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Preparing for Pregnancy

How's Your Sex Life?

Great Sex Matters When You're Trying to Conceive

"And as his seed sprang in her, his soul sprang towards her too, in the creative act that is far more than procreative."
– D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

The idea that good sex makes likely conception is widespread in folklore, as is the idea that a woman potentially knows very soon after intercourse if she's conceived – much sooner than could be verified by objective tests.

Circumstantial evidence seems to point to the idea that you are more likely to get pregnant if you feel the sex.

Most people in the medical field are completely skeptical, but consider the perspective of an expert on sexual health at the top of his profession, Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, Harvard Medical School professor and author of The Viagra Myth (Jossey-Bass, 2003). "Biologically, the whole purpose of good sex as we know it is to make the chances of pregnancy increase," he says. "We know for a fact that women do not need to have an orgasm to become pregnant. However, when a man goes for semen analysis, if he obtains a semen sample during sex, it will be far better than in the lab washroom. This indicates clearly on the man's side that men do have considerably greater amounts of fluid ejaculated when they are more aroused."

Circumstantial evidence seems to point to the idea that you are more likely to get pregnant if you feel the sex. Ask your gynecologist if the quality of sex relates to conception and you'll probably hit a steel wall, as I did initially, researching this topic. A candid doctor acquaintance of mine who has delivered thousands of babies in my town said merely, "It would be nice." In the end, doctors talked to me about everything from timing, ovular temperature and menstrual cycles to egg meets sperm in the fallopian tubes.


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anonymous says
4 days, 17 hours ago

ME AND MY HUSBAND HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN TRYING BUT HAVE NOT STOPPED THE ISSUES OF HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS. WE HAVE NEVER USED PROTECTION. BUT I AS WELL AS HIM WOULD LIKE A CHILD. I WOULD RATHER HAVE A BABY SOONER THAN LATER. I THINK ITS MORE ME THAN HIM WANTING A BABY. WE DONT DISCUSS HIS PAST BUT I KNOW HE HAD USED SOME ILLEGAL THINGS IN THE PAST AS WELL AS I HAVE .. IM TAKING WHEN WE WERE 16 OR 17. BUT I DONT HAVE THE MONEY FOR US TO GO BE TESTED AND I ACT LIKE ITS NOT A BIG ISSUE FOR ME ON A DAILY BASIC.. BUT ITS EATING ME ALIVE IN THE INSIDE. EACH TIME WE HAVE SEX THATS ALL I THINK ABOUT IF HE CANT FINISH I GET MAD AT HIM AND I AM ALMOST AT MY BRAKING POINT AND JUST IN MY HEAD I KNOW I WILL NEVER BE LUCKY TO HAVE A BEAUITFUL BABY. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE IN HIS FAMILY THAT IS PREGNANT AND EVERYONE KNOWS WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE, SO I JUST PLAY LIKEK I DONT WANT ONE ANYMORE JUST TO TRY TO MAKE MYSELF THINK THAT BUT I NEVER DO. SOMEONE OUT THERE PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IM DOING WRONG AND JUST SOME ADVICE WOULD HELP ME???????

anonymous says
3 weeks ago

Hi was just reading through your messages... Why don't you try and ask your doctor about In Vitro procedures. You can read through it on the net and find out more about it. Good luck!

joy says
3 weeks, 2 days ago

please send me an advice how to get pregnant

anonymous says
February 9, 2010

I have been married for 14 years.I have been to several GYN.Had numerous amount of test ran.I tried clomid several times.I pray continiously.I made up my mind that maybe pregnancy just isn't going to be for me.If any one has any advise I would gladly appreciate it.niceyrae@yahoo.com

anonymous says
January 19, 2010

hi ive been trying to get pregnant after an espontaneous abortion for two years now and my gynaecologist said im okay yet i dont ovulate and mesurate regularly please i need an advice cos i really want to be a mother and i ñlove babies.

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