Becoming familiar with your fertility calender will allow you to optimize your chances of becoming pregnant. Since you are fertile for only a short window during each month, timing is incredibly important when it comes to trying to conceive a child. Conception will usually occur faster if a woman understands her fertility cycle.http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/getting-started-on-getting-pregnant

If you are one of many women who has an irregular cycle, it may be more difficult for you to figure out your fertility calendar. A woman's menstrual cycle is considered irregular if it varies by at least a few days from one month to the next.http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/getting-started-on-getting-pregnant If your cycle is irregular you may consider other options such as charting to calculate fertility.

For most women with regular periods, ovulation occurs 14 days before their next period begins. If you have a cycle of 28 days you are likely to ovulate on day 14 of your cycle. You can help pinpoint ovulation by charting your basal body temperature and checking your cervical mucus.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E98OuYNQM0Q

It is important to know that an egg only lives for 12 - 24 hours; this is the only time that you can become pregnant during the month. Your fertile window is extended due to the sperm's ability to live for several days. The fertile window lasts for the five days leading up to, and including, ovulation.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E98OuYNQM0Q

Although the fertile window lasts for five days, fertility is at its highest level for only three days. The two days leading up to ovulation and the day of ovulation are critical times to have intercourse when trying to conceive. You and your partner should have intercourse at least every other day during the fertile window.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E98OuYNQM0Q

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