When Is The Best Time To Get Pregnant?

When Is The Best Time To Get Pregnant?

The best time to become pregnant is during the ovulation phase of your monthly period. Ovulation occurs after an LH surge. LH (Luteinizing Hormone) is a hormone manufactured by your body which results in the explusion of a ready ovum into the womb. From the second that the egg is released into the uterus, it is able to be fertilised. The ovum remains very fertile for aproximately half a day; those 12 hours are the best time to conceive. After the 12 hours of high fertility, the egg begins to weaken, and the likelihood of getting pregnant quickly disapears. There are many ways to notice when you are in the 12 hour ‘window’ of increased fertility, observe the changes in your body through your menstrual cycle, and learn to see the external signs of ovulation. Once you are aware of your ovulation cycle, you will be able to anticipate the most likely time for you to get pregnant.

Finding Out The Most Opportune Time To Conceive:

so that you can know when the most opportune time is for you to get pregnant, you need to keep a record of when your next ovulation is due. There are a lot of ways (talked about further on) that you can utilise to determine when you are ovulating. When you are aware of when your ovulation period happens, you can ensure that you make the best use of your ‘window’ of high fertility. Timing sex with your ovulation will boost your chances of conceiving.

Step 1 – Learning to ‘read’ Cervical Excretions as an indicator of the Best Time To Get Pregnant

During your menstrual cycle, your cervical excretion changes constantly. These variations in cervical fluid show your increase in fertility. During the first half of your cycle, after your menstruation and leading up to when you ovulate, your oestrogen levels rise in preparation for ovulating, and the cervix secretes a small amount of discharge. As ovulation time comes near, mucus secretion increases, and you will begin to notice more lubrication or ‘wetness’ in your vagina and vulva. The mucus discharge increases in quantity and becomes clearer and stretchy until it is like egg white. The best time to conceive is when you notice the appearance of this clear, ‘fertile mucus’. Cervical excretion nourishes, protects, and helps transport the sperm on its way up through the womb and into the Fallopian tubes for the rendezvous with your egg. After ovulation the excretion output will slow down and take on an opaque look.

Remember, as you learn to observe cervical mucus, that:

* After sex you may become aware of some white or clear discharge– this is liquefied semen, and usually stops being apparent within 24 hours of sexual intercourse. Timing your sex every second day will give you an opportunityto identify the appearance of your cervical mucus on the ‘off’ day.
* Sexual arousal also results in vaginal mucus, which can look like ‘fertile fluid’. The easiest way to distinguish between the two is to use the water test: vaginal secretions on your fingers will dissolve in water, but cervical excretion will stay in a blob.
* Wearing skin tight knickers can speed up the drying out time of vaginal secretions, giving you less opportunity to determine the development of your excretion.
* Parmaceuticals can affect mucus secretion, always check with your GP if you are taking any medication while trying to get pregnant, and be sure that if you are utilising the cervical discharge way of working out the best time to become pregnant, that any drugs that you are taking will not influence mucus production.
* It is a good Habit to get into to keep track of your cervical fluid on a fertility chart or calendar, to help you in working out the best time to get pregnant.

Method 2 – Keeping Track of 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 exact date for the beginning of each period. It is useful to be able to have a record of several cycles because this gives you a more exact idea of the duration of your cycle. Many females have a 28 day cycle, although some have slightly longer cycles. Once you know the duration of your cycle, you write down 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 start, and your cycle starts again at day 1.

To work out when you are ovulating, find days 12 – 16 in your cycle. These 4 days are an indication of when you will probably be ovulating. Statistics show that for most women with a 28 day cycle, day 14 is often the best time to conceive.