Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Ways To Get Pregnant - when do you ovulate ?

Ways To Get Pregnant

1. determine approximately what time each month that you do ovulate.


Problem:
Part of the problem is the widely held notion that women ovulate on day 14 of their cycle. This myth comes from the false assumption that women have a perfect 28 day cycle and ovulate right in the middle. The truth is, many women have cycles that are much shorter or longer than this, and they don't necessarily ovulate at the halfway point. There is a great range which is personal to each women, and therefore it is fundamental that you get to know your body and figure out what time of the month you are generally ovulating. Also keep in mind that this can change from month to month. It's quite common to ovulate on day 13 or 14 or 15 or even 16 for the same woman on different months.

It is important to note, the best way to get pregnant is to make sure the sperm is "waiting" before the egg is released. The sperm can live for approximately 3-5 days inside a woman, but the egg only lives for about 12-24 hours. So, for the best chance of conceiving, it is best to time intercourse for several days leading up to ovulation and on the day of ovulation too.

Best way to do it:
Choice 1 : Basal body temperature. The best way to do that is to get a basal body thermometer and chart your temperature each morning upon waking, before doing anything else. If you do this for some time you will see that your temperatures rise each month a few tenths of a degree and then stay up until your period comes. This shift in temperatures signifies that you have indeed ovulated. Once you have a good idea when this occurs month to month, you will have a better chance of predicting when you might be ovulating.
Keeping your temperature chart regularly will help to detect possible female fertility problems such as short luteal phase that leads to insufficient progesterone production.

How to do it :
Basal body temperature <- Click to find out. For what type of people: Anyone, who willing to keep track their temperature shift regularly.
and for people not willing to spend big bucks on test kits.

Choice 2: ovulation test kits. Using ovulation test kits will give you a helpful indicator of when ovulation is approaching. Usually the test will predict ovulation within about 36 hours, so once the test turns positive, it is important to have intercourse that day and for the next couple of days until your temperature shows that you have already ovulated.

How to do it :
buy ovulation test kits from any pharmacy.
For what type of people: Anyone,who can't keep their temperature shift tracking regularly
and for people willing to spend big bucks on test kits.

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