Can you get pregnant 5 days before ovulation?

If it isn't, it dies, and your chances of pregnancy are lost in that cycle. However, sperm cells can survive inside your body for several days and still be able to fertilize the egg. Therefore, it is possible to get pregnant from intercourse that took place a few days before ovulation. read more

Day -5 therefore means five days before ovulation, -4 means four days before ovulation and so forth. It wont be a surprise that all the studies showed the best chances of conception when intercourse took place on the day of ovulation and the two previous days (days 0, -1 and -2). read more