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Many women believe that there are certain
days during a woman's menstrual cycle when she will not be
able to get pregnant. Therefore, some women may feel that it
is okay to have unprotected intercourse during this time for
there is no risk of pregnancy. It is true that there are
certain days during the menstrual cycle that a woman is
particularly fertile and has a risk as high as 30% of getting
pregnant. Consequently, there are other days in the cycle that
the risk of pregnancy is much lower. However, there are many
factors that prevent these certain days from being completely
"safe". For example, a woman's menstrual cycle my be
irregular, therefore making it difficult to predict the
"safe days". Furthermore, sperm can survive in a
woman's body for three to five days, as long as cervical fluid
is present. It is possible, although unlikely, that a woman
may become pregnant while menstruating. So, there really
aren't any "guaranteed safe days" where the is no
risk of pregnancy.
Just as important, unprotected sex always
carries the risk of speading certain STI's. There are no
"safe days" for STI contraction.
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