When is the best time to get pregnant? A much asked question but not answered enough. Is the question really as simple as it appears? For those of you that have been trying to conceive for a long period of time, we hope that this article benefits you.
The time to conceive is at ovulation when the egg is released and ready to be fertilized. What we need to know is when we are actually ovulating which varies for women in their 40's and even their 30's compared with that of when you were in your 20's.
When women are younger (their 20's) they ovulate nearly every month except for times of high stress and or illness. A woman usually in her 40's (or even her 30's) doesn't ovulate as much as when she was in her twenties. For some, ovulation can be even less regular than desired if they have a problem affecting their health that is ongoing or any other illnesses keeping them unwell.
If you are someone that is in your 30's and have been trying to fall pregnant for a long period of time with regular sexual intercourse, it may be because you're ovulating only once every 2-3 months, sometimes even less. This means that it would not be difficult in missing your perfect time to conceive a baby during the peak ovulation of the small amount of days (1 to 2) that you do have.
You can now see just how critical it is to find out the exact ovulation dates during this period of time, so that you not only have a much better chance at conception, but also can remain hopeful.
Research has been made that tells us if we are wanting a viable and healthy pregnancy then the sperm should be fresh and the eggs need to be freshly released as well. Freshly released eggs and sperm?
Sperm lasts for roughly 3 days after ejaculation! When considering 'freshly released', in so far as sperm, it's the 1st and maybe the 2nd day it's released that it falls into this category. However, on sperms 3rd day of release it is known as old and could be defective as well. If you were to have your egg fertilised by 'old' sperm, (2 but most probably 3 days after release) you may experience an aborted pregnancy in your early stages which would appear as a heavy period, heavier than what you are used to.
So, what can you do to stop this from happening?
Don't have sexual intercourse in the three to four days before you ovulate to prevent the older, maybe defective sperm, from fertilising your egg. Instead, have sex the very day before you ovulate and then again at the time of ovulation- make all of this frequent sex too!
In order to prevent impregnation of an old egg, you should not have intercourse for one to two days again after ovulating.
This is an example guide for you: If you ovulate on day 20 for example, then this is what you should do: - abstain from intercourse on day 17 & 18 (to avoid the old sperm attaching) - enjoy lots of sex on day 19 & 20 - abstain again on day 21 (avoiding any old eggs this time).
This will ensure fertilisation takes place only when the egg is fresh and the sperm is also
To put it in a nutshell, if you want your chances of a healthy conception and pregnancy to be high, find out when you ovulate exactly, and then use the guide above to unsure the freshest sperm and the freshest eggs possible.
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