How Can I Get Pregnant?

The best time for a woman to get pregnant is to have intercourse during the five days before you ovulate and up through the day ovulation has occurred.
This is because sperm can live in the fallopian tubes for up to six days, but the egg will only remain viable for about twelve to twenty-four hours.
Women who don't have problems with their fertility have a twenty-five percent chance of becoming pregnant each month that they attempt it.
If you want to become pregnant, there are plenty of ways that you can tell when you are ovulating - rather than just guessing.
The reason why it's important that you know about ovulation is because having intercourse more frequently throughout the month in hopes of catching the right time doesn't necessarily increase your chances of becoming pregnant.
In fact, it's possible it can have the reverse effect.
When a man ejaculates frequently, the concentration of sperm can be lower which can lead to problems with conception.
But when you try to make an effort to have sex during the most fertile times of your cycle, you'll allow the sperm to build up in higher numbers, allowing for an increased chance of conception.
But as stated previously, never abstain for weeks at a time in hopes of "saving up" the sperm for when you are ovulating.
It's best to make sure the male ejaculates around every five days when it's not your fertile time, to flush out the sperm and keep them "fresh.
" Then, during the 5 days before you will be ovulating, you can time intercourse every day or every other day as stated earlier.
If you want to get pregnant and are ready to start figuring out when the best times to have intercourse are, here are some basic things to look at that will indicate when you are ovulating.
The countdown: The most scientific way to determine when you are ovulating works best for women whose menstrual cycles are regular.
That means that your cycle length is approximately the same every month.
What you do is count back about twelve to sixteen days - that is your fertile time.
Basal Body Temperature (BBT) Charting: The best way to evaluate your cycle and especially to determine if you may have a luteal phase defect, is by temperature charting, also known as BBT charting.
Cervical mucus: Another very good indication of approaching ovulation concerns cervical mucus.
Throughout a woman's menstrual cycle, the texture and the consistency of the cervical mucus will change.
This is something you may not have ever paid attention to, but it is very important to be aware of when trying to get pregnant.
Possible pain in the abdomen: Some women will also feel a twinge of pain when their ovary releases an egg.
This is felt by up to twenty percent of all women.
The pain can last anywhere from minutes to hours, depending on the woman and her sensitivity to the pain.
You might also feel back pain that accompanies the lower abdominal pain.
Cervical Position Another change that occurs in your body as you approach ovulation is the position of your cervix.
As you approach ovulation, the cervix will become softer and wetter, the entrance will start to open and the position of the cervix will become higher (harder to reach).
When it gets to it's highest point (difficult to reach, and the entrance to the cervix feels open, and it feels more like your lip than your nose) you are at your most fertile time and very near ovulation.
You can remember this with the acronym SHOW - soft, high, open, wet.
Just after ovulation, the cervix begins to get firmer and drier, the position will become lower and the entrance will begin to close.