Are 2-3 intercourse a month enough to get pregnant? The expert answers
A reader asks what is the minimum number of intercourses per month to get pregnant. Here’s the question:
Hello doctor, I have the desire for a second child but my husband’s refusal to have sex with me hinders me. Two or three times a month are not enough for me to be able to get pregnant but despite him wanting a child he can’t have sex with me anymore .
Both he and I are fine, we have done all the exams. What do you suggest me? Thank you.
Dear reader, why do you think that two or three sexual intercourses a month are not enough for a pregnancy? Help me understand: does your doubt lie in the fact that with this frequency of sexual intercourse you are unable to obtain the desired pregnancy, or in the fact that your husband does not want to have sexual intercourse more frequently?
In light of this doubt, what tests did you do? If you want to become pregnant, your frequency of sexual intercourse is sufficient to achieve the desired goal and you can help your fertility by being inspired by natural contraceptive methods. Natural contraceptive methods are techniques used to avoid pregnancy without using any chemical or mechanical product, but only by referring to the rules of functioning of the female body.
The main natural methods are:
- Ogino-Knaus (or rhythm)
- Basal temperature (or thermal curve)
- Billings (o muco cervicale)
- Synto-Thermal
- LH peak detection
Generally these methods are used to avoid having sexual intercourse during moments of fertility, but nothing prevents you from using them on the contrary to identify the moments in which to have sexual intercourse that is more likely to make you pregnant.
Kathryn Barlow is an OB/GYN doctor, which is the medical specialty that deals with the care of women's reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
Obstetricians provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, while gynecologists focus on the health of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and breasts. OB/GYN doctors are trained to provide medical and surgical care for a wide range of conditions related to women's reproductive health.