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[zombiefaerie.livejournal.com]

If you repeatedly have unprotected sex and have been for about a year and you have not conceived does that automatically mean there are no chances of you ever having a child?

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[sarar.livejournal.com]

no

[jessenigma.livejournal.com]

No, I think fertility levels can change due to several different factors.

[inanna.livejournal.com]

Absolutely not. While you can get pregnant any time in general, in reality it is just about 4 days a month that you are actively fertile.

There is a joke that a single woman who doesn't want kids is fertile 30 days a month, but a woman trying to conceive is only fertile for 4.

[greengloves.livejournal.com]

That just made me think of one of my friends...the doctor told her she would never be able to get pregnant and have children so she didn't bother using any bc with her boyfriend and then she got pregnant and had twins. Yeah... life crazy like that.

[inanna.livejournal.com]

Ain't it, though? i have a friend whose girlfriend was told she would never be able to have children, either.... sure enough she got pregnant about 6 months after they started dating. The marriage sucked (lasted about 6 years), but their son, who is now 11, is the center of his life.

[one-mirror.livejournal.com]

I was in two relationships over a 5-year time period in which I did not take any form of birth control, once, and never once got pregnant. Then I got Implanon (the contraceptive implant), got a new boyfriend, and when I got Implanon removed and went straight onto the pill afterwards (as in the next day) I got pregnant immediately, despite having been on intensive BC for 6 months and not having a break from that to the pill.

I think it had more to do with the fertility level of the guy than anything else - that, or Implanon made my fertility go a bit skewiff. Perhaps the combo of Implanon and oral contraceptive cancelled each other out? Who knows. Just never take anything for granted.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

Your chances of conceiving in a year of unprotected sex are 85%. If you haven't concieved in a year it just means you were luck enough to fall in the other 15%.

[giraffemoo.livejournal.com]

if you're trying, then i suggest getting one of those fertility test thingies. you pee on the stick and it tells you when those magic 4 days that you are super-fertile for.
as for why you haven't gotten pregnant all year? luck?

[sterlingspider.livejournal.com]

Many couples who are trying to concieve are told to not even worry about their fertility until after trying actively for a year. The odds of getting pregnant in any given month is actually quite a bit lower then one might think.
IF she's fertile and IF the sperm is motile and IF they have sex in that 3 or 4 day window that the average woman is fertile each month then she may very well concieve, but not definately.

There are several very good TTC (trying to concieve) communities on LJ, they would probably be able to give you MUCH better info on all this.

[blue-cat.livejournal.com]

You may want to track your most likely ovulation days - as mentioned, if you don't have sex then your chances of pregnancy are greatly lessened (tho not eradicated). Some people use this as a method of contraception (approved of by the Pope I believe).

Try something like www.cyclespage.com