Tips & Advice to Improve Your Chances

Trying To Get Pregnant

Once you’ve decided to try for a baby, an active happy sex life is all most people need to conceive.

Monthly Fertility Cycle

To understanding a woman’s monthly fertility cycle can be helpful. But there’s no need to try to time sex around your cycle. It’s better to simply to have sex often throughout the month.

If you’re hoping to get pregnant, having sex every two or three days throughout the month will give you the best chance.

You don’t need to time sex around ovulation. Trying to do this can be stressful, and being stressed may mean you have less sex.

“Some people buy special ovulation kits, or use basal temperature charts, to try to monitor when they’re ovulating,” “But temperature charts can be hard to keep and aren’t always reliable. Both kits and charts can cause unnecessary anxiety without being much use.But this is your choice to make.

“Knowing your exact day of ovulation is only useful if you want to time intercourse to the day. Aim for less stress and more fun. After all, it should be a happy time.”

How Long To Get Pregnant

Nine out of Ten couples under 35 will become pregnant after a year of trying.

If you’ve been trying for a year or more and have not become pregnant, see your GP. Your GP can do tests to help identify possible fertility problems, and provide advice on the next steps.

If you have had problems in the past with eptopic pregnancy or surgery that could effect fertility or are or 35, please seek help sooner.

This information and more can be found at NHSDIRECT

--Kerryflump (talk) 23:04, 29 April 2013 (UTC)