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Q: Can I have a period AND be pregnant?

asked by: DoctorQuestion on March 18th, 2007

ok..im so confused, im 25weeks pregnant right now, and i had been with my boyfriend for 4 years but we had broke up in aug. 2006 for a while, and i had sex with another guy just a one time thing on sept. 15 ..well me and my boyfriend got back together the end of sept. and my last period was sept. 20th and the only person i have been with after my last period was my boyfriend, i calculated and i think i would have gotten pregnant oct. 4th but im not for sure and im just wondering if there is a chance that my baby could be the other guys instood of my boyfriends even tho i had a period (and it was a normal pretty heavy period lasting 5days)?? Ive had an ultra sound and the doctor said the babies measurements matched up with my LMP pretty close. I havent been on birth control since june 06 and every since i went off it my periods have been sorta irregular, i do know my period before my last one was aug. 28, so my cycle had been about 24days. I know that i havent been with anyone else but my boyfriend after my last period and i know that we had sex on oct. 4th but i heard that u could be pregnant and still have a period. Thats why im wondering if it could be the other guys instood of my boyfriends?? Can u tell me when i conceived? the doctors gave me a due date of june 27 2007.

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on March 26th, 2007

Pregnancy Answer A2500

Pregnancy cannot be attributed to sexual intercourse before the date of your last menstruation. If your last menstruation happened on the 20th of September, you probably conceived in the first half of October.
You can’t have menstrual periods while pregnant. You may be experiencing vaginal bleeding during pregnancy. Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy is called "spotting" and can be investigated by your OB/GYN.

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