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.
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