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Let’s Talk About Sex
There is a lot of misinformation around about when you should
have sex in order to improve your chances of conceiving. In
schools, teenagers are taught that they could have sex at any
time during their cycle and fall pregnant, but this is not
accurate.
The best time to have sex in order to conceive is ideally 2-3
days before you ovulate. This is your most fertile time and you
have the highest chances of conceiving before you actually
release an egg.
Of course, this leads to the problem of knowing exactly when
you’re going to ovulate in the first place.
Ideally, a monthly menstrual cycle should last 28 days, with day
one being the first day of your period. Some doctors state that
ovulation is usually on day 14 of a menstrual cycle, so many
women decide to plan to have sex on day 14, hoping to
increase their chances of getting pregnant.
The problem with this approach is that not every woman has
an exact 28 day cycle. Similarly, not every woman will ovulate
on exactly day
14. You might ovulate on day 10 or on day 17.
There are ways to predict ovulation using basal body
temperature kits or ovulation predictor kits, both of which are
available at most pharmacies.
However, the single most reliable predictor of when you’re at
your most fertile point of the month is on the day you notice
the most fertile cervical mucus discharge.