Strategies to Help You Get Pregnant
A natural pregnancy is one when the baby was conceived without the help of drugs, medical intervention, or IVF. For both men and women, supporting your body naturally and holistically can mean becoming pregnant naturally.
A pregnancy is not just the woman’s responsibility and both partners can increase the chances of a natural pregnancy by following some simple rules.
For men, alcohol and caffeine can greatly reduce sperm count. The male partner can increase the chances of a natural pregnancy by wearing loose boxers as opposed to tight jockeys. Cutting down alcohol consumption to a glass or two of wine per day also helps increase sperm count.
For the women monitoring the right time for conception is easy, you need to monitor your body’s basal or lowest temperature. Your lowest temperature is reached during rest, usually during sleep. You need to measure your temperature accurately before you get out of bed each morning. When your morning temperature is higher than it has been on previous mornings it means you are just about to ovulate. You can also check the thickness of your mucus. When the mucus is at it’s thickest it is the ideal time of the month for a natural pregnancy to occur.
Another trick to help with conceiving naturally is to try different sexual positions, some positions are more suitable for sperm to be deposited near the cervix, the ideal place for a natural conception to occur.
Being overweight can reduce a woman’s chances of pregnancy. Obesity affects ovulation and hormonal levels as excess estrogen is produced. The good news is that even a 10% loss of weight has huge benefits at improving the mother to be’s health, so lose some weight if you need to before getting pregnant even it is only 10 to 20 pounds.
Eastern medicine also contains many recipes for helping a natural pregnancy to occur. One example is the Pregnancy Miracle book that draws on this knowledge and shows you how to eliminate infertility permanently and achieve a natural pregnancy. Whatever natural pregnancy advice you follow make sure you have fun and remember the point is to create a baby to love regardless if it’s a boy or a girl.
Written by a Mother of two, Vickie Mitchell, who shares information on pregnancy at her blog Natural Pregnancy.