Six Popular Misconceptions about Conception

* You can't get pregnant while you have your period. FALSE-It's highly unlikely that you will, but it is completely possible! If you plan on having sex and don't want to get pregnant, use protection EVERY time you make love!

* If you want to get pregnant, you should lie on your back during sex (missionary style) and remain on your back after intercourse is over. FALSE-Couples can conceive from any sexual position and you do not need to stay on your back when you're done. There are millions of sperm during a single ejaculation, some will stay up there even if you get up quickly.

* You can't get pregnant the first time you have sex. FALSE-and not only false, but the younger you are the most fertile you are and the MORE likely you are to get pregnant, whether it's your first, tenth, or millionth time.

* Pulling out is a valid form of birth control-FALSE-Not only can STDs pass from one partner to another pre-ejaculation, but a woman can get pregnant if even the smallest amount of pre-cum goes into her vagina.

* If you're using birth control, you won't get pregnant. FALSE-Oral contraceptives are only 99% effective and condoms and other barrier forms of birth control are even less than that. If you're going to have sex, you need to accept that there's a chance, even if it's ever so slight, that you may conceive. Even the morning after pill is not 100% effective.

* Everybody ovulates at the same time so it's easy to know when you're fertile. FALSE-everybody's bodies work at different paces, and while a 28-day cycle with ovulation on day 14 is standard, the actual range of "normal" spans a few weeks long. Unless you've taken specific tests that indicated if and when you ovulated, all other methods of guessing may not be foolproof.