How do you know when you're ovulating? Does your sex position matter? Everything you need to know on how to get pregnant faster
After years of doing everything in your power to prevent a pregnancy, the moment you decide you’re ready to have a baby, you want it to happen quickly—like today, if possible. While there’s no magic pill or special elixir that will ensure instant conception , or even an express route to conceiving, there are things you can do toBefore you toss your birth control and break out the scented candles, you should see your family physician for a preconception checkup.
Ovulation typically occurs around 14 days before the last day of a woman’s menstrual cycle . So if you have a regular 28-day cycle, ovulation would likely occur around day 14. You are most fertile in the days leading up to ovulation—the mid-point of your cycle. Usecharting your basal body temperature
If you are currently smoking or taking any recreational drugs, it’s recommended that you quit as soon as possible. As well it’s good time to cut down or even start to avoid any alcoholic drinks. A large number of conditions is now linked to fetal alcohol syndrome and as Hamoudi says, “There is no safe level of exposure.” Also it’s a good idea to cut down on the amount caffeine you have each day from coffee, soda, tea and chocolate now.
Hamoudi recommends that you have sex on the three days before you think you’ll ovulate and on three days after. Or, you could take an even more laidback approach and just try to have sex every other day—chances are you will come close to the time of ovulation. “Usually if people are consistently having sex every two to three days, and I find that it takes a lot of of the pressure off,” says Patel. “That way, it doesn’t become work.
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