Ways To Get Pregnant - Get To Know The Facts

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Take this fun quiz to find out. Dad's sperm not only affects whether you'll get pregnant, but it can also determine if your pregnancy will be healthy. To be sure his boys are in tip-top shape when you're trying to get pregnant, he should make these fertility-boosting health changes now. It's an aspect of our health that most of us take for granted: See more on Getting Pregnant. We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password.

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Myths about when you can get pregnant

In fact, sperm can be found in the cervical canal mere seconds after ejaculation, regardless of position. Of course, aiming for the deepest penetration and maximum cervical contact makes sense, but the optimal position varies because every woman's body is different.

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And since sperm start swimming immediately after ejaculation, it isn't necessary for a woman to become a gymnast or a yoga master to make a baby. There may be a little advantage to lying around after intercourse to keep the sperm inside you, but there's absolutely no value in standing on your head, says Dr. So savor the mood however you please. The notion that age-related fertility decline is only a female factor has been debunked by a recent British study. Researchers at Bristol and Brunel Universities evaluated 8, couples to determine the impact of age on the length of time it took to conceive.

They discovered that while only 8 percent of men younger than 25 fail to impregnate their partner after a year of trying, that number grows to 15 percent after age Despite other factors, such as the fact that frequency of intercourse drops off with age, the study suggests that paternal age, too, may be a consideration for couples struggling with infertility. Sperm can live in the female reproductive tract for up to three days after intercourse, so having sex every day, or even on ovulation day, is not necessary.

Trying to conceive: Myths vs. facts about getting pregnant

What is critical is knowing when you are fertile. According to data from the AIA, 20 percent of couples seeking infertility treatment are not timing intercourse correctly. A woman is fertile for a period of six days, the five days leading up to ovulation when the egg is released from the ovary and the day of ovulation.

A study by the National Institute of Environmental Sciences found, much to the researchers' surprise, that a woman 's capacity to conceive seems to end on ovulation day. So if women charting their basal body temperature are waiting for their temperature to go up to have intercourse, they're too late, warns Melissa Holmes, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Tight shorts = a sperm’s worst enemy.

She recommends using ovulation kits because they let you know when you're about to ovulate. Having sex on the two days prior to ovulation offers the greatest chance of conception.

However brief your partner's particular choice of underwear, it's unlikely that it will impact his fertility. Up until several years ago, future dads were discouraged from wearing briefs because their tight fit held the testicles close to the body, raising scrotal temperature and causing a decrease in sperm count or concentration. And while it is true that very high temperatures can be harmful to sperm, choice of underwear does not heat things up enough to make an impact, according to two recent studies.

So if briefs or bikinis, for that matter are more likely to heat things up between you and your partner, stock up on those Jockeys! It sounds like a cruel joke, but it's true, says Dr. The method of contraception that a woman has used may also impact conception. Women who used progesterone injections of Depo-Provera may have to wait for normal fertility to resume after they've stopped using the drug for six to nine months or even a year. It may take women who use Lunelle, another injectable form of birth control, six months to a year to have a normal menstrual and ovulation cycle.

And while many women believe that the effects of the pill linger long after they stop using it, that's yet another myth. Furthermore, it's not necessary to wait several cycles to "wash out" oral contraceptives before getting started. In fact, immediately after the pill is stopped, there can be an ovulatory rebound effect, resulting in a super-fertile period.

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