Tips To Get Pregnant

By Sarah Hobbs

Getting pregnant, when is the best time? This question is asked a lot these days. Is the question really as simple as it appears? For those of you that have been trying to conceive for a long period of time, we hope that this article benefits you.

As a lot of us know conception time is when the egg is released at ovulation and the egg is then available for fertilization. What we need to know is when we are actually ovulating which varies for women in their 40's and even their 30's compared with that of when you were in your 20's.

When women are younger (their 20's) they ovulate nearly every month except for times of high stress and or illness. When a woman gets into her 30's etc, she tends to ovulate less frequently than when in her 20's. And in cases where people have a chronic condition or an ongoing illness, ovulation can become even more irregular.

You may be ovulating once every 2 to 3 month period if you find that you are having difficulties getting pregnant and are in your thirties or forties, or in some cases you may even be ovulating less than that. If you are only ovulating at the sparsity of 4 to 6 times a year, then you may very well miss out on conceiving during those very precious 1-2 day periods of ovulation.

Now it is for this reason that finding out your exact ovulation times is so important to not only conceive a baby, but to keep you sane also.

In order to have a healthy pregnancy all the way through, newer science has shown that the eggs need to be freshly released and that includes sperm also. Eggs and sperm that are released fresh?

The life span of sperm is about 3 days after ejaculation! Sperm is counted as 'freshly released' on its first and maybe second day of release. It is potentially defective and considered old on its third day of being released. If old sperm was to fertilise the egg, the pregnancy may not make it past the early stages and cause your period to appear as heavier than usual.

What can you do to avoid this situation?

The best thing to do to avoid older sperm from fertilising the egg is not have sex for three to four days before ovulation. Instead, have sex the very day before you ovulate and then again at the time of ovulation- make all of this frequent sex too!

After the ovulation period abstain from sex again for 1 to 2 days so that an old egg is not impregnated.

An example guide to help you: If ovulation for you happens on day 16, you should; - Abstain from sex on day 13 and 14 (this avoids old sperm fertilisation) - Have frequent sexual intercourse on day 15 and 16 - And lastly, abstain one more time on day 17 (this avoids the old egg).

This will ensure fertilisation takes place only when the egg is fresh and the sperm is also

To put it in a nutshell, if you want your chances of a healthy conception and pregnancy to be high, find out when you ovulate exactly, and then use the guide above to unsure the freshest sperm and the freshest eggs possible. - 31376

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