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Ovulation & Sex
Q from a Female, first-year student from Triton
College: How a girl can know when she's
ovulating? And if the girl does not have an orgasm
during sex, can she get pregnant even when she's
ovulating?
Dr. Caron's Answer:
In terms of your first question, it can be
really difficult to know when a girl is ovulating.
Many people say that ovulation takes place about
12-14 days before menstruation. That means you can
figure it out "after-the-fact" so to speak. For
example, if a woman has a 28-day cycle, she is
thought to ovulate around the 14th day. But this
clearly varies from girl to girl. To help determine
more precisely when ovulation takes place, you may
want to learn Natural Family Planning - in which
you take your basal body temperature each day and
record it on a chart, along with charting what your
cervical mucous looks like, and the feel of your
cervix. Over time, a girl will be able to determine
her ovulation as that time when her temperature
drops, her mucus looks like egg white, and her
cervix feels soft. It takes a bit of practice and a
few months to figure out -there are many good books
that explain it in greater detail. In terms of the
second question, a girl can get pregnant during
intercourse if she is ovulating and there is semen
ejaculated into/around the vagina. The sperm and
egg could care less if you enjoy the act or not. So
to answer your question: No, having an orgasm is
not necessary for pregnancy.
© 2007, Sandra L.
Caron
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It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the
lover. - Marge Piercy
American teens have the worst of all
worlds...Our children are bombarded and confronted
with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all
manner of sexual criticism. But our society is by
and large sexually illiterate. Faye Westheimer
Dr. Sandra L.
Caron is a professor of human sexuality at the
University of Maine. To submit a question to Dr.
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