Faster Conception Tip 1: De-Stress & Relax
If you are trying to get pregnant, you may find that it’s not easy as you had hoped. It’s very rare for couples to conceive on the first attempt. As a matter of fact, even for young couples in good health, it is not uncommon for it to take up to a year to conceive naturally.
It’s difficult to say exactly how long it will take to get pregnant. However, these general statistics may give you an idea of how long it will take. Normally fertile couples have a 20 to 30 per cent chance of getting pregnant each cycle. About 84 per cent of couples in the general population will conceive within one year if they have unprotected, regular sex, and half of the remainder will conceive naturally within the following year, if they keep trying. This means that while some couples will get pregnant in the first month of trying, for other couples it may take at a couple of years before they conceive. Even then, some healthy couples can take even longer to get pregnant. Read more
Unreceptive Cervical Mucus
The conception process is very complex and not very accurate. All of the hormones must be in order and a specific sequence of events must occur in order for it to happen. Any number of problems can arise and almost everything can go wrong. One such key element is cervical mucus. Cervical mucus is a jelly like substance that is produced by the hormone estrogen and secreted from the cervix. It is the gate keeper to your cervix and is a very important element in the conception process because it is this mucus that keeps the sperm alive for days, protects it from the acidity of the vagina, and transports the sperm to the fallopian tubes where fertilization takes place. In addition, the cervical mucus will find abnormal sperm and prevent them from passing into the cervix. Read more
Seminal Plasma Hypersensitivity aka Sperm Allergy
A woman’s desire to have a baby can be all consuming and a diagnosis of infertility can be life shattering. And although some of the causes of infertility cannot be overcome, there are many that can be. There are also a few causes of infertility that are less common, yet equally important. One such cause is seminal plasma hypersensitivity, or more commonly known as a sperm allergy. A sperm allergy is an immune system response to the proteins found in semen. When a woman has a sperm allergy, the body makes antibodies that tag sperm as being harmful to the body and destroy them. These antibodies will affect sperm motility by killing or disabling them. If is because of this that sperm allergies can have a severe impact on fertility. It is estimated that 5% of the female population has a sperm allergy and 20 to 25% have infertility as a result of a sperm allergy. Read more
