Trying to Conceive? Learn These 5 Tips to Increase Your Chances of Conception

Are you trying to get pregnant quickly and want to know some conceiving tips? Below are some cheap (and almost free!) strategies to assist you in estimating your fertile days, which are the best times to have intercourse.

When talk about getting pregnant, it’s a matter of TIMING. Whether you’re trying to get pregnant naturally or through the help of high-tech infertility treatments, finding out your fertile days every month will significantly increase your odds of getting pregnant.

#1 Intercourse at the right time

A sperm is capable of fertilizing an egg for up to 3 days. Your odds of getting conceived are highest if you have intercourse 1-2 days before ovulation. Once you know you are ovulating soon by using any of the methods below, it’s important to have intercourse that evening or the next morning. In addition, the amount of sperm is the greatest after 3-5 days of abstinence.

#2 Signs of ovulation

Paying attention to signs of ovulation is a good way to ensure you have intercourse on the right days. Some women are able to tell that ovulation is about to take place by observing their monthly bodily changes, such as breast swelling and tenderness, increased sex drive, or a sharp pain on either side of the lower abdomen. Nonetheless, not all women experience symptoms of ovulation.

#3 Your cycle calendar

Ovulation normally takes place about 2 weeks before your next period begins. If you have a 28-day cycle, you can anticipate ovulation at day 14 just like most women. If your usual cycles are as long as 32 days, you’ll probably ovulate on day 18. This method only applies if your cycles are consistent. If your cycles are irregular, charting your basal body temperature and tracking your cervical mucus are better ways to predict your fertility.

#4 Basal body temperature (BBT) charting

Your BBT is your body temperature at rest, which is the lowest body temperature you have throughout a day. This normally occurs in the morning, right after you wake up. So track your BBT every morning before you get out of bed.

Your BBT may fluctuate over a cycle, but before ovulation normally there’ll be a abrupt drop in temperature, followed by a sharp increase in temperature that will stay elevated, and then drop when your period begins. The day the temperature drops abruptly is the day that you’ve ovulated. When you see at least three higher than average temperatures in a row, you can almost be sure that you’ve ovulated, just before the first high-temperature day.

Monitor your BBT chart for a few cycles, you’ll see a pattern and from there you’ll be able to predict or know when you will ovulate.

#5 Monitoring changes in your cervical mucus

Changes in hormone can also lead to cervical mucus changes over your menstrual cycle. For example, just before you ovulate, you’ll notice there’s more cervical mucus production. The mucus is stretchy in texture and looks transparent, just like egg white. After menstruation, the amount of cervical mucus becomes less, it appears thick and white, and not so sticky anymore. You can estimate ovulation by observing those changes over several cycles.

These method help to determine fertility the natural way to increase your odds of getting conceived, but they’re not foolproof. So it’s best to combine all methods. Alternatively, you can choose to use a home ovulation kit to do the job. If you have tried the tips mentioned but still can’t get pregnant, you should see your doctor to find out if there is an underlying fertility issue.

You may also like to learn how to increase fertility naturally by monitoring your bodily signs and making some lifestyle changes.