No, not quite.
Menstruation is a very specific function, you will only menstruate if you have ovulated. You can however see vaginal bleeding for other reasons, you can get bleeding that is very much like menstruation and unless you're monitoring your fertility you wouldn't know any different.
There is then of course withdrawal bleeding that you get on hormonal Birth Control, you don't ovulate with most forms of hormonal birth control but you get a menstrual-like bleed as a result of the drop in synthetic hormones when going from active to inactive pills.
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Normally you get your period 14 days after you ovulate, so ovulation takes place around day 26 of a 40 day cycle. 14 days is the average and it could range from 12-16 days.
Yes, you could be. It depends on when you ovulate (release an egg). This happens at a different time for every woman. Take a pregnancy test if you miss your next period.
You don't ovulate on the last day or the day after the last day of your menstrual cycle.The last day of your menstrual cycle is the day before your period - the first day of your period is day one of your menstrual cycle. Ovulation occurs two weeks before menstruation, if you had a 28 day cycle that would mean you would ovulate around day 14 of your menstrual cycle.Unless you use fertility awareness method you can't tell when you are fertile or ovulating.
No, you cannot get pregnant on your period because there is no egg to fertilise. You can however get pregnant as a result of sex during menstruation because in the right conditions sperm may life up to seven days, by which time you may ovulate. Always use birth control when having sex.
On day 10 or 11 usually