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Knowing When It’s TimeToday, planned parenthood happens more often than ever before. While more pregnancies happen without planning, many couples are taking on the process for themselves, planning how to get pregnant, when to get pregnant and understanding what will happen during pregnancy. There is no guarantee that getting pregnant will happen on your first planning. However, it even in 100 percent healthy women, there is only a 25 percent chance that you will become pregnant. There are so many of the factors that go into pregnancy must be right one for it to happen.
For this reason, planning for pregnancy means understanding what is happening with your body and how to give yourself the best opportunity to do so.
When Is Ovulation?One of the first things to plan for in pregnancy is timing. There is a very limited amount of time when you can conceive. The timing for the sperm and egg to meet are very limited. The amount of time that this can happen is just a few days, but even that is limited. The key is to know when you are most capable of becoming pregnant. To know this, you need to know when you are ovulating. Ovulation happens about five to seven days after your menstrual cycle starts. This beginning of your cycle is the day after your period begins. This timeframe is your most ideal chances for getting pregnant.
Ovulating is only one step in the process of getting pregnant. Not only does the egg need to be in the right place at the right time, but the man's sperm also must be viable, capable of fertilizing the egg. This too can be dependant on many things. For example, the sperm must be at the right age from leaving his body to the point where it fertilizes the egg. Sperm can remain alive for up to two days, yet the older it is the less likely it will join with the egg successfully. Other factors play a role in how likely the sperm is to reach its destination. For some men, stress, over use or under use of sperm, and environmental factors can contribute to less than effective ejaculations. All of these facts of pregnancy lead to the difficulty in getting pregnant. What You Can Do?There are several things that you can do to get the most benefit from sexual intercourse in terms of having a baby. First, know when to have sex. Use a pregnancy calculator, ovulation calculator or your own calendar to help you to determine when you are most fertile. Later, this information will be used to calculate your pregnancy due date!
Second, know the very early symptoms of pregnancy. One of them is the basal body temperature. This temperature is spiked the days after you ovulate. Therefore, having sex in the days leading up to this spike is a good time frame for getting pregnant. You will need to monitor your temperature over several months to be sure you understand when it is possible to conceive based on this information. It is a method of determining your most fertile time, though.
Ovulation is a process that takes understanding. Planned parenthood is never an exact science. In fact, in most couples it can take several months of planning to see the results you want in pregnancy. Still, when you see those early signs of pregnancy, you will quickly know that the work leading up to this moment was well worth it. Plan to get pregnant, but realize that it can take time. You may also want to talk to your doctor about any health concerns you have or any trouble you seem to be facing. They can help you through the process! |
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