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Sexual HealthSexual intercourse during your periodUnprotected intercourse during a woman’s period has risk. In addition to the obvious hazards of sexually transmitted disease (including HIV), pregnancy is still a possibility. The menstrual period begins on day 1 of the menstrual cycle and continues through days 5 – 7. Ovulation occurs around day 14, and is the most fertile time in the cycle. Because sperm can live in the body for several days, and an ovulation MAY occur several days early in a particular month, there is a slim chance that viable sperm may be present if intercourse occurred late in the menstrual period.Perhaps, a larger concern is for women with irregular cycles or mid-cycle spotting. They may think a day or two of light bleeding is their period, when actually it is around the time of ovulation – an extremely risky time to have unprotected intercourse.
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