pregnancy...when are you most fertile?

Question

is it more likely to get pregnant before your period or after your period?

Answer 1

You are fertile during ovulation which can happen anytime midcycle after your period.Even while you are still menstruating your body is gearing up to ovulate.Depending on your cycle's, ovulation can happen as early as 7-10 days after AF or as late as 30 or more with really long cycle's..Even with a 28 day cycle,few women ovulate on day 14.Looking for the signs that ovulation is coming is very helpful.Checking cervical mucus,noting changes in libidousing OPK's are all helpful in giving you some clues as to when ovulation may occur.

Answer 2

You are most fertile when you ovulate.

This is typically 9 to 16 days BEFORE your period begins.

Answer 3

Only you know your cycles and you need to learn to recognize what your body is telling you. But doing all of this, you will be able to determine when YOU are most fertile!

Fertility charting is done for several reasons. It helps you to determine when, and if, you ovulate and if you made love at the right time. Charting your BBT will help you become one of the fortunate couples by increasing your chances of getting pregnant earlier. Learning about your fertility through the use of a fertility chart is a very interesting, and educational way to get pregnant. It makes you understand your body and often gives trying to conceive (ttc) more of a purpose. By correlating a number of fertility signs, such as cervical mucus and cervical position with ovulation, your fertility chart will help you determine cycle lengths and help you calculate the follicular and the corpus luteum phases. You will be able to calculate your coverline - the horizontal line drawn after ovulation to help differentiate temperatures before ovulation (low) and temperatures after ovulation (high). Taking the time to chart will help you evaluate your cycle for potential fertility problems and show any possible infertility issues. What is most important, is that it can be used so you can diagnose a pregnancy early. You cannot diagnose pregnancy early on from temperatures remaining high or by examining the cervix. The changes are too subtle to pick up and usually do not appear until well after you miss your period.

Your workbook fertility chart consists of three sections (common to all BBT charts), and several modifications that I feel are beneficial. The first section of your chart is used for tracking your basal body temperature, the second is for monitoring your cervical mucus and the third is for documenting changes in your cervix. Instructions on monitoring, and documenting, will be covered in more depth as you read further. Fertility charting, when used properly, will help you predict your ovulation in up coming cycles. Charting your BBT, cervical mucus and cervical position will allow you to time intercourse when you are at your most fertile time, thus greatly increasing your chances of becoming pregnant. If your body follows all the typical fertility signs, it should look rather boring. A well-kept chart should show you if you are ovulation, if it is occurring regularly, if it occurs at the right time during your cycle and if you timed sex when beneficial. It is recommended that you have intercourse every day, or every other day, during your fertile time. Women are only fertile for a limited time during each cycle. Conception is only possible if intercourse occurs during the few days before, or the day of, ovulation. If everything is in perfect working order, using the maximized life span of the sperm and ova, (five days for sperm and 24 hours for the egg), your fertile window is up to six days long. On average your unfertilized egg has a short life span of six to 24 hours. After this time frame, the egg begins to degenerate and is no longer capable of being fertilized. Your partner’s healthy sperm has an average life span of 48 to 72 hours in the female reproductive tract. As a result of this limited time, only the couple of days before and the day of ovulation are considered fertile days. Having these times overlap through careful times can be the most crucial part to successful conception. A practical fertile window is just three days during each cycle.

Answer 4

When you ovulate you are most likely to conceive. Your body is at its most fertile after you give birth. As to when you ovulate only you can answer that one - it requires a relationship with your body. You have to know your body.

Read "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" for the details.

Answer 5

during ovulation. MOST women it's around day 14, but sometimes a woman has a different cycle which can make it anytime. Maybe you should try the temperature method, and an ovulation predictor.

Answer 6

Both! its usally 14 days after the first day of your last period, which is almonst 14 days berfore your next one!