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. Firstly when an egg is released it will only live a short time, a maximum of 24 hours and if two eggs are released in one ovulation cycle then that means only around two fertile days in a month. From the man’s side his sperm can survive inside for around five days so coupled with the woman this means around a week of fertility in a 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.
Many women think they may have gotten pregnant during a menstrual period, which is an essentially impossible thing to do. It happens rarely but a woman can become pregnant from sexual intercourse had during the last one or two days of her period. If a woman’s cycle is very short, then it is possible for the sperm to live long enough to fertilise an egg when intercourse was had during the end of menstruations. It is important to note that many women mistakenly think that blood spotting during their ovulation is a menstrual period and get pregnant at this time. This only serves to highlight the importance of knowing your cycle well.
Doctors commonly focus on measuring changes in basal body temperature for finding the best time to conceive. 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.
The most accurate way of finding your fertile window is by charting the changes in cervical fluid. When there is cervical fluid which has the look and consistency of eggwhites, this is the indicator of the fertile time. This eggwhite fluid is a sign that you are ovulating, but for women who can’t recognise if it is eggwhite, then look for the wettest sensation which will indicate that the fertile time is coming. The last day of this eggwhite mucus is the most fertile day and the best time to conceive.
For couples where the man has a normal sperm count then when the wet fertile fluid comes it is the time to start having intercourse (daily) up until you see a rise in the basal temperature which indicated that the fertile time is actually over. For couples who have low sperm issues then intercourse should be every second day till the rise in temperature is recorded.
Prior to keeping a record of the cervical fluid, you must know what it is you are looking for as the cervical mucus changes greatly in colour, consistency as well as volume. By noting these changes you can really improve the chances of conceiving quickly.
Of course when a woman is ovulation is the best time to conceive, and when you are ovulating that is when you have 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 to know where you are in your cycle, then it is important to start taking notice, and recording the changes in your cervical mucus. Noting these changes for a number of months will give you the tools to pin-point very accurately when you ovulate, and in contrast to the use of the basal temperature method, you will actually know before hand, and have the opportunity of using the fertile window.
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