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Getting Pregnant
As the weeks turn into months you may begin to realize the cold truth
that getting pregnant isn't as easy as you had imagined. If it's your
first time you may even have spent most of your life trying to 'avoid'
getting pregnant and even fearing it.. well now the time has come you
may be starting to realise that it isn't as straight forward as you
thought. There are several factors which may be impeding your getting
pregnant.
Why is it so difficult?
Well, logistically, the timing is very important. A healthy woman
ovulates only once every cycle normally releasing an egg which needs to
be fertilised within a period of 6 to 12 hours in order to become
pregnant. This is the main factor which stops the majority of healthy
couples from becoming pregnant.
The male sperm can survive inside the woman for between 2 and 3 days and
the ideal situation for fertilisation is to have the sperm recently
deposited inside the woman and waiting for the egg to appear - most
fertilisation actually takes place at the mouth of the fallopian tubes.
The quality of the male sperm can vary greatly. Heat around the
testicles, the wearing of tight underwear and excessive ejaculation are
all factors which can greatly decrease the amount of active fertile
sperm reducing the possibility of fertilisation.
So if a couple had intercourse twice a day every day for the whole month
it would not necessarily be as effective as to have intercourse only
once at the right time... just hours before ovulation occurs.
An effective method used by many couples (which will be addressed in a
future article) is the charting method or BBT (Basal Body Temperature)
method. This basically involves charting the daily vaginal temperature.
Just at the point of ovulation there is a significant rise in
temperature. This, combined with other symptoms such as density of
vaginal mucus and possible abdominal sensations will show the when
ovulation is occurring. After a few months of using this highly accurate
method, the couple can predict with high certainty exactly when
ovulation will occur and can have intercourse just hours before this is
due to occur to ensure fertilisation.
Major health matters that impede fertilization include smoking and
drinking in both the woman and the man. Un-healthy eating.. the woman
should make sure that she has a good supply of vitamin B12 (found in
meat, fish, eggs and milk) also the taking of folic acid can greatly
help matters. Drug taking (including some prescription drugs) is also
very harmful for the conception process (and for the unborn baby if
continued into pregnancy). The smoking of cannabis / marijuana reduces
the amount of active sperm produced by the man by well over 50% and the
effects of this last for over 6 months.
All these points show how difficult it can be to get pregnant and you
might begin to see that the creation of another human life really is a
miracle when you see how improbable the chances of fertilisation really
are.
Heather Barnard:
Read more about how to get pregnant at http://pregnantaid.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/
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