How to Know When You Are Most Fertile If you are trying to get pregnant, you probably want to know when you are most fertile. In this article we will discuss the main issues regarding fertility, such as when you should have sex, and also your menstrual cycles and ovulation times.
The Best Time to Have Sex
It is true that you are most fertile when an egg has just been released by the ovaries. This is what is referred to as ovulation. The thing is though, it is best not to try to time sexual intercourse with ovulation, because you may get it wrong, and also it can be stressful. The last thing you want when you are trying to get pregnant is lots of stress.
Instead, you should aim to have sex about three or 4 times per week. The sperm will survive for a few days once inside, so having sex every few days ensures that there are always sperm ready to fertilise the egg once it is released.
Menstruation
Your menstrual cycle lasts from the beginning of menstruation up to the day before the next one. There is much variation in the length of menstrual cycles, and they can be anything from 24 days to 35 days, with the average being 28 days. Some women even have cycles which are longer or shorter than this.
Ovulation
During your menstrual cycle, hormones are released, stimulating your ovaries and causing an egg to grow and mature. Once the egg is fully grown, it is released (this is ovulation) and proceeds along the fallopian tubes. Occasionally there can be more than one egg released. Ovulation happens half way through your menstrual cycle. So, if you have a 28 day menstrual cycle then you will ovulate somewhere between day 13 and day 19.
Some women may notice certain signs which indicate that they are ovulating, such as a watery discharge from the vagina, abdominal pain, sensitive breasts, and maybe even a small amount of vaginal bleeding.
One way to more accurately predict when you are going to ovulate is to invest in an ovulation prediction kit. This detects hormone levels in your urine which indicate when ovulation is about to occur.
So that’s it. You have learned that fertility is at its highest during ovulation, and that an ovulation prediction kit will help you predict ovulation more accurately, but it is better to have sex every two or three days rather than try to time sexual intercourse too accurately to when ovulation occurs.
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