Hi, I am on my second day of menstruation and me and my hubby would really like to have a baby. Could you tell me when would be the best day we could make love to increase our chances of having a baby? thanks.
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We had a son and we both really wanted a girl the 2nd time around (terrible 1st pregnancy and could only think of doing it one more time). Anyway, it wouldn't have mattered either way but I found this ovulation calendar that also had an option to choose the sex. It worked for us but who really knows if it worked b/c of this. Here you go: http://www.ovulation-calendar.net/
The fastest and cheapest way to know if you are ovulating is to check the mucus. Before and after you use the restroom whip with a tissue. Make sure the tissue has very few folds. Take a look at the tissue. If there is mucus on the tissue you are getting close to ovulation. When the mucus first begins it will be cloudy and will not stretch very far. As you draw closer to ovulation, the mucus will get crystal clear and stretch and inch or more. Clear stretchy mucus means you are ovulating.
Get the book 'taking charge of your fertility', it has so much useful information about trying to get pregnant and much much more. It is a great resource every woman should have so they understand their cycle and their body.
Thanks to the book, I can tell exactly when I am ovulating based on my discharge and ovulation pains. Great to know when you are trying NOT to get pregnant too :)
All women ovulate at different times. Some as early as the day that menstruation ends, and some ovulate late in their cycle. My friend ovulates on day 36-38 of her cycle. Her periods are far apart.
Check out the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" to show you how to find out your best fertile days.
you can use a calendar to know when the NEXT one would be, and it sounds gross but mny one friend said it's like a "snot" is coming out down there, that's when it is.
if you want a girl, sex 2 before
want a boy, sex during
the boys are fast swimmers but die fast, the the girls get there and hang out while the boys die by the time you ovulate.
otherwise the boys get there first.
at least that's what the farmers said and it worked for us : )
Online, there are FREE "ovulation calendars' you can use to chart your periods and ovulation.
Just do a Google Search on "Free Ovulation calendars."
BUT, you also need to know your body and know ovulation symptoms. If you don't know the symptoms, then go online and you can find out.
There are also basal body temperature thermometers.
I went by my ovulation symptoms. I KNEW, when it was coming on, Then we'd have sex everyday for 1 week.
I got pregnant that way.
Each time.
Even at my age.
buy an ovulation test kit. it works kind of like a pregnancy test where you pee on a stick, but every day for like a week. i had always thought i ovulated the day i discovered "slime" down there, but it took me a year of trying before buying a kit and finding that i was actually ovulating two days after the slime. got pregnant soon after.
I would by the ovulation test kit, back when we did you could only by at certain places, now they are every were - I ovulate at the end of the month. Everyone is different - I am also one of the strange ones :) - but have two great kids now
You can do one of two things. either track your temperature and the discharge you have. It will change and become thicker when you ovulate. If your menstral cycle is regular cut it in half. You will have a time span of about 24-48 hours when you are fertile. The other thing to do is to get and ovulator predictor kit. I think the second one will be easier. Good luck
you should be coming into a 4 day "fertile" period 14 days after the first day of menstruation.
good luck
Go to www.fertilityfriend.com and start reading. Sign up for their free service and you'll receive 'lessons' that you'll find to be helpful.
You can go online and research the basal body temperature method. You take your temperature first thing in the a.m. every day. When it drops slightly is when you are ovulating. (Read the details online). You should chart temp on graph paper every day to see the trend. It worked twice for us!
Easier way: I have an app on my iPhone called Period Tracker. Enter your period dates and it can predict ovulation and fertile days. Over the course of a few mos. it is very accurate.
It may take a few mos. to see your body's cycles. Be patient and get busy, that's the best way!!
Start keeping track of your periods. How long they last and any cramping, headaches, discharge that go along with it and at different times of the month. I did that years ago and figured out I ovulated between 8-11 days after first day, because of cramping and migraines. My cycles are short 21-23 then, now 23-25 days. My first baby I had had my period July 22 her dad was back in town (long distance relationship) August 1-13. August 23 I had a positive test (actually 2!). With my last baby I had my period Jan 7 hadn't had sex since mid Dec then not again til Jan 18. and guess what? the rumor it only takes one time IS true and she's laying in my lap right now! LOL
