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The likelihood is that there was no semen on your fingers, so you should be OK.
Nov 28 should have been Dec 28.
If you have any questions on sex education, then just ask (privately if necessary)
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If her cycle is usually 44 days, then 28 Dec would not likely have been a fertile day.
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"(making 28 Nov a possible fertile day)" should have been: (making 28 Dec a possible fertile day)

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I have a lot of questions to ask but not now. But thank you for at least making us feel a little bit relieved. All we can do now is wait for her period. I will also update you on what will happen. Can you also please still like watch over us so we can easily get answers from you when we have questions? Thank you.
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I am not on here 24/7/365, but I will try to watch out for you. It would be better if you registered with a 'name' I can keep track of. There are so many anonymous guests that sometimes the continuity is difficult to follow.
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Okay okay I'll register later. But question here, if she had her period this January, does that mean she's not pregnant?
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Hi humanbeing25. Looks like you have registered!
Yes, if she gets a normal period this January, it would mean she is not pregnant.
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Should we still test it using a pregnancy test? And when should she use it?
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And if she missed or got a late period, does that instantly mean she's pregnant?
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I don't think testing is necessary. You would not test until a period has been missed (you don't know when that would be) or 3 weeks after exposure to sperm.
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A missed period would not necessarily prove pregnancy, and a late period is still a period. You would not know if it were to be 'late' as you have no data to estimate when the next period should start.
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What if she missed her period? What should we do? We can't go to the doctor because our parents will kill us if they discovered we did that.

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How will you know if she has missed her period? You don't know her period history. However, if her last cycle had been 44 days, then if her period has not arrived by 20 Jan (44 days after 7 Dec and also 23 days after 28 Dec), you could take a test which by then should be reliable.

Decide between yourselves what your boundaries are, and keep well within them.

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I don't know I'm just thinking of scenarios. All we can do now is wait. I'm really sorry I don't know a lot about how the menstruation and how it works.
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Governed by hormones, one of a woman's 2 ovaries alternatively releases a ripe egg each cycle. This is known as ovulation. If this egg meets sperm in her fallopian tubes on Ovulation Day (OD), then one sperm could fertilise the egg.

After about 6 days the egg arrives in her uterus (womb) and about 3 days later (about 9 days after OD) it would try to adhere to the prepared lining of her womb. That adherence is known as Implantation. That is the point where she becomes pregnant. The egg then receives nutrients and oxygen from the mother, enabling it to grow.

If she does not become pregnant, then the womb-lining (prepared before OD) sheds its preparation about 14 days after OD, and this is the 'menstrual flow' that is discharged through her vagina. That is her period. Her womb then starts its preparation for pregnancy again.

The time from the start of her period up to OD varies considerably but is often 14 days. That 14 days plus the 14 days from OD to her next period would give the typical 28-day cycle (hence the terms 'monthly' and 'menstrual' with links to lunar months).

As the start of the menstrual flow is so obvious, the menstrual cycle is generally reckoned from that day. That start-date is, therefore, Cycle Day 1 (CD1). This means that with a 28-day cycle, OD would be CD15, and her period would start CD 29 (the new cycle's CD1).

Sperm can live in a woman's body for up to about 6 days, so she is considered fertile on OD plus the previous 5 days. With a standard 28-day cycle, she would be considered fertile CD10-CD15.

If the first phase of her cycle is 2 days longer, then OD would be CD17, and her period would be expected to start 14 days later on CD31 (a 30-day cycle). She would then be considered fertile CD12-CD17. Some such women say "I am always 2 days late" because they relate to the typical 28-day cycle, but their cycles are always 30 days long. They are not late, but on-time for a 30-day cycle.

Many women do not have regular cycles, so cannot predict their fertile days with any certainty..

This is a brief and basic description of the menstrual cycle. I hope it helps as a start.

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