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
