When Is The Best Time To Get Pregnant?
Posted: Tuesday, June 08, 2010
by Hanna Hamelsford
The Online Pregnancy Guide
The best time to conceive is during the ovulation phase of your fertility cycle. Ovulation occurs subsequently to an LH surge. LH (Luteinizing Hormone) is a hormone manufactured by your body which produces the explusion of a ready ovum into the uterus. From the minute that the egg is released into the womb, it is able to be fertilised. The egg stays highly fertile for aproximately half a day; those 12 hours are the best time to get pregnant. After the 12 hours of high fertility, the egg begins to deteriorate, and the likelihood of becoming pregnant quickly reduces. There are many methods you can use to remember when you are in the 12 hour window' of high fertility, observe the changes in your body during your menstrual cycle, and learn to recognise the noticeable symptomps of ovulation. Once you are familiar with your fertility window, you will be aware of the best time for you to get pregnant.
So that you can know when the most opportune time is for you to get pregnant, you need to work out when your next ovulation will occur. There are several methods (discussed later) that you can utilise to find out when you are ovulating. When you are familiar with when your ovulation period occurs, you can ensure that you make the most of your window' of high fertility. Timing sexual intercourse with your ovulation will boost your chances of getting pregnant.
Method 1 Determining how to read' Cervical Discharge as a sign of the Best Time To Get Pregnant
During your menstrual cycle, your cervical fluid changes constantly. These changes in cervical excretions show your heightened fertility. During the first half of your cycle, after your period and leading up to when you ovulate, your oestrogen levels rise to prepare for ovulating, and the cervix secretes a small amount of excretions. As ovulation time comes near, fluid secretion increases, and you will begin to notice more lubrication or wetness' in your vagina and vulva. The excretion discharge increases in amount and becomes less opaque and stretchy until it is like egg white. The best time to become pregnant is when you notice the appearance of this clear, fertile mucus'. Cervical excretion nourishes, protects, and helps carry the sperm on its way up through the uterus and into the Fallopian tubes for the meeting with your egg. After ovulation the fluid output will slow down and take on an cloudy appearance.
It is important to remember, as you learn to observe cervical fluid, that:
* After sexual intercourse you may become aware of some white or clear discharge this is liquefied sperm, and usually disappears within 24 hours of intercourse. Timing your sex every second day will allow youto identify the look of your cervical discharge on the off' day.
* Sexual arousal also results in vaginal excretion, which can resemble fertile discharge'. The easiest way to tell the difference between the two is to use the water test: vaginal secretions on your fingers will dissolve in water, but cervical fluid will stay in a blob.
* Wearing tight knickers can speed up the absorption of vaginal secretions, giving you less pf a chance to identify the changes of your mucus.
* Drugs can affect mucus secretion, always check with your medical practioner if you are taking any parmaceuticals while trying to get pregnant, and make sure that if you are utilising the cervical excretion method of finding out the best time to become pregnant, that any medication that you are taking will not change mucus production.
* It is a wonderful Habit to get into to keep a record of your cervical mucus on a fertility chart or diary, to help you in calculating out the best time to conceive.
Method 2 Counting The Days of your menstrual and ovulation cycle
One common method of finding out the best time to get pregnant is counting days.
To do this, keep a personal log (in your diary or on your calendar) of your menstrual cycle. You need to have a reasonably precise date for the beginning of each period. It is useful to be able to have a a note of several cycles because this gives you a more precise idea of the length of your cycle. Most women have a 28 day cycle, although some have slightly longer cycles. Once you know the length of your cycle, you mark the first day of your period as day 1, after 28 days (for example, if that is the length of your cycle) your next mensturation will commence, and your cycle is re-set to day 1.
To work out when you are ovulating, locate days 12 16 in your cycle. These 4 days are an indication of when you will most likely be ovulating. Stats indiacte that for most women with a 28 day cycle, day 14 is often the best time to get pregnant.
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