Getting Pregnant

The female reproductive system is a truly complex string of events that take place each month whilst the body prepares for potential pregnancy - regardless of whether or not you're in agreement! When examined in detail it makes you realize what a truly wonderful creation we all are - and how its not surprising it goes wrong sometimes.

A healthy woman ovulates only once every cycle normally releasing an egg which needs to be fertilised within a period of 6 to 12 hours in order to become pregnant. And it stops the majority of healthy couples from becoming pregnant.

The male sperm can survive inside the woman for between 2 and 3 days and the ideal situation for fertilisation is to have the sperm recently deposited inside the woman and waiting for the egg to appear - most fertilisation actually takes place at the mouth of the fallopian tubes.

There are several factors that may cause your partner to have a low sperm count: your partner's age, loose fitting clothes, drugs and smoking affect sperm and may impair male fertility, stress is also one of the leading factors in a low sperm count.

Having intercourse twice a day every day would not necessarily be as effective as to have intercourse only once but just hours before ovulation occurs.

It is actually quite surprising how difficult it can be to get pregnant. In fact, most specialists will only see couples who have been trying to conceive for more than a year. The female body is only fertile for a few days of every menstrual cycle, and if your timing is not absolutely spotted on, you will miss the chance. There are, of course, other factors which affect your ability to successfully conceive, including your age and the type of lifestyle that you live.

Ovulation and pregnancy go hand in hand. Implantation during ovulation leads to a pregnancy. Becoming aware of your fertility cycle is the first step to pregnancy. Every woman's fertility cycle is unique, and therefore fertility awareness begins with monitoring your menstrual cycle and being attentive to ovulation symptoms.

Eating the correct foods is one of the ways to ensure that your body is healthy. Sticking to a healthy diet that gives you all the nutrients that you require will help create a healthy body. Drugs, alcohol, smoking and caffeine affect your body in many ways that will prevent you from falling pregnant.

It is highly recommended that you keep a daily record of your basal body temperature or BBT (your temperature when you wake up in the morning) and the texture of your cervical mucus. You need to chart your cycle for a few months so you can recognize your pattern and have a better chance of predicting your most fertile days.

As the weeks turn into months you may begin to realize the cold truth that getting pregnant isn't as easy as you had imagined. All these points show how difficult it can be to get pregnant and you might begin to see that the creation of another human life really is a miracle when you see how improbable the chances of fertilization really are.