It is funny how pregnancy elicits a variety of responses. There are those who fear it, carefully using the method they deem the safest. There are those who pursue it, trying every conceivable method from counting days and taking temperatures to eating special diets and even dancing before a fertility god.
Couples are teased when they produce an offspring year after year. Yet for most people, it is not a simple case of “to be or not to be”, like the seasons, it cannot be commanded at will or can it? Are those who are still childless after 10 long years suffering needlessly, barring other physiological problems like a pre-existing fertility problem? Is there a foolproof way to get pregnant? If you have had your preconception check up and the doctor has found nothing wrong with either you or your partner, try the following, who knows this might work for you!
Here is how to increase the likelihood of pregnancy. There are six days each monthly cycle wherein a woman can conceive. Use a simple calendar to mark the day your period begins each month. Track the number of days each of your periods last. If you have a 28-day, cycle that is consistent, ovulation is likely to begin about 14 days after the day your last period began. If your cycles are long, subtract 18 from the number of days in your shortest cycle. Count ahead this many days when your next period begins. The next week is a most likely your most fertile days.
Take your prenatal vitamin or folic acid supplement beginning at least one month before conception through the first trimester of pregnancy. It can reduce the risk of spina bifida and other neural tube defects by up to 70 percent. A daily multivitamin for your husband can help provide selenium, zinc and folic acid – trace nutrients that are important for optimal sperm production and function
Reduce stress. Spend one lazy weekend at any romantic B&B.; Stress and our mind do more than we think to control fertility. Stress could interfere with certain hormones that we need to produce sperm. Stress also decreases sexual function.
Do not use lubrication (KY jelly). It has been found out to actually kill sperms.
Don’t make your husband “save up” his sperm thinking this would make him more fertile when your ovulation day comes; this actually makes him less fertile
If you are smoking, STOP! Tobacco changes the cervical mucus, which may keep the sperm from reaching the egg. Smoking can also increase the risk of a miscarriage.
Watch your diet. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. They are rich in antioxidants, which may help improve the health of the sperm and egg.
Start putting yourself off coffee before the conception. It has been medically proven that caffeine can interfere with the egg’s ability to become implanted in a woman’s uterus.
Baby dusts to you!
