Is there really a specific week that you are suppose to have sex in order to get pregnant? I heard it's either the week before your period or the week after, but I don't remember..can you guys help me out..thanx..
2006-07-12 05:34:41 · 8 answers · asked by Fabe 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Unfortunately, it isn't that easy to predict. It all depends on if you are on a 28 day cycle or a 35 day cycle or somewhere inbetween. Per my OBGYN, to get pregnant, wait about 5 days after your period and have sex every other day for two weeks. Why? Once you ovulate, your egg only has 24 hours to get fertilized. Sperm stay alive about 3 days. Plus, doing it every other day allows your significant other/spouse to replenish sperm.
Attached is a site where you can plug in your average cycle and if you plug in 9 days and 16 days for your Luteal phase, you'll see the dates you are most likely to ovulate. Just have sex every other day starting 2 days earlier than the earliest date they give you and you should have a great chance at getting pregnant.
http://www.ovulation-calculator.com/
With as many teenagers and women getting pregnant, you wouldn't think it would be this complicated, but it can be.
Above all, don't stress. The more you try and stress about it, the harder it will be to get pregnant. The minute you just flow with it and actually not think about it, the more likely you will be to get pregnant.
Added note: at the end of all of it, wait (as hard as it may be) 3 days after your period is due before taking a test. Hormones have to build in order for the test to detect if you are or aren't pregnant.
Good Luck.
2006-07-12 05:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by terrbear 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to have the highest chance of getting pregnant, you should have sex sometime during the 4 days before ovulation, the day of ovulation, and/or one day after ovulation. Ovulation is when the egg ruptures through the ovary and is carried into the fallopian tube where it can be fertilized by sperm. To find out when YOU ovulate you can go to
http://www.ovulation-calendar.com/
scroll to the bottom and there will be a link, click on it and enter in your information about your last period, how long your cycle is, etc. and it will make a whole calendar for you for each month telling you when your most fertile days are etc.....thats what I use....I LOVE IT!!! Its so easy and simple to use....Good Luck!! =)
2006-07-12 12:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably before. You should just go to the dollar store and get some ovulation predictors. They look just like the pregnancy tests basically they tell you when you are ovulating and thats when you should have sex. Everyone is a little different so just narrowing it down to a week isnt gonna necessarily work.
good luck
2006-07-12 12:39:14 · answer #3 · answered by Maria*&*Maritza's Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the week that your ovulating and it all depends how many days your cycle is, if this helps, your temperature will be elevated a little, and your urine will be a little darker than usual.
2006-07-12 12:39:01 · answer #4 · answered by YD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going to http://www.webmd.com/pregnancy_and_family/getting_pregnant.htm
Type in your info and it should help you. Good luck.
2006-07-12 12:38:50 · answer #5 · answered by blondie7795 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is a week befor.
2006-07-12 12:38:45 · answer #6 · answered by babygirl 10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's both a week earlier and a week after.....
2006-07-12 14:51:49 · answer #7 · answered by lf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can show you hands on
2006-07-12 12:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by RICARDO M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