Having unprotected sex five days after menstruation does not protect you that much more or less from getting pregnant than at any other time of month. It certainly is not safe against STDs. Some suggest that natural family planning, i.e. Calculating a ‘safe’ time to have sex based on your ovulation and fertility period, is a successful way to avoid pregnancy. While this may be the case, every individual differs and it can take up to six months of careful counting and symptom detecting to figure out when your ‘safe’ period is.
The NHS website states that although it is not very likely you can get pregnant just after your period. They also mention that you can also get pregnant if you have never had a period before, during your first period and if it’s the first time you have had sex. The NHS argues that there is no ‘safe’ time of the month where you can have unprotected sex and not risk becoming pregnant.
To avoid pregnancy and catching STDs you should always practise safe sex. There is a wide variety of family planning methods available to you that can help protect you against sexually transmitted diseases and/or pregnancy. Condoms are the best way to be safe from both and do not require any planning in advance - apart from having them with you. Ladies can take the combined pill that regulates their periods and has a 99 per cent protection from pregnancy providing you take them correctly. There are more long term contraceptives available such as the IUD (intrauterine device) that once inserted into the body can protect a woman from pregnancy for between three and ten years. The IUD is over 99 per cent effective so it means that every year less than one in a hundred women become pregnant using it.
The NHS website states that although it is not very likely you can get pregnant just after your period. They also mention that you can also get pregnant if you have never had a period before, during your first period and if it’s the first time you have had sex. The NHS argues that there is no ‘safe’ time of the month where you can have unprotected sex and not risk becoming pregnant.
To avoid pregnancy and catching STDs you should always practise safe sex. There is a wide variety of family planning methods available to you that can help protect you against sexually transmitted diseases and/or pregnancy. Condoms are the best way to be safe from both and do not require any planning in advance - apart from having them with you. Ladies can take the combined pill that regulates their periods and has a 99 per cent protection from pregnancy providing you take them correctly. There are more long term contraceptives available such as the IUD (intrauterine device) that once inserted into the body can protect a woman from pregnancy for between three and ten years. The IUD is over 99 per cent effective so it means that every year less than one in a hundred women become pregnant using it.
