Being confident about your cycles and familiar with when you ovulate, can help you in becoming pregnant. It is recommended that you and your partner have sex about a day prior to ovulation, the day of ovulation, and a day after. Sperm are able to survive in the vagina for as long as 3 days. Having sex the 3-4 days over ovulation time makes it more likely that there will be viable sperm present in the vagina/uterus at ovulation.
Other things when trying to get pregnant: if you smoke…STOP! This is something you and your partner can do together (if you both smoke). Studies have shown that women who smoke have more difficulty getting pregnant. Take prenatal or multi-vitamin daily, eat healthy, exercise and get adequate rest. If you are under or over weight, make changes in your lifestyle to get to a healthy weight. Decrease or stop use of drugs /alcohol.
6. February 2012
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