The remainder of this chapter will discuss the methods that physicians use to help couples who are having trouble conceiving. But before spending your time and money on specialists, consider these basic facts:
Ovulation -- prime time for fertilization -- occurs in mid- to late morning, usually 12 to 16 days before your next menstrual period begins.
The best time to have intercourse is on the day or evening before ovulation, so that sperm will already be waiting in the fallopian tube when the egg arrives.
The missionary position (woman on her back, man on top) usually puts the uterus in the best position for receiving sperm. (For some women lying on the stomach is better. Your doctor can tell you which position is best for you.)
You should lie still for about 10 minutes after intercourse to give the sperm that have entered the vagina enough time to proceed through the cervix.
Since sperm can live in the fallopian tubes for 2 or 3 days longer, it is possible to have intercourse one day, ovulate the next day, and conceive on the third day -- 2 days after intercourse actually took place.
Having intercourse at least 3 times during the week you expect to ovulate raises the odds that sperm will be present in the fallopian tubes when ovulation occurs.
Fertility may be slightly impaired for a few months after you stop taking oral contraceptives or injectable or implanted hormones, but the effect will wear off.
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Ovulation -- prime time for fertilization -- occurs in mid- to late morning, usually 12 to 16 days before your next menstrual period begins.
The best time to have intercourse is on the day or evening before ovulation, so that sperm will already be waiting in the fallopian tube when the egg arrives.
The missionary position (woman on her back, man on top) usually puts the uterus in the best position for receiving sperm. (For some women lying on the stomach is better. Your doctor can tell you which position is best for you.)
You should lie still for about 10 minutes after intercourse to give the sperm that have entered the vagina enough time to proceed through the cervix.
Since sperm can live in the fallopian tubes for 2 or 3 days longer, it is possible to have intercourse one day, ovulate the next day, and conceive on the third day -- 2 days after intercourse actually took place.
Having intercourse at least 3 times during the week you expect to ovulate raises the odds that sperm will be present in the fallopian tubes when ovulation occurs.
Fertility may be slightly impaired for a few months after you stop taking oral contraceptives or injectable or implanted hormones, but the effect will wear off.
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