The beginning of pregnancy is called conception and usually begins at the time of implantation of the blastocyst, the formation of a viable zygote, and the attachement of it to the uterine lining. This usually happens about 1 week after fertilization and ovulation.
How Often Should We Have Sex When Trying to Conceive (TTC)?
When trying to get pregnant how often should you have sex? Every day or every other day? Wait for the ovulation predictor kit (OPK) to become positive? Or when the basal body temperature goes up?
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What Happens After Ovulation?
Most people know what happens during ovulation, but what happens after ovulation is also very important when trying to get pregnant.
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Can I Get Pregnant With Only One Ovary?
Can you get pregnant if you only have one ovary? Do you ovulate with one ovary How does conception occur?
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How to Conceive a Boy or Girl: The Shettles Method
Learn how the Shettles method can help you conceive a boy or a girl!
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Progesterone and Pregnancy: What Levels Are Optimal?
Progesterone does a lot before and during pregnancy, and if your levels are low, you may have a problem with ovulation.
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Questions About Your Chances of Getting Pregnant
When women are trying to conceive, they often have questions regarding their chances of getting pregnant. There are several factors that come into play when it comes to getting pregnant.
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What To Do After Sex When TTC?
What should we do after he ejaculates when we are trying to conceive (TTC)?
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Baby2see Incorrect Calculation of Fertile Days and Ovulation
Baby2see is a website that supposedly helps women with fertility. As you can see below, they have no idea about the basic principles of fertility and getting pregnant.
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Too Much Sex When Trying to Conceive (TTC)
Too much sex can be a problem when you are trying to conceive because it may lower his sperm count.
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The 'When Will It Happen?', 'When Did It Happen?' Calculators
Want to know when you conceived? Or when you will be fertile? Learn all you need to know about when important fertility milestones take (or took) place!
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Timing Your Conception to Influence the Baby Sex
Research shows that controlling your baby’s gender naturally is not impossible.
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Is Anal Sex Safe When TTC and During Pregnancy?
Is anal sex safe when we try to conceive (TTC) and during pregnancy?
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Can You Get Pregnant From Precum (Pre-Ejaculation Fluid)?
There is a possibility to get pregnant from precum because it contains live sperms. If you have intercourse without adequate contraception thenit is possible to get pregnant from precum.
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Top Getting Pregnant, Fertility and Pregnancy Questions
Your top questions answered on getting pregnant, being pregnant, and more!
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Men Without Children At Increased Risk of Heart Disease
Researchers recently revealed that having children decreases a man's risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Donor Conception: How and When to Tell Your Child
Dr. Madeline Feingold is a clinical psychologist specializing in reproductive medicine. She frequently discusses with couples how and when to tell a child that its conception involved donated genetic materials.
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Sex, Female Orgasm, Conception: A Dozen Details
William Masters and Virginia Johnson took the world's bedrooms by storm when they published Human Sexual Response and Human Sexual Inadequacy in the 1960s and 1970s.
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The Path To Pregnancy - A Daily Guide To Conception
Your path to pregnancy begins with the very first day of your menstrual period and ends with the delivery of the baby, about 40 weeks late.
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What Happens the Week After Fertilization?
Fertilization usually happens within 12-24 hours after ovulation. After fertilization, the fertilized egg starts traveling down the fallopian tube toward the uterus.
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Mucus Plug as an early Pregnancy Sign and Symptom
The mucus plug is located inside the cervix. From early pregnancy, the mucus plug will form inside the cervical canal, as a barrier that could help protect the baby. Consequently, many women notice in early pregnancy an increase in vaginal discharge which may or may not be cervical mucus as and early pregnancy sign and symptom. ... read more »
Does Staying on Your Back After Sex Increase Conception?
Does staying on my back after sexual intercourse improve our chances of getting pregnant?
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Getting Pregnant: Understanding Conception
There are three primary steps in conception: Ovulation, Fertilization, and Implantation. Ovulation is the first step, the ejection of a mature egg from the ovary.
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Frequency of Sex and TTC - Every Day Or Every Other Day
Unless you have IVF or in-vitro fertilization it is necessary to make love and have sex during the 5-6 fertile days leading up to ovulation and the day of ovulation.
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What is the best time to get pregnant for conception
The best time to get pregnant fast and conceive are the 4-5 days prior to ovulation, and the day you ovulate. Making love after ovulation or more than 5 days before ovulation won't get you pregnant.
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What are my Chances of Conception and Getting Pregnant?
Each month there is a 20-25% chance of getting pregnant, 50% of couples take 5-6 months, and 85% get pregnant after 1 year.
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Conception- What Are The Odds Getting Pregnant
Your chances getting pregnant depend on many variables including your age, your frequency of having intercourse, when you have intercourse, and other variables.
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Top Twelve Misconceptions About Conception
If you are trying to have a baby you will hear a lot of things about conception, some true but many not true.
Here are the top 12 misconceptions about conception:
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How to Avoid Using Fertility Drugs to Become Pregnant
Many couples struggling to achieve pregnancy can conceive naturally by following some simple guidelines before resorting to expensive and potentially hazardous fertility medications.
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How Often And When Should You Have Sex During Your Fertile Days?
Your chances of getting pregnant improve if you make love every 1-2 days during your fertility window which includes the fertile days 5 days before and the day of ovulation.
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Egg Survival
Sperm usually reach the fallopian tube and the egg within minutes after intercourse. But the first sperm reaching the egg cannot fertilize the egg because they are not ready yet.
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How Long Does An Egg Live?
After ovulation, the egg lives for about 12-24 hours. Fertilization can take place only during this time period, but the sperm needs at least 9-12 hours inside the woman's body to get ready.
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