Find out how a more healthy lifestyle increases your chance of pregnancy and having a healthy baby. Share Back to Top. Apart from being healthy, what else can help you get pregnant? Sex of course - at the right time! Your chance of getting pregnant is dramatically increased if you have sex on the day of ovulation, or two days before that. When are you more likely to conceive? Ovulation Calculator What day did you your most recent period start?
What is an ovulation calculator and how does it help you get pregnant? It can also estimate your due date if you do become pregnant during your next fertile days. Others ways to help you work out when you're ovulating:. Facts about timing Ovulation is when a mature egg is released from the ovary.
A period is when you bleed or menstruate. Example Sarah tracked her last three menstrual cycles by counting the time from the first day of one period, to the day before the next period.
When you know your average menstrual cycle length, you can work out when you ovulate. Ovulation happens about 14 days before your period starts. If your average menstrual cycle is 28 days, you ovulate around day 14, and your most fertile days are days 12, 13 and If your average menstrual cycle is 35 days ovulation happens around day 21 and your most fertile days are days 19,20 and If you have shorter cycles, say 21 days, ovulation happens around day 7 and your most fertile days are days 5, 6 and 7.
FACT A woman can only get pregnant on a few days during her menstrual cycle. Because eggs and sperm only live for a short time: Sperm live for around five days. Eggs can only be fertilised for around 24 hours one day after being released from the ovary.
Getting the timing right If you're trying to get pregnant, timing is everything. What are the chances? Having sex as close as possible to the time of ovulation increases the chance of pregnancy. If she has sex five days before she ovulates, her probability of pregnancy is about 10 percent. When does preconception health begin? How to know you are ovulating Kerry Hampton, a registered nurse and fertility specialist, discusses the importance of fertility awareness, and how to determine your fertile window to improve your chances of conceiving.
Identification and prediction of the fertile window using Natural Cycles. Self-identification of the clinical fertile window and the ovulation period. It's unlikely that you'll get pregnant just after your period, although it can happen. It's important to remember that sperm can sometimes survive in the body for up to 7 days after you have sex. This means it may be possible to get pregnant soon after your period finishes if you ovulate early, especially if you have a naturally short menstrual cycle.
You should always use contraception when you have sex if you don't want to become pregnant. Page last reviewed: 8 July Next review due: 8 July Home Common health questions Pregnancy Back to Pregnancy.
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Please try again. Something went wrong on our side, please try again. Show references Welt CK. Evaluation of the menstrual cycle and timing of ovulation. Accessed Sept. Jennings V. Fertility awareness-based methods of pregnancy prevention. Hornstein MD, et al. Optimizing natural fertility in couples planning pregnancy. Frequently asked questions.
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