This being said, it's also important to remember that sperm can live inside the female body for 5, or even 7 days.  So even having sex before your expected ovulation can still get you pregnant, since sperm can survive so long inside the body.

I can't give you a statistic that will tell you how likely you are to be pregnant.  There's always a chance, especially since you didn't use any form of birth control.  So is it possible?  Yes, it is.  How likely can vary from person to person, but given the time you had sex, you may have crossed over with the time you were fertile (just so you know, it's said that the safest time to have sex is two days before and two days into your period, but even this doesn't guarantee ~anything~).

As for determining the father of hte child.  You would have to wait a bit, but then you could get a paternity test.  It's basically something that compares DNA... if you are pregnant, you can go in and ask your doctor more about this procedure.

And as another note, for future reference... emercency contraceptive pills can be used up to 72 hours after intercourse.  It is not meant to be used as a common form of contraception, but for cases such as being drunk and having unprotected sex, you can use the pill (the sooner the better).

Likewise, if you are going to be sexually active, and would like to continue doing so with different partners... I would suggest making sure to use a condom, to prevent STI (or STD) transfer.  Just because someone looks healthy, doesn't mean that they are... STIs are commonly transfered because people don't realize that they have them.  It never hurts to get checked, and then after that, play it safe to keep yourself health, and others healthy as well, don't you agree?  And as before, if you want to keep having sex, you may also want to talk to a doctor about going on birth control pills, especially if you do not want to be getting pregnant.  And if that's not right for you, you can always discuss other forms of birth control that might be better suited to you :).

Best of luck, and I hpoe things work out for you!

Posted at 12:12 pm on May 5, 2008

However, having unprotected sex twice is foolish and you really must get yourself to the doctor soon to see what they can do for you. They might say that it is too soon to test for pregnancy but you can try. The sooner you know the better because you need to know what your options are and you need to know as soon as possible so that you have time to talk to your parents, the doctors, the potential fathers and generally get all the advice and support you can with regards to your options if indeed you are pregnant,.The longer you leave it the harder you make it on yourself and the more limited your options will become.

WIth regards to the paternity test (to tell who the father is) you can't do that until you have a viable amount of matter in your womb. SO you could only tell who the father was once you actually had a foetus from which to extract some DNA and run a test. Until then there is simply no way of being sure. You would also need DNA samples from at least one father in order to have something to compare the DNA to.

Try and remember that unprotected sex isn't JUST about PREGNANCY. Unprotected sex leaves you wide open to a whole host of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) that can ultimately kill you or cause your reproductive organs serious injury - some can leave you incapable of ever having children. It is important that you remember that protection such as condoms are not just about preventing pregnancy but are about protecting your own health and that of your partner. Particularly if you are sleeping with lots of partners you have to be very careful of this because it increases your risk of catching or spreading an STD, so please be more careful in the future.

You can find more advice on sex and hygiene in the forums. Please take the time to have a read.

Good luck.

Posted at 5:52 pm on May 3, 2008