Top 8 Best Ways to Get Pregnant
1) Doctor
A check up before trying to conceive is highly recommended. This will help make sure before pregnancy you're in good health, ie no untreated infections, STD or poor health that can affect the baby. It's good to see a doctor or pharmacist to talk about taking prenatal vitamins prior to getting pregnant. Health professionals can also advice you during pregnancy about what foods to eat to help maintain a healthy pregnancy weight.
2) Have sex every 3 days
The chance of conception in normal couples is 20-25% during a normal cycle. It is true pregnancy can only happen during ovulation, but women don't always know exactly when or when they think they are. The best way is to have sex every 3 days to cover all bases. Also, the male needs 3 days for the sperm count to get back to their maximum.
3) Ovulation kits
Ovulation kits are very good instruments in helping you predict when you're ovulating and increase your chance of getting pregnant. Ovulation kits works by reading the LH surges before ovulation. They are easy to use and generally very accurate, taking the guess work out for most couples.
After you become pregnant, knowing when you ovulate also helps you use the pregnancy due date calculator to predict what date the baby is due. Keeping a pregnancy calendar is a fun way to see how your baby is developing.
4) Sex before ovulation
Every month, there's only a small window of time when a woman can get pregnant. After ovulation, the egg will only survive 24 hours, where as sperm on the other hand will survive 3-5 days in the female reproductive tract. So the best time is to hace sex before ovulation, not waiting until ovulation or after - then it's too late.
Mistiming intercourse is the main reason for failure to conceive. Study in healthy women, nearly all pregnancies were attributed to to intercourse during a 6 day period, ending on the day of ovulation.
5) Cervical mucus and ovulation
Cervical fluids increases in volume and changes texture during the time of ovulation. Fertile cervical fluids keep sperm alive for up to five days. The best time to get pregnant is when your cervical mucus increases in volume and becomes egg white like (clear, stretchy and slippery to touch).
6) Avoid smoking and drinking
Smoking, drinking and abusing drugs can have a significant affect on fertility. Also, these toxins can affect the unborn baby especially if you've noticed signs or early symptoms of pregnancy. So it is vital the mother avoid smoking, drugs and alcohol before trying to have a baby.
7) Sexual enjoyment
Sometimes when couples have sex for reproduction, it can become a job instead of pure enjoyment. Expert suggests that orgasms in women can help the sperm into the uterus and for men can help increase sperm count and volume.
8) Positions during and after sex
During sex, try and avoid positions where the sperm can leak out like having the women on top. After sex, put a pillow under your thighs and lay down for at least 50 minutes before getting up.