If
you ask several different people
the question then is a woman
most fertile? you will likely
get a different answer from each
one. Some of the common beliefs
are that women are fertile all
during the month, except during
the time of their menstrual
period. Others believe that the
fertility period is the seven
days after you finish your
period. There is actually a very
small window of opportunity for
the fertile period during which
you can become pregnant. There
are only about five days during
each month when a woman is most
fertile.
You
can take meticulous records of
the start and end dates of your
period, and count the days after
your period ends to find when
you ovulate. Ovulation takes
place about 10 to 14 days after
you finish your period. During
ovulation your temperature rises
and many women record their
temperature to find these dates.
The best time to get pregnant if
you are using this method to
determine your fertility period
is the 4 or 5 days before your
temperature starts to rise. This
means that you need to take
records of your temperature for
several months in order to have
an accurate reading of when you
are most fertile.
With
the advances in technology you
can now use an interactive
ovulation calculating tool. To
use this type of device online,
you only need to know the date
on which your last period ended.
Instead of assuming that your
menstrual cycle is 28 days, you
also have to enter the number of
days in your menstrual cycle.
Some women have a longer cycle
than 28 days or one that is a
day or two shorter. The
calculator will then tell you
when you are most fertile and
when you will start to ovulate,
if you really want to conceive,
you can start having intercourse
a few days before your date of
ovulation because sperm will
live within the reproductive
tract for up to 5 days.
While
you may do everything right and
calculate your ovulation dates
accurately, you also need to
know whether you partner has a
high or low sperm count. A man
with a low sperm count should
not have intercourse for two or
three days before the fertile
time or even ejaculate because
then there will be bo sperm when
you do set out to get pregnant.
You
also have to be aware that any
method of determining your
fertile period is only an
approximation. There is really
no accurate method of
pinpointing the exact time and
date on which you can conceive.
Using an ovulation calculator
will give you an estimate of the
day on which you will start
ovulating, which is usually day
15 after your last menstrual
cycle. This may or may not be
accurate for you. You are likely
to become pregnant the day after
you ovulate, but after this it
will be highly unlikely. Unlike
the life span of the sperm, an
egg can only live in the
reproductive tract for 12 to 24
hours after ovulation.
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