Is the fifth day after menstruation a safe period?

The safe period mainly refers to the five days before menstruation and the four days after menstruation. Generally speaking, it is relatively safe during this time, but it is not absolute. If you are not considering having children during your sexual life, you should use good contraceptive measures. Avoid unnecessary trouble caused by pregnancy. Safe period contraception is also called natural contraception. There is a saying among the people that there are seven before and eight after. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

Is the fifth day after menstruation a safe period?

The first five days of menstruation (five days before menstruation is about to start) and the last four days (four days after menstruation is completely over) are safe periods, but this is relative to the ovulation period, which does not mean that you will never get pregnant. It is best to take contraceptive measures during sexual intercourse.

Is the safe period absolutely safe?

The safe period is indeed a method of contraception, also called natural contraception. It does not use any drugs, tools or surgical methods. It is a method for women to adapt to the natural physiological laws and use different physiological signals to identify whether they are in the "fertile period" or "infertile period", thereby choosing the date of sexual intercourse to achieve the purpose of contraception. There is indeed a saying among the people that there is a seven-day period before and eight-day period after menstruation, which means that there is no ovulation in the seven days before menstruation and eight days after menstruation (counted from the first day of menstruation), which is a relatively safe period for sexual intercourse.

But this statement only applies to women whose menstruation is very regular and whose menstrual cycle is 28 to 30 days. For women with short menstrual cycles, this "back eight" is absolutely unreliable. Women's menstrual cycles vary, ranging from as short as 21 days to as long as 37 days, which are all within the normal physiological range. But no matter how long the menstrual cycle is, the date of ovulation is relatively fixed, generally occurring 14 days before the next menstruation. The egg can survive for 1 to 2 days after being released from the ovary. Its fertilization ability is strongest 24 hours after ovulation. Sperm can survive in the female reproductive tract for 3 to 5 days. Therefore, the 4 to 5 days before and after ovulation are considered to be the fertile period. If a girl's menstrual cycle is 27 days, then the ovulation day should be the 13th day. If she has sex on the 8th day after her period, the sperm that enters the female body at this time can survive for up to 5 days. If she waits for ovulation just before her period ends, she may become pregnant.

Compared with the "last eight days", the "first seven days" is relatively safe. Once the egg is released, it can survive for 1-2 days at most. If a woman can accurately observe ovulation by measuring her basal body temperature, it can even be said that the 12 days from two days after ovulation to the next menstruation are safe. Even so, pregnancy is still possible because a woman can ovulate unexpectedly at any time. It can be seen that in theory, there is no absolutely safe period in the world.