Then, pointing to the bed, he burst into tears for the first time; and they who stood by, knowing that the sight of this child had done him good, left them alone together.
Disoriented in the total darkness, he fumbled with his hangings, he could hear movements around him, and Seamus Finnigan's voice from the other side of the room.
And given all of the things that usually need to go right to achieve fertilization and implantation, a little disruption at some stage along they way is usually all you need to remain baby-free.
If fertilization does happen, then the new embryo snuggles into the endometrium for gestation — but the uterus is only receptive to implantation for a short time, about a week after ovulation.