✓ When to have intercourse to get pregnant?

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When to have intercourse to get pregnant

When you're trying to get pregnant, sex becomes more than just fun. It becomes the indispensable tool to be able to conceive and this can create many tensions in the couple. It is evident that it is important to concentrate intercourse on the most fertile days, those in which the chances of getting pregnant are highest. But what are these days and when to have intercourse to get pregnant to increase the chances of pregnancy?

The fertile days

The best time to get pregnant is during the most fertile period of the month. This "fertile window" includes five days before ovulation and the day of ovulation. In particular i two days before ovulation and the day of ovulation they are the ones with the highest probability of conception.

Having sex these days will therefore give you the best chance of conceiving.

How conception occurs

During ovulation, the ovary releases a mature egg which travels up the fallopian tube to your uterus. If on this path it encounters the spermatozoon it could be fertilized.

The goal, therefore, is to ensure that the sperm is viable while the fertilizable egg travels through the fallopian tubes. To maximize these probabilities it is essential to understand when it happens ovulation.

How to monitor ovulation?

First of all it is important to start marking on the calendar or on an App the date of your period and count the days that separate one cycle from the other. If the cycle lasts 28 days, ovulation will occur around the 14th day.

So the sexual intercourse will be concentrated in the days immediately preceding and on the day of ovulation itself: spermatozoa can survive and be viable for up to five days, while the egg can only be fertilized for 24 hours.

Not all women, however, ovulate in the middle of their cycle: therefore in the event of an irregular cycle it is advisable to use other methods, such as calculating the basal temperature or cervical mucus analysis, but also contact your gynecologist to assess the situation.

The typical symptoms of ongoing ovulation, however, are:

Changes in the consistency and color of the cervical mucus which becomes more abundant, clear and similar to egg white.
Your resting temperature will rise slightly after ovulation.
The breasts will be more tight and sore.

What to do after intercourse to get pregnant

It has not been scientifically proven that certain positions during or after sex increase the likelihood of conception. It hasn't even been shown that lying down after intercourse promotes conception because sperms are excellent swimmers and are not afraid of gravity. However, staying stretched out or even lifting your legs upwards, as some suggest, cannot hurt.

When to have intercourse to avoid getting pregnant

It is evident that, if to get pregnant sexual intercourse should be concentrated during the fertile period, for do not get pregnant intercourse should be avoided these days. However, beware: ovulation is not always in the middle of the cycle, and many factors can cause anomalies and irregularities in ovulation and making a simple calculation on the calendar cannot be considered a contraceptive method reliable. Some computers monitor the progress of ovulation to establish a real monthly calendar of fertile and infertile days.

Frequency of intercourse to get pregnant

Some research has shown that sperm has a better quality after a 2-3 day abstinence period. According to experts, therefore, the chances of conception will increase if you have intercourse every other day or every day during the fertile period.

The most important thing, however, is not to turn sex into a commitment, an obligation that could undermine the couple's harmony and create stress.