Most couples of child bearing age will conceive naturally within a year of having unprotected intercourse on a regular basis, all other things being equal. It often becomes a cause for worry if a woman looking to get pregnant has not conceived after this period.
Attention must be paid to certain health issues that may be constituting an impediment to natural conception. Many such women can get pregnant naturally by following a fertility enhancing program designed specifically for dealing with these problems.
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Scientific evidence suggests that the male spermatozoa can survive in the female reproductive tract for up to one week after sexual intercourse and that having intercourse every 2- 3 days will significantly increase the odds of getting pregnant naturally. Where this does not occur, the use of basal body temperature or urinary LH kits to predict the period of ovulation can be useful.
Timing of Ovulation
A woman must release an egg from one of her ovaries before she can get pregnant. A woman with regular monthly periods is most likely ovulating. Although ovulation occurs at about the middle of a woman’s menstrual cycle, not every woman ovulates on day 14.
In fact, normal ovulation may occur as early as the 10th day of menstruation and may be as late as the 20th day, depending on the length of the woman’s menstrual cycle.
Although the male sperm remains active for up to 5 days, the woman’s egg remains viable for only 24 hours. It is therefore important to have intercourse as close to the day the woman’s egg is released as possible.
If you have a regular 28 day menstrual cycle, you can work out the day your egg will be released by counting from the first day of full menstrual flow through to the 14th day. However, as previously stated, ovulation will not always take place exactly on the 14th day. It is therefore advisable to have intercourse on the days leading up to and around the day of ovulation.
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Obviously the most effective way to get pregnant would be to determine the exact day the egg will be released, and then have intercourse on that day. Tracking the body’s basal body temperature and cervical mucus may be helpful.
Using a basal thermometer, you can monitor your body temperature daily and watch for the two to three days of temperature rise which usually follows the day of ovulation. However, since rise in body temperature takes place after the day you have ovulated, it may be too late to optimise the chances of conception in that menstrual cycle.
A more reliable method is the cervical mucus observation technique.The details for utilising this technique will be discussed in a subsequent article.
Timing of Ovulation
A woman must release an egg from one of her ovaries before she can get pregnant. A woman with regular monthly periods is most likely ovulating. Although ovulation occurs at about the middle of a woman’s menstrual cycle, not every woman ovulates on day 14.
In fact, normal ovulation may occur as early as the 10th day of menstruation and may be as late as the 20th day, depending on the length of the woman’s menstrual cycle.
Although the male sperm remains active for up to 5 days, the woman’s egg remains viable for only 24 hours. It is therefore important to have intercourse as close to the day the woman’s egg is released as possible.
If you have a regular 28 day menstrual cycle, you can work out the day your egg will be released by counting from the first day of full menstrual flow through to the 14th day. However, as previously stated, ovulation will not always take place exactly on the 14th day. It is therefore advisable to have intercourse on the days leading up to and around the day of ovulation.
Click Here to Access the Fertility Enhancing Program
Obviously the most effective way to get pregnant would be to determine the exact day the egg will be released, and then have intercourse on that day. Tracking the body’s basal body temperature and cervical mucus may be helpful.
Using a basal thermometer, you can monitor your body temperature daily and watch for the two to three days of temperature rise which usually follows the day of ovulation. However, since rise in body temperature takes place after the day you have ovulated, it may be too late to optimise the chances of conception in that menstrual cycle.
A more reliable method is the cervical mucus observation technique.The details for utilising this technique will be discussed in a subsequent article.
