5 Tips For When You’re Trying to Get Pregnant

You usually get lots of tips from friends, colleagues, your mother or even your hairdresser on how to get pregnant faster. They are well meant, but often they just don’t work.

While trying to get pregnant myself I collected so many tips that I can’t count them anymore. Most of them did not help at all, but some did and now I’m a happy mother of a 2-year-old boy. So here I’m going to share five tips with you — the ones that have helped me the most.

#1 – Quit Smoking

This is an obvious one. Studies have shown that smoking reduces your chances of getting pregnant by up to 40% per cycle. Another study has shown that women who continue to smoke have to wait almost two months longer until they get pregnant. You also need to bear in mind the harm that smoke can cause to your unborn baby.

#2 – Healthy Body Weight

I’m sure you’ve heard all the negative effects being overweight has on your ability to conceive.  Studies have shown that women who have massive overweight have lower conception rates. It is often advised by fertility doctors to lose some weight before undergoing fertility treatments.

But don’t forget, being underweight can also cause fertility problems.

If you are trying to get pregnant, the best thing you can do is adopt a healthy eating and exercise lifestyle and get to a healthy weight. Easier said than done huh.

#3 – Time Your Sex

Timing your sex is one of the most important tips. It’s all about ovulation.

Sperm is able to live up to 5 days in your body, so you should start having sex two or three days before you ovulate. If you don’t know your ovulation day, you have several options to find it out. This includes counting the days, checking your cervical mucus, making a basal body temperature chart, and using an ovulation prediction kit.

#4 – Take Vitamin Supplements

Vitamins have a beneficial effect on both male and female fertility. Vitamin C protects the sperm and its DNA from damage and also helps to enhance the sperms quality.

Vitamin E is required for a balanced hormone production. It also increases both male and female fertility. Fertilization rates of men who have taken Vitamin E supplements have increased from 19 to 29 percent.

Folic Acid is important to lower the risk of suffering problems producing eggs. Women who take a folic acid supplement have better chances to get pregnant quickly.

#5 – Choose The Right Position

Many experts proclaim the missionary position as the ideal position when trying to get pregnant as it allows the deepest penetration and therefore deposits the sperm closer to your cervix. You should avoid standing or woman-on-top positions to minimize the possibility of sperm flowing out of the vagina.