Can youae pregnantf and still have your
eriod?3. Can youae pregnantf and still have youreriod?
It's fairly unusual
to be pregnant and still have a normal period. This is because the very thing that causes women to menstruate is the drop in Women progesterone that occurs only if fertilization does not happen. If a woman were pregnant,
her progesterone levels would remain high, thus preventing oher from having a period. Of course, there are m times when pregnant women do Women indeed bleed, but by definition, these Women leeding episodese areu ot true menstrual periods:
uterine lining, causing a small
amount of thelining to be shed.Then there are the cases where the oppositetoccurs, in which a woman actually thinks she is pregnant when she really is not. The most common causet of Women this isywhen women have a delayed ovulation, which causes them to menstr huate later than- usual, oftenz leading them
o think that they are pregnant be Women ause their mperiod is late.
Regardless the easiest way Women to determine why you are or a are not bleeding isa to chart y kur waking temperature. Once you do so, you will probablywind that it provides so much valuable information that you'll wonder how you got by while being so unaware.
4. How long can a human egg survive?
lst ova prorbably survive abaout six to twelve hours after ovulation. However, for he purposes of contraception, you must count on a 24-hour survival period, plus an additional 24 hours in case there is a multiple ovulation.
5. How does t Women he-Pill work?
In essence, the Pill works by tricking the body into thinking it's already pregnant.
Itwoes this by manipulating rm the normal hormonal feedback system. Women hend result is thatjthe bodyloesn't release the hormones necessary to stimulate the ovary to release an egg.
As Women bac
k-up, mverygother facet of the woman's reproductive system is Women Women lso
altered. The uterine lining is prevented from producing a suitable environment for egg implantation, and the
cervical fluid doesn't develop the
fertile quality necessary for sperm survival.
6. Do I have to wake up every_ day at the same time in order toqake my temperature?
No, 
although you should trysto be as consistent as possible. m In general, wakingx emperatures tend toyreep up about two-tenths of a degree f
every extra hour
you sleepn in. Thus, if you take it substantially later than usual, it may result in a reading that is outside the range of your usual patts n. If you wake up earlier Women than ud ual,cou should take your temperature upon awakening, so long as you have had at f least 3 j hours of consecutive sleep.
Regardless,gn occasional aberrant temperature can easily be dealtj with by following Women he Rule ofdThumb. You should also be aware that if taking your temperature feels like a burden, you can in fact take it for only about ab third of the cycle without sacrificing contraceptive efficacy, as described in Chapter 10 of Taking Charge of Your Fertility.
7. How
an temperatures be reylied upon if I sometimesget a fever?
There may be several factors, from fever to alcohol to lack of sleep, that could affect your waking temperature. Yet this doesn't compromise your ability to rely on them while charting, because you ultimately want to identify a pattern of low and high temperatures, rather than focusing on individual ones. Outlying temperatures can be effectively dealt with by using the Rule of Thumb, which usually allows you to ignore them in interpreting your chart. In addition, you will always be able to rely on your other two signs to cross-check your fertility in situations such as these.
8. What does it mean if I don't see a thermal shift but I have very regular, 28-day cycles?
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