I wish I could tell you a more definitive answer, but there is no way to know until you have either missed a period and have a positive result on a home pregnancy test, or, you begin your next period.
Your LMP (last menstrual period) was 11/21, and you had unprotected sex on 11/29, 12/1 and 12/5. The pull-out/withdrawal method is still "unprotected" sex, as you did not use any form of barrier or hormonal contraceptive. The withdrawal method is a type of birth control that is only about 75% effective at preventing pregnancy with typical use.
Since today is 12/8, you are only on "day 18" of your cycle, and the cramping you are experiencing could be anything, unfortunately. It is most likely not pregnancy symptoms, as it takes 10-14 days after ovulation for a woman to even become pregnant, and then another few weeks to have noticeable symptoms...the first "symptom" of pregnancy is a missed period. (The 10-14 days to become pregnant is interesting---it takes this long for an egg to be released, the sperm to fertilize the egg in the fallopian tube, the fertilized egg to travel down the fallopian tube into the uterus, then find a nice spot to implant itself...quite a process!).
Cramping you feel now could be related to changes in your hormones (that fluctuate normally throughout your cycle), or could be digestive "issues". The ovulation calculators are, at best, predictors, and can not guarantee of pinpoint an exact date. Some women feel a slight cramp when the ovulate; most do not or it is not noticeable.
Bottomline: Every woman wants to know if they are pregnant, and unfortunately, there is no way to know until you have missed a period!
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I wish I could tell you a more definitive answer, but there is no way to know until you have either missed a period and have a positive result on a home pregnancy test, or, you begin your next period.
Your LMP (last menstrual period) was 11/21, and you had unprotected sex on 11/29, 12/1 and 12/5. The pull-out/withdrawal method is still "unprotected" sex, as you did not use any form of barrier or hormonal contraceptive. The withdrawal method is a type of birth control that is only about 75% effective at preventing pregnancy with typical use.
Since today is 12/8, you are only on "day 18" of your cycle, and the cramping you are experiencing could be anything, unfortunately. It is most likely not pregnancy symptoms, as it takes 10-14 days after ovulation for a woman to even become pregnant, and then another few weeks to have noticeable symptoms...the first "symptom" of pregnancy is a missed period. (The 10-14 days to become pregnant is interesting---it takes this long for an egg to be released, the sperm to fertilize the egg in the fallopian tube, the fertilized egg to travel down the fallopian tube into the uterus, then find a nice spot to implant itself...quite a process!).
Cramping you feel now could be related to changes in your hormones (that fluctuate normally throughout your cycle), or could be digestive "issues". The ovulation calculators are, at best, predictors, and can not guarantee of pinpoint an exact date. Some women feel a slight cramp when the ovulate; most do not or it is not noticeable.
Bottomline: Every woman wants to know if they are pregnant, and unfortunately, there is no way to know until you have missed a period!
December 8, 2009 - 3:25pmThis Comment
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