I am trying to conceive, when am I most fertile?

Question

My period lasts about 4 days.

Answer 1

Alright. For starters one can not tell from the length of your cycle when your most fertile time is.

Here are some facts you'll need to know to calculate your most fertile period:

1. You ovulate 14 days BEFORE the date your period is due to start--in other words, NOT necessarily on the 14th day of your cycle (unless your cycle happens to be 28 days long). So you need to write down when your period starts each month. Do this for a couple months and you'll have a pretty good idea of how your body operates and what your average cycle length is. Then, you'll be able to predict your ovulation date by calculating when your next period is due and then counting back 14 days. For example, if your cycle is 29 days long and your last period started on the 2 of august, then your next period would be due on the on the 31st or 29 days later. If your period is due on the 31st of August, then you'll ovulate 14 days earlier or on the 17th of August. Therefore, you'll want to make sure you have sex on the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th.

2. When trying to conceive, have sex every other day. Optimally timing it so you have sex on your ovulation date. Having sex more frequently than this can lower your husband's sperm count.

3. Your vaginal discharge will also vary depending on what stage you are at in your cycle. When you are ovulating, it will be very thin, watery, slippery and clear (to facilitate the sperms swim). When you are not at the most fertile time in your cycle, it is whitish, thick and sticky.

4. Basal temperature is a method I used and other women have used to predict ovulation. It is reliable and MUCH cheaper than those ovulation predictor kits. Get a basal thermometer (about $12). Take your temperature every morning BEFORE you get out of bed. Write down your temperature. After a month you'll get an idea of what your normal body temperature is. On one day of the month, also, you should note a considerable spike in your temperature. (For example, on a normal day I was 97.4. After ovulation my temperature went up to 99.5+.) Now the only thing with basal temperature is your temp spikes directly AFTER ovulation. So, you have to chart your temp for a couple of monthsbefore you can use the info to predict ovulation and, subsequently, better time your conception attempts.

5. Unless, a woman's body presents a hostile environment to sperm (too acidic, etc . . . .), sperm can live in the body for 4-5 days. So, it is important, to optimize your chances of getting pregnant, to have sex several times leading up to your OV date as well (again, every other day and on OV date, no more frequently).

6. Ovum, however, usually only live for 24 hours.

7. It takes several hours for the sperm to reach the ovum.

8. Even if conception occurs, the truth is, you still may not get pregnant. How is this possible? 1>Because not all fertilized eggs divide correctly (miscarriage so early you never knew anything happened at all--days or hours). 2>Because, not all viable embryos successfully implant in the uterine wall, in which case, they are usually expelled with your next period. Again, you wouldnt have even known anything happened at all. 3> Because not all fertilized Ovums will result in a viable embryo at all.

9. Being too anxious about getting pregnant can thwart your efforts as it increases stress hormones in your body that can be hostile to a pregnancy. So, try not to get too excited about it-- at least until you've gotten a positive test. Relax, enjoy trying, take it all in stride and try to keep your mind off it.

Finally, I know some of these things require a few months of tracking and that you probably want to get pregnant on your next cycle (refer back to # 9). However, there is no guarantee that you will succeed at getting pregnant the first time you try -- or the second--or third. Sometimes, it can take a while--even if both you and your partener are perfectly healthy. (The medical community does not consider a couple to be possibly infertile until a year of trying has passed unsuccessfully.) So, do yourself a favor and start recording this information. If you get lucky and get pregnant right away, Hurray. But, if not, this information can help you reach your goals quicker and more efficiently than flying blind. It is also a good idea, anyway, to know your body. Finally, when you go to the doc for your first prenantal, one of the first things he's/she's going to do is predict your due date. And one of the first questions they will ask is when your last cycle started!!

All the best and GOOD LUCK!!!!


BTW, you should start eating right, right NOW. Also, you should start taking calcium supplements and OTC prenatal vitamins NOW!! OTC is all you need for now. When you finally become pregnant, then it will be time for prescription strength. Your doc will take care of that at your first visit.

Answer 2

It depends on the length of your cycle, not the length of your period. Talk to your ob/gyn about how to calculate when you're fertile, get a fertility supplement (PreCare Conceive worked for us), and talk to your doc about strategies to increase your chances.

My doctor gave me the supplement prescription and some great advice. First, she helped me track when I'm likely to be fertile, but said that ovulation can occur outside this timeframe, so its best to get an over-the-counter fertility monitor to track my LH surge. I used Answer brand. They're like pregnancy tests, but take longer to develop. 7 in a box. If you get 2 lines, you're having your surge and should have sex within 24 hrs. Well I started testing BEFORE my fertile window and guess what? I was already surging. So I tend to ovulate early in my relatively long 35-day cycle.

The other thing she suggested was to put my feet up at a 90-degree angle after sex to minimize leaking of the semen and increase the chances that more will make it up to the fallopian tubes.

Well, we did that, and after 2 months were successful. In fact, I'm due any day now. If she's not here by Tuesday we're inducing. She just doesn't want to come out! LOL

Answer 3

If you've been trying for over a year might be an idea to get a check done on both of you. It takes 2 to make a baby remember. It might be that your fiance has a low sperm count or something. There really isn't much you can do to drink or eat to make yourself fertile. It's just a case of eating sensibly, not being overweight, taking plenty of exercise and trying at the right times (when you're ovulating). If you've got a digital thermometer you can take your temperature every day and when it slightly peaks halfway between your periods it's when you're ovulating and should try to do it as much as you can during that time. Stress also can affect it so try not to worry (easier than it sounds I know).

