Many women think they may have gotten pregnant during a menstrual period, which is an essentially impossible thing to do. There are occasions when one may become pregnant from intercourse during the end of her period, but this is quite rare. If a woman’s cycle is very short, then it is possible for the sperm to live long enough to fertilise an egg when intercourse was had during the end of menstruations. It is important to note that many women mistakenly think that blood spotting during their ovulation is a menstrual period and get pregnant at this time. This is a reminder of how important it is to really know and understand you cycle and the functioning of your body.

The common method provided by doctors for finding the best time to conceive is by measuring the basal body temperature. This is sadly to the exclusion of the most important (and most accurate) determinant of fertility, and that is cervical fluid. Moreover using the basal method for fertile timings can actually impede efforts at conception, because by the time a change in temperature is record it’s too late and the egg has died. Basal temperature measuring is a part of knowing your body and is useful in getting pregnant, but it is not a measure of fertile times, and this is not acknowledged enough by doctors.

The most accurate way of finding your fertile window is by charting the changes in cervical fluid. When there is cervical fluid which has the look and consistency of eggwhites, this is the indicator of the fertile time. The eggwhite fluid tells you that you are ovulating, but some women have trouble determining what to look for, so another indicator is the wettest type of fluid, of a wet sensation. The best time to conceive is the last day that there is the eggwhite mucus present.

Couples (with normal sperm count) need to have intercourse every day when the eggwhite mucus comes and to do so until a rise in temperature is noted, which will mean that the fertile window is closed. Men with low sperm counts must only have sex every second day during this time, and stop on the morning the basal temperature rises.

Prior to keeping a record of the cervical fluid, you must know what it is you are looking for as the cervical mucus changes greatly in colour, consistency as well as volume. By recording the changes you can really increase the likelihood of getting pregnant.

Ovulation is the best time to conceive, and this is the time of the month when there is a high volume of cervical fluid. The mucus that comes with ovulation (as noted already) is eggwhite mucus which is very fertile stuff, and prime baby making material!

If you want to know where you are in your cycle, then it is important to start taking notice, and recording the changes in your cervical mucus. Doing this for a number of months will give you a very good idea of the timing of ovulation, and unlike basal temperature measure, will give you an indication with plenty of time to take action and try for a baby.

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