Trying to Conceive: How Do You Get Pregnant

Couples who are trying to conceive ask questions like how do one get pregnant faster. There are a lot of ways, but the best advice we can give you is to not depend on luck instead learn to maximize your fertility by predicting your ovulation period and knowing the do’s and don’ts of fertility.

Here are some of the things you should know about getting pregnant and when to seek help:

  1. To get pregnant, have sex regularly. Try to time sexual intercourse on both instances when you think you are and aren’t ovulating. It is correct that sex that is not done during the ovulation period will not result to pregnancy. However, most women do not ovulate when they think they are ovulating. Having sex regularly ensures that you will not miss any chances of getting pregnant.
  2. To get pregnant, try to use an ovulation predictor kit or a fertility monitor. Other methods of predicting ovulation are difficult to understand and are simply confusing for women. Ovulation prediction kits work by testing your urine for surge in hormones that usually happens before ovulation. It can identify the most likely period you’re ovulating or it can provide you signals right before it happens. Fertility monitors are just like ovulation prediction kits, but they read changes in hormones.  They are also very helpful and can tell you when is the best time to get pregnant.
  3. To get pregnant, you have to make healthy lifestyle choices. Avoid stress, engage in an exercise program, eat a well balanced fertility diet, quit smoking and alcohol, limit your caffeine intake and most of all maintain a healthy weight. All these will also benefit you once you’re pregnant already.
  4. To get pregnant, you have to consider preconception planning. Your doctor will be able to check your overall health status and can tell you if you need to make changes in your lifestyle. A preconception planning is particularly helpful for couples or individuals who have past and current health problems.

When to seek help:

Most couples within the age bracket of 30 years and younger are able to conceive after a year of unprotected sexual intercourse. You need to seek the help of your health care provider or a fertility specialist if you are 35 years old and above or if you and your partner have known fertility issues.

You don’t have to worry, infertility happens to both men and women. There are options and treatments available. In some case, fertility specialists offer natural infertility treatments like the methods offered in Lisa Olson’s famous e-book Pregnancy Miracle. Natural methods of treating infertility have lesser side effects and risks compared to medications and assistive reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization.

Know the Best Time to Get Pregnant

The best time to get pregnant is during a woman’s ovulation period. This is when a mature egg from the follicles is released to the uterus.  This ovum is ready for fertilization and can stay alive for at least 12 hours before it starts degenerating. The best and easiest way to determine when you’re fertile is to study your own body, your menstrual cycle and learn the physical signs and symptoms of ovulation.

It is therefore vital to know when your ovulation period is due within your cycle. Once you determine the exact days of your ovulation, you can already time your sexual intercourse with it to increase the odds of getting pregnant.

Normally, for a woman who has a regular menstrual cycle of 28 days, ovulation takes place on the 14th day. If your cycle is more or less than 28 days, the best thing to do is know when your next period is due and count 12 to 16 days backward. These are your most fertile days.  Counting the days to your ovulation is also known as the calendar method. Use an ovulation calendar to plan your ovulation days up to three cycles in advance.

When using the cervical mucus method, you will be able to know the best time to get pregnant by spotting changes in the characteristics of your mucus. An increased volume and changes in texture are signs that your estrogen level is rising. During ovulation your mucus becomes clear and stretchy like a raw egg white. This consistency is helpful for the sperms. It facilitates sperm travel to the fallopian tube for fertilization.

A slight rise in your basal body temperature caused by an increased level of progesterone hormone may also indicate that you are at your most fertile period. An increase of around 0.5 to 1.6 degrees is expected. You will not be able to feel this change in temperature but you can detect it using a basal thermometer.  The best time to get pregnant is within 24 to 48 hours before your temperature hits its highest point. It is advisable that a woman wishing to get pregnant chart her basal body temperature for a few months to be able to pinpoint her ovulation time. This way, she can schedule sexual intercourse 2 to 3 days prior to ovulation. This increases her chances of achieving pregnancy.

It is important to remember however that following these methods is not a guarantee that you will get pregnant. Some couples turn to holistic remedies to determine exact reason why they can’t get pregnant and to learn how to battle infertility as precisely as possible.

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