I have been trying to get pregant for 6 months now and haven't had any luck.....What should me and husband do?

Question

Any methods that we need to try to get pregant?....

Answer 1

Fertility charting is low tech, inexpensive and available to everyone, there are free charts and lots of information all over the internet. Some will allow you to plot your information on-line and do the reading for you. By observing, and recording your fertility signs, you can see when you are most apt to be fertile. Every menstrual cycle has fairly predictable hormonal changes that can be monitored by you. You will document these symptoms to help you learn about your unique fertility patters so you can use them to become pregnant. There is no such thing as too much information to log in your chart - every little twinge may be telling you something! An ideal fertility chart shows all your fertility signs lined up just so to suggest one ovulation date. Your documentation will tell you when you are apt to ovulate and when you should expect your period or do a pregnancy test. If you have fairly regular menstrual cycles, will know when to time baby making sex for the highest odds of conception. Some women are acutely aware of monthly body changes, while others have such subtle changes that they never notice. Now is the time for you to learn to recognize what your body is trying to tell you. Documenting, even the most subtle of these bits of information, on a well-organized fertility chart, can help you understand how everything works together. Many couples will find that better timing for intercourse will make things happen sooner. Other couples may be able to eliminate timing as a problem and look into other possible issues.

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.

Fertility charting needs to be the first step for any woman who wants to have a child. It is safe, natural and does not rely on drugs or invasive medical procedures. Studies have shown that conception rates rise dramatically when coupled use fertility charting to time intercourse. Each individual woman, and every cycle, has its own unique routines. After several months of charting your symptoms, you should be able to see any patterns that might exist. Understanding how your chart is interpreted depends on the reliability and accuracy of the data entered and the clarity of the char pattern. Some charts are very easy to interpret while others require a bit of extra analysis and flexibility. Your body has its own hormonal patterns, as a result predicting ovulation accurately can’t be achieved until you have charted for a period of eight to 12 consecutive months. Interpreting your charts becomes easier with each fertility chart that you complete. If your chart looks like it is missing parts, you may wish to seek help when the signs become obvious. Various health factors, such as age, can affect your ability to conceive. If you are a healthy 30-year-old woman, you have about a 20 percent chance of getting pregnant each month. By the time you are age 40, your will chances drop to about 5 percent a month. But infertility can affect women of any age, and from any background. Lack of biphasic temperatures, inconsistent cervical mucus changes, incorrect cervical changes may identify any potential problems that medical assistance may help you with. If you have decided to use technical devices, with your charting, and are not seeing the desired results, you may wish to seek help from a reproduction specialist. Charts that show cycles that appear to follow little, or no expected pattern, you will want to show your doctor sooner rather than later. Knowing this information, and seeing proof of a potential problem as soon as possible, becomes more important as you age. Fertility charting is a good place to establish irregular menstrual cycles and anovulation (lack of ovulation), but it may take several months before these patterns become clear. When they do, you will want to take your fertility chart to your reproduction specialists. If you seek assistance, your doctor will probably still want you to continue charting. Many medical treatment plans will involve knowing when you are apt to ovulate. Learning how your body works will give you a base line to compare to treatment results. It is also better to learn how to chart and read your chart, now and not when you are trying to understand a new medical program, or medication, and the changes it may cause on your body.

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.

Answer 2

It is a misconception that you ovulate in the middle of your cycle. There is a good chance that you do but everyone's cycle varies. For example I ovulate on the 16th day of my 28 day cycle. I would start with BBT (basal body temp) to get an idea of when you are ovulating. I used this method and I also use OPK (ovulation predictor kits) to pinpoint exact time for intercourse. Search Internet for BBT info, it is everywhere. Another good thing about using BBT method is is helps doctors rule out ovulation issues. Keep your records and if you are not pregnant after 4 more months I would go to the doctor for some advice.

Answer 3

This website calculates the days that you are most likely fertile & ovulating (just to make sure that you don't miscalculate the date you can try this).
http://babymed.com/tools/fertility/calendar/calendar.asp

Making sure that you are ovulating at the 'normal' time is also a good idea. You can buy an ovulation kit that will let you know when you are ovulating but you can also use some tips to determine it. This website goes over those tips.
http://4women.gov/pregnancy/tryingtogetpregnant/tryingtoconceive.cfm

Here are some tips on conceiving:
http://4womenonly.mutexdevelopments.com/conceiving.htm

And finally, ovulex may help you since you've been trying for a while, and you don't need a prescription for it, so you can look into it more:
http://www.ovulex.com/

Answer 4

Remember you are most fertile 14 days after your period. When you have sex, after he ejaculates, lay with your legs up in the air. What I mean is try to assist the little guys to travel towards your eggs. It really works, that is how I concieved my second child. I would put my legs up on the wall and lay there for about 20 minutes and then shower. Have alot of sex on day 13, 14, and 15. I know it sounds strange, but it works. Good luck to you.

Answer 5

To be honest, 6 months is a realtively short time. Out of six months you have a max roughly 18 days to get pregnant. My wife and I, took 9 years before our ray of sunshine was born. My wife tried everything the ladies here have listed. The charts that they have said to make, will help you and your doctor find what can be wrong if anything, but you will need at least six months of charts for an informed desicion from the doctor. My wife ended up having to go to a specalist for fertilty drugs. We ended up having to get clomid. A few women do not ovulate once a month, even less like my wife do not ovulate at all. My wife even put her legs up on the wall, the pillow behind her back while we did it, checking her discharge. When you go to a doctor about this, the very first thing they check after he/she looks at the charts of your "progress," will be to check out the man's (to barrow a lady's words) "little men." They will check them for volume of both seman, and sperm. They will check for amount of damaged sperm, as well as toxicity of the seman. If everything checks out there, it takes three to seven days depending where they check out the sample, then they check the woman's overies to see if eveything there is fine. As my wife explained it to me, more or less what women have to go though for an exam any who. After we got the clomaid, we had one miscarrage, and four months later my wife was pregnant again. After a couple of weeks we heard the heart beat of our son in the doc's office. Neither my wife nor I had dry eyes when we left there. It took us thirty minuates before we left the parking lot. Long story short, just take it one month at a time. Women usually ovulate on the 14th day of their cycle. Get a few ovulation predictor tests (enough for three months at least), and get pen and paper. I wish you the best of luck. I would go though the whole thing over again if I had to. My wife and my son have made me the happiest man on this earth of ours.

Answer 6

Have you tried making sure he is wearing boxers...briefs will keep his little swimmers from being active.

And I know this is stupid but it always seems to work...

You have to relax and just not worry about it..

A good night of getting drunk and having fantastic sex were both of you don't have a care in the world. When you are the most relaxed and not worried about it is when it happens.

Stress can keep it from happening more than anything

Answer 7

You may have to do the basal thermometer approach to determine best time