If you are wanting to find out the best time to conceive, then you have to know about the fertile times in a woman's cycle - which is a fairly complex time to pinpoint. For a start, the general life span of an ovum is twenty four hours at most, and as two or more eggs may be released in a 24 hours period of ovulation a woman is fertile for only around two or more days. Another factor for consideration is the man, who's sperm lives for up to five days which combines to mean that a couple is jointly fertile for about one week in each month. The presence of fertile cervical fluid which resembles eggwhites is the best indication that the fertile time has arrived, however this may only last a couple of days.
Even though it is technically impossible, many women still think that they can get pregnant during a menstrual period. It happens rarely but a woman can become pregnant from sexual intercourse had during the last one or two days of her period. It is possible if the woman's cycle is very short, and the sperm live long enough to fertilise the ovum. The more common case is when a woman mistakes blood spotting during ovulation as a period and get pregnant at this time. This highlights well the need of women to understand their bodies and their unique monthly cycle.
The common method provided by doctors for finding the best time to conceive is by measuring the basal body temperature. This is sadly to the exclusion of the most important (and most accurate) determinant of fertility, and that is cervical fluid. What's more the basal temperature if used for finding fertile times can actually be more of a hindrance for couples trying to conceive, as the body's temperature rises after the egg is already dead - by which time it is too late. Of course that doesn't mean that there is no use for charting the basal temperature, but it is useless as a measure of the fertile period.
Noting the changes in your cervical fluid is the best way to determine the fertile time in the month. The cervical mucus you are looking for as the fertile sign resembles eggwhites. The eggwhite fluid tells you that you are ovulating, but some women have trouble determining what to look for, so another indicator is the wettest type of fluid, of a wet sensation. The best time to conceive is the last day that there is the eggwhite mucus present.
Couples (with normal sperm count) need to have intercourse every day when the eggwhite mucus comes and to do so until a rise in temperature is noted, which will mean that the fertile window is closed. Men with low sperm counts must only have sex every second day during this time, and stop on the morning the basal temperature rises.
Before starting to chart the changes in cervical fluids you need to know what it is you are looking for as the colour, volume and consistency alter throughout the month. By recording the changes you can really increase the likelihood of getting pregnant.
It goes without saying that ovulation is the best time to conceive - and ovulation is the time of month with the most cervical fluid. The mucus that comes with ovulation (as noted already) is eggwhite mucus which is very fertile stuff, and prime baby making material!
If you want more awareness of your body and where you are at in a cycle, then taking notice of your cervical fluids can help. Over a couple of months you will get a very good idea of the time you ovulate, and unlike with basal temperature methods, this way there will be enough time to actually take advantage of the fertile window.
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