When is the Best Time to Get Pregnant and Have a Baby?
If there's one thing a couple should do who have been labelled with 'unexplained infertility' it is to go on a 'no doctors allowed' hiatus and really learn about conception.
To put it plainly, many doctors will give the title of 'infertile' simply if a couple hasn't conceived after one year, when all it can take is asking the question 'when is the best time to get pregnant' and finding the answer with a better understanding of the function of our own cervical fluid.
It's pretty standard for doctors to focus on basal body temperate and overlook the significance of changes in cervical fluid.
The changes in cervical fluid are critical for determining when is the best time to get pregnant.
For many couples out there doctors are regrettably still advising that sexual relations be timed around changes in temperature.
If you have been told that checking basal body temperature is actually a post-indication of ovulation and fertility, then at least that is half the story - however most doctors will still tell you to check your past cycles for a predictive indication of future fertile times.
There is misinformation in both pieces of advice! Unfortunately finding when is the best time to get pregnant by keeping a temperature record may actually be impeding conception, as in most cases by the time a temperature increase is noted, the egg has already passed.
Of course basal body temperature records have a role to play, it is just that the emphasis on it as a sign of fertility can be very misleading.
There are many useful things to be gleaned from recording basal body temperature, such as your ovulation cycle length (important for knowing if an egg can be successfully implanted in the uterus) or if you are ovulating properly or not - even for determining if a conception has taken place.
It should not, however, be used as a way to find the best fertile times.
The best way for determining fertile times is to check cervical fluid, and start charting that instead! The 'eggwhite' cervical fluid, or the wettest type of fluid and vaginal sensation is the indicator for the most fertile period.
Chances of conception can be increased by paying attention to your cervical fluid.
Of course the most important first step is to know what it is you are looking for.
Volume, colour and consistency are all important indicators in cervical mucus, and these can alter considerably throughout the menstrual cycle.
Couples can find the best time for conception if the woman understands and tracks these changes.
After your periods finish, there will usually not be much cervical mucus present.
Within the first three days (sometimes longer) after a period finishes a woman's body will produce minimal or no cervical mucus.
The chances of conceiving depend largely on the presence of cervical mucus, so no mucus, no pregnancy.
The stage after this one, and preceding ovulation is one where there is a sticky consistency to the cervical mucus and it is a cloudy or white colour.
There is not much cervical mucus present at this time either.
The consistency of the cervical mucus will change to that of a moist hand lotion a couple of days before ovulation begins.
This stage is accompanied by a white to cream coloured mucus.
The best conception time is ovulation.
Ovulation is of course the time when you will have the most cervical fluid.
At this time the mucus should be looking similar to egg whites in both colour and consistency, and that is why it is often called the 'egg-white cervical mucus".
The egg white cervical mucus is an indicator that the optimum time for conception has arrived.
The changes in cervical mucus can be used as a guide to determine where you are in your cycle.
By observing the changes in your cervical fluids over a number of months it becomes easier to pinpoint exact ovulation times, and thus to pinpoint the perfect time each month for conception.
To put it plainly, many doctors will give the title of 'infertile' simply if a couple hasn't conceived after one year, when all it can take is asking the question 'when is the best time to get pregnant' and finding the answer with a better understanding of the function of our own cervical fluid.
It's pretty standard for doctors to focus on basal body temperate and overlook the significance of changes in cervical fluid.
The changes in cervical fluid are critical for determining when is the best time to get pregnant.
For many couples out there doctors are regrettably still advising that sexual relations be timed around changes in temperature.
If you have been told that checking basal body temperature is actually a post-indication of ovulation and fertility, then at least that is half the story - however most doctors will still tell you to check your past cycles for a predictive indication of future fertile times.
There is misinformation in both pieces of advice! Unfortunately finding when is the best time to get pregnant by keeping a temperature record may actually be impeding conception, as in most cases by the time a temperature increase is noted, the egg has already passed.
Of course basal body temperature records have a role to play, it is just that the emphasis on it as a sign of fertility can be very misleading.
There are many useful things to be gleaned from recording basal body temperature, such as your ovulation cycle length (important for knowing if an egg can be successfully implanted in the uterus) or if you are ovulating properly or not - even for determining if a conception has taken place.
It should not, however, be used as a way to find the best fertile times.
The best way for determining fertile times is to check cervical fluid, and start charting that instead! The 'eggwhite' cervical fluid, or the wettest type of fluid and vaginal sensation is the indicator for the most fertile period.
Chances of conception can be increased by paying attention to your cervical fluid.
Of course the most important first step is to know what it is you are looking for.
Volume, colour and consistency are all important indicators in cervical mucus, and these can alter considerably throughout the menstrual cycle.
Couples can find the best time for conception if the woman understands and tracks these changes.
After your periods finish, there will usually not be much cervical mucus present.
Within the first three days (sometimes longer) after a period finishes a woman's body will produce minimal or no cervical mucus.
The chances of conceiving depend largely on the presence of cervical mucus, so no mucus, no pregnancy.
The stage after this one, and preceding ovulation is one where there is a sticky consistency to the cervical mucus and it is a cloudy or white colour.
There is not much cervical mucus present at this time either.
The consistency of the cervical mucus will change to that of a moist hand lotion a couple of days before ovulation begins.
This stage is accompanied by a white to cream coloured mucus.
The best conception time is ovulation.
Ovulation is of course the time when you will have the most cervical fluid.
At this time the mucus should be looking similar to egg whites in both colour and consistency, and that is why it is often called the 'egg-white cervical mucus".
The egg white cervical mucus is an indicator that the optimum time for conception has arrived.
The changes in cervical mucus can be used as a guide to determine where you are in your cycle.
By observing the changes in your cervical fluids over a number of months it becomes easier to pinpoint exact ovulation times, and thus to pinpoint the perfect time each month for conception.