Answer 4

There's a lot to respond to this question....

1) The best way to know for sure when you are most fertile is to use an ovulation kit you can get at most pharmacy stores (CVS, Walgreens)...You will know exactly when you are most fertile because, after peeing on to the stick each day for the month, it will tell you that you are at the "peak" ovulation.

2) The "peak" ovulation is usually 14 days before your next period will begin...but the ovulation kit will be most reliable.
During that peak time you are most fertile. Try to have intercourse at least several times during that peak time...before, during and after the peak (usally about 5 days or so).

3). I believe we are most fertile in the morning (men and women). I truly believe that my pregnancy happened when we had intercourse in the morning when I was in high ovulation mode according to the ovulation kit.

Hope that helps!

P.S. If someone tells you that you are most fertile a certain amount of days after your period...or if you just look at an internet chart....it could be way off...For example, some women have a 28 day cycle..some, like me, have a 34 day cycle. I ovulated (my peak) at day 20...someone else may peak at day 14...so, you need to know the specifics to your body by using an ovulation kit.

Answer 5

13-17 days after the first day of your last period.

You are fertile for about 14 hours. That's it. Sperm lives for 3 days, I think...

You know you're fertile because you have... of course been taking your temperature every single day since your period as soon as you wake up in the morning. AND... the morning you wake up with the temp a couple points above normal is the day you ovulate! HAVE SEX RIGHT AWAY! Many times over! You want the sperm to enter the egg while the egg is traveling through the phalopean tubes. Then when it comes out into the uterus, it is READY to leave germination stage, and attach to the wall of the uterus. YAY!

Answer 6

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I am trying to conceive, when am I most fertile?
My period lasts about 4 days.

Answer 7

Im Preg now and I've been told about 12 to 14 days after you last period ends. But everyone is different.. You can always try one of those ovulating kits.. They seem to work. Also keep track of your tempature every morn .. theres other things you can do too .. like watch if you have a egg white tecture thats a sign of ovulating.. lots more ways but not sure if I should type all that here ..

Answer 8

When Am I Most Fertile

Answer 9

How long is your cycle? is it regular?
the average cycle lasts 28 - 30 days which generally has you ovulating around the 14th day of your cycle. You need to check cervical mucous, it goes stretchy, clear or what they call egg white cervical mucous and sometimes you get a cramp. Your cervix will be high and closed and if you are tracking your basal body temperature, you will get a downward dip and within the next 24 hours you need to ttc. When the temperature rise becomes significant it's too late you have missed your ovulation period. But you can never stop trying because it happens when you least expect it. Good luck
try this:
http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/1808_1904.asp

"Timing: How to work out when


So you’ve decided you want a baby. You’re going to have some unprotected sex. Nature does the rest, right? Wrong. The secret is in the timing. You’ve got to get those sperm in the right place for those vital 24 hours between the egg being released from the ovary into the Fallopian tube and it beginning to degenerate.
To get it right, there’s nothing like a lot of sex at the time of ovulation, or more importantly, from four to five days before, since sperm can survive in a woman’s cervix for days if they get there at the right time. But couples aren’t always good at doing this. The fertility expert Lesley Regan saw a married couple, both barristers, who were concerned that they had a fertility problem. How often did they have sex, she asked. “Once a month,” they replied.



Knowing when you are most fertile is the key and that means working out when you ovulate (release an egg) to find out the best time to have sex. You ovulate about 14 days before your next period starts; simple if you always know when your period starts because you can work backwards. But you don’t. A 28-day cycle (with the first day of the period day one and ovulation on day 14) may be the norm, but real women aren’t Mrs Norm, and it’s near impossible to work out ovulation by counting days.


OVULATION TEST KITS

These help you to identify when ovulation is about to happen by measuring chemicals in the urine.


VAGINAL SECRETIONS

“Research increasingly indicates that women are fertile four to five days before predictor kits indicate anything,” says Jane Knight, a fertility researcher at the University of Oxford. “It is far better for couples to be guided by changes in vaginal secretions. These usually start off sticky white, but when it becomes wetter, transparent and stretchy, it indicates when a woman is most fertile and receptive to sperm.”

The mucus forms little liquid channels which help the sperm to swim upwards. It may appear several days before ovulation, but sperm can survive in it. Once the fertile time has ended, the mucus thickens or disappears. “If a woman is feeling dry, there’s virtually no chance of her becoming pregnant,” says Knight.




TEMPERATURE

Women who are really serious about getting pregnant might want to monitor their temperature. According to Knight, women can be taught to record their waking temperatures accurately. An abrupt temperature rise of 0.2C occurs just after ovulation — and remains high until the next period.
None of these techniques is failsafe, but looking for one or two of the signs and symptoms of ovulation should help to determine the optimum time to jump into bed.






For further information about the physical signs of fertility vist Fertility UK at www.fertilityUK.org. Or you can contact a trained NHS fertility awareness practitioner; the FPA (formerly Family Planning Association) helpline, 0845 3101334, has a list.

SIMON CROMPTON

Answer 10

Of course it's possible to release an egg at any time of the month, but it's most likely that you'd be ovulating about two weeks after your period (the time when you'd likely be most fertile).

It's also important that you try to orgasm at the same time or just after your man so that your cervix can suck up the maximum amount of semen into your uterus (into your falopian tubes to catch that lil' egg!)..... Sorry, may sound over the edge but it's true.

Best of luck, and much rewarding sex to us all! ! ! !

ps. I'm a mother of 2, trying NOT to be a mother of 3 ;)