The easiest way to conceive a child? There he is!
To conceive a child easily there is no magic formula, potion or position they hold. The only real resource is the knowledge of one’s body and in particular of the cervical mucus.
There is one method above all that increases the probability of conception and costs nothing. It is the method in monitoring cervical mucus .
Many rely solely on the ovulation calculator to tell them when to have intercourse. This result can be imprecise or even wrong if taken as an absolute value since, based on the method of Ogino Knaus , it gives only one statistical interval of reference.
The single woman, for various reasons, can ovulate earlier or later, the days indicated. However, nothing prevents you from doing the calculation but then pay attention to your specific symptoms .
Your body is an inexhaustible source of very useful clues.
According to a recent study published July 12, 2013 in the scientific journal Fertility and Sterility , women who use cervical mucus monitoring are more than twice as likely to conceive as women who don’t pay attention to their cervical mucus.
With the advantage that it is a completely free method but requires a little patience and attention to get to know it.
How cervical mucus changes during your period
Cervical mucus changes in viscosity throughout a woman’s cycle. When an egg cell develops in the ovary, estrogens are released which also act on the level of the mucus which gradually becomes more stringy and slippery.
This type of mucus allows the sperm to reach the egg more easily. After the egg is released, the resulting progesterone peak, which is also responsible for the increase in basal temperature, causes the mucus to thicken which acts as a barrier to other sperm. Therefore, monitoring the type of cervical mucus and its variations allows us to understand a woman’s fertility status.
The study involved 331 women aged 30 to 45 with no known fertility problems who had been trying to conceive for three months or less. The women were asked to classify their cervical mucus into one of four types:
- type 1, dry or non-existent,
- type 2, wet,
- type 3, dense and white or yellowish in color,
- type 4, transparent and slippery.
Previous studies had found that women who had sex on days they noticed type 4 mucus were at least two to three times more likely to get pregnant than those who had sex on days they had type 1 or 2 mucus.
This new study found that women who checked their cervical mucus consistently were 2.3 times more likely to get pregnant over a six-month period.
Add basal body temperature
If you really want to be very good, to confirm ovulation it would be good to constantly take the basal temperature which records the peak temperature once ovulation has occurred (syntothermal method).
However, this method is not valid for all. For example, those suffering from polycystic ovary ( PCOS ) may notice the so-called fertile mucus several times and the only way to understand if it is actually the right one is to monitor the TB to check when ovulation occurs and in any case always have intercourse every time this mucus shows up.
Furthermore, there are many women who do not have obvious losses between one period and another but this does not mean that they are not fertile. They just don’t detect them vaginally.
Mucus collection at the level of the cervix is generally not recommended for hygienic reasons.
In these cases, however, the sensation of vaginal lubrication, even if the mucus is not very evident, is still a sign of ovulation on the way.
Therefore, whenever possible, always combine basal temperature and cervical mucus analysis if you are looking for a child, if you want to maximize research times and do not want to spend on tests and computers which could prove superfluous once you understand the mechanism.
In the stork’s beak!
Fonte : Emily Evans-Hoeker, David A. Pritchard, D. Leann Long, Amy H. Herring, et al.Cervical mucus monitoring prevalence and associated fecundability in women trying to conceive. Fertility and Sterility 12 luglio 2013.
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.