 21 day
The shortest cycle days subtracted by 18 days gives the first day of fertile period. i.e 26 days- 18 days= 8^th day.
From the calculation above the unsafe period (the fertile period) to have sex and get pregnant is 8^th to 21^st day of each menstrual cycle. That time period is when you can get pregnant. However the effectiveness of this method all depends on if you have made your calculations the right way.

To identify the shortest and longest period cycles you are required to make an observation and draw a conclusion from it. For example you can observe your periods for 6 months and determine the number of days between starting date and the next period after which you will be in a good position to identify or know the shortest and longest period cycles which will in turn help you in knowing the safe and unsafe periods to have sex.

 

Although these methods were developed to prevent pregnancy, they can equally well be used by a couple to increase fertility and promote conception.