{"id":889,"date":"2026-06-26T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/?p=889"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:30:38","slug":"top-5-things-about-getting-pregnant-they-didnt-teach-you-in-sex-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/top-5-things-about-getting-pregnant-they-didnt-teach-you-in-sex-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Things About Getting Pregnant They Didn\u2019t Teach You In Sex Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your school might have poured considerable planning and resources into its sex education program, but chances are good it was similar to most sex ed classes. Designed to scare teenagers about unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and chock full of\u00a0information gaps<\/a>\u00a0in areas that could truly serve those teens when they become adults hoping to start a family.<\/p>\n

Sex ed serves its purpose, but it\u2019s not exactly a comprehensive study of the reproductive system and the things that can disrupt a couple\u2019s plans for conception. So, for those who are trying to conceive and finding themselves going to school all over again, here are 5 important things about getting pregnant that they didn\u2019t teach you in sex ed:<\/p>\n

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  1. You can\u2019t get pregnant on just any day of the month.<\/strong>\u00a0Teenagers being taught to avoid pregnancies are subject to this kind of misinformation, and some don\u2019t learn about ovulation and peak fertility times for years. When trying to get pregnant, it\u2019s important to know exactly when you can conceive. Did you know? Fertilization is more likely to happen when a woman is ovulating. But it doesn\u2019t serve sex ed well to tell people that their chances to get pregnant are higher on certain days of the month, so they leave it out.<\/li>\n
  2. Women can learn a lot by charting their monthly cycles.<\/strong>\u00a0Charting is not complicated, and it\u00a0allows women to understand their bodies<\/a>\u00a0and their fertility to make informed decisions. Most people in sex education classes would probably be surprised to learn that by tracking basal body temperature and cervical mucus changes, they can make informed choices to affect the likelihood of getting pregnant.<\/li>\n
  3. Ovulation doesn\u2019t typically happen on Day 14, and the most productive intercourse happens before ovulation.<\/strong>\u00a0Even if the importance of knowing when ovulation occurs is emphasized, many people mistakenly think that sex before a woman ovulates won\u2019t result in pregnancy. In fact, because\u00a0sperm can live up to five days<\/a>\u00a0in a woman\u2019s body, the most fertile time for intercourse is four days before ovulation and one day afterward.<\/li>\n
  4. A surprising number of women will experience infertility, miscarriage or both.<\/strong>\u00a0At least\u00a01 in every 10 women<\/a>\u00a0will have significant trouble getting pregnant, and about 1 in 4 will experience miscarriage at least once. But until these situations become reality for you, they often seem like trials that only happen to someone else. It\u2019s only when you embark on an emotional infertility journey or grieve a lost pregnancy that others who share your pain start to surface.<\/li>\n
  5. Life is full of uncertainty, but the relationships you form will be your source of strength when things don\u2019t go as planned.<\/strong>\u00a0Few curriculums even touch on life lessons this valuable, but people should know \u2013 before they encounter losses like infertility and miscarriage \u2013 that we are designed to live in community and hold each other up. Friendships, family relationships, and your relationship with your partner \u2013 all can serve as lifelines when struggles inevitably come.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What is a lesson you wish someone had taught you in sex ed? We know there are a lot!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Your school might have poured considerable planning and resources into its sex education program, but chances are good it was similar to most sex ed classes. Designed to scare teenagers about unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and chock full of\u00a0information gaps\u00a0in areas that could truly serve those teens when they become adults hoping to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deciding-if-youre-ready","category-understanding-fertility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstresponse.robinsweb.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}