Ivan Sini, MD
OB-Gynecologist
Executive Director
PT. Bundamedik Group Healthcare System
Bunda International Clinic
Morula IVF Jakarta
MORULA LIFESTYLE
How To Get Pregnant
Is there something wrong with me?
Am I fertile?
These questions come up a lot with those of you who have been trying to figure out exactly how to get pregnant for several months now and have not yet had any success.
At first there is not much doubt, you stop using contraception and imagine that within a few months, you will become pregnant and that's it. After three or four months of trying you will be faced with the reality of the situation that you are not pregnant yet and your mind will begin to ask if everything is ok with you and your partner.
To put your mind at rest, when you are trying for a baby it is quite normal to have to wait up to and beyond 12 months before finally becoming pregnant.
To be able to become pregnant there are certain facts that you should be aware of that when applied to your lifestyle and your lovemaking will dramatically increase your ability to become pregnant:
- You should be aware of how your body works and exactly what your body is doing at every step of your monthly cycle. Get to know the tell tale signs that you are about to ovulate. With a little practice you should be making love just as you ovulate.
- Know when to make love. You need to know about male ejaculation and about how sperm can become more or less active. Plan it so that you make love just as you ovulate with the highest quality sperm. Also you need to learn about how female orgasms can help in conception if timed right.
- Preparing your body with the correct minerals and vitamins is very important. Not only for trying to conceive but once conception has occurred then you will need to have prepared yourself to be able to nourish the unborn in the first few weeks. There is a lot to be said ion this subject.
- You should also be asking yourself if you are really prepared to bring a child into this world, do you have the means to support it and nurture it?... I personally believe that whatever our situation, as a survival instinct most of us will somehow be able to find all that we will need to bring up a healthy and happy baby but if you personally are not really that sure then this thinking will bear a direct influence on your physical body and will play tricks with your ovulation and menstrual cycle which will make it that much more difficult to become pregnant.
Getting pregnant is a gift, the fact is that some women are just not able to and that is sad. There are however many women who believe they cannot become pregnant when really all that they need is a little clarity and the explanation of certain facts and they will be able to become pregnant just as easily as anybody else.
WHEN TO GET PREGNANT
The LUTEAL PHASE or Post Ovulation Time is the time between ovulation and the first day of the menstrual period. The length of the luteal phase is fixed and in the majority of women lasts for exactly 14 days. This number can vary with some women having a luteal phase of 15 or 16 days and others as short as 12 days, but, whatever the length of your luteal phase, it is always constant being the same number of days long, month in - month out... even if you have irregular periods. If you do have an irregular cycle then the 'irregular' part of the cycle is the first part up to ovulation. Once ovulation has occurred then your period will start exactly 14 days later (or however many days long your luteal phase is) unless of course fertilization has occurred..
| If you have been a few months charting your cycle then you should see that once ovulation has occurred then the time until the first day of bleeding is always exactly the same, even if you have very irregular periods. |
Best Time of the Month to Get Pregnant
This Ovulation Calculator will need the date of your last period, the average length of your cycles, (if you just leave it blank then it will default to 28 days which is the average for most women) and your average *Luteal Phase length (Once again if you are not sure of this then just leave it blank and it will default to 14 days which is the average for most women)
Steps
1. Find a partner. For some, this is the hardest part.
2. If you are currently on the pill as a form of birth control, discontinue taking it. Most doctors recommend that women wait three cycles while their bodies adjust to being off the pill before trying to conceive.
3. Start taking a prenatal vitamin before getting pregnant. Medical professionals recommend that women get a daily dose of 400 micrograms of folic acid starting at least a month before trying to get pregnant and at least 600 micrograms a day once pregnant. Research has indicated that doing so can reduce the risk of neural tube defects in babies by up to 70 percent.
4. Balance your hormones with good nutrition and herbal supplements. Zinc, calcium, magnesium and B6 are great for sustaining hormonal balance. Various herbs associated with balanced hormones include chamomile, raspberry leaf, ginkgo biloba, saw palmetto, ginseng, licorice root and black cohosh. Consult your doctor if you are unsure of the effects of any herbal supplements.
5. The best time to develop a healthy lifestyle is before pregnancy. Maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly, eat healthy foods, reduce stress and don't smoke, consume alcohol or do any other recreational drugs. These good habits may help you get pregnant more easily and will certainly serve you and your baby well during pregnancy.
6. Determine when you ordinarily ovulate. For most women, this is in the middle of their menstrual cycle, around day 14, although the exact timing varies among women. There are a number of ways to determine when you are ovulating, from tracking your basal body temperature and watching for changes in cervical mucus to simply purchasing an ovulation calculator at the drug store.
7. Have regular, unprotected sex around the time you ovulate. Since sperm cells can survive in the reproductive tract for two to three days, it's best to have sex every day for at least a few days leading up to ovulation. So for example, if the average woman ovulates on day 14, it's best to have sex on days 12, 13 and 14 of her menstrual cycle.
8. On the first day of a missed period, take an early pregnancy test and find out if all of your hard work has paid off.
9. Repeat these steps each month until you are pregnant.
" Just One Mistake Can Reduce Your Odds Of Getting Pregnant
By Up To 50%!"
There's a lot more to getting pregnant than just having intercourse sometime in the middle of your cycle and hoping that it will happen.
Most couples have learned this the hard way.
Prior to their visit to us, a couple was trying to conceive and we found out that there was a lot that they didn't know. Which led them to making a lot of big mistakes which were actually preventing them from getting pregnant. For one thing, they had the timing all wrong. They thought the wife ovulated 14 days after the start of her period, but later learned that this is a big mistake that many women make. For most women, ovulation does not occur 14 days after their period starts even though many women think this is true.
And would you believe they were using lubrication (KY jelly), that after visiting our clinic they later found out can kill sperm!! That certainly wasn't helping them get pregnant.
She also had her husband "save up" his sperm thinking this would make him more fertile when her ovulation day came, and it turns out this actually makes him less fertile, and reduces the chance of pregnancy.
Oh, we could go on and on about all the mistakes that most couples were and ARE making.
Luckily, after spending months researching, we have uncovered all the possible mistakes, which can get in the way of getting pregnant, and we made a lot of changes.
And guess what, they conceived two little "bundles of joy" (not at the same time!) not long after they have stopped making these common mistakes!
Morula IVF Clinic CAN make your Dreams Come True
It will provide you with the information that you need to give you a great head start on getting pregnant.
For more information, visit Morula IVF
