Are there any supplements or lovemaking positions that might help?
There are various theories about mineral and vitamin deficiencies contributing to or directly causing fertility problems and a range of supplements that you and your partner could take to, for example, boost sperm quality. For more information on this, contact Foresight (the preconceptual care association). There’s no evidence that certain lovemaking positions, such as having a pillow under your bottom to tilt your uterus or keeping your legs in the air afterwards, can help you get pregnant. Sperm can swim fast enough without the help of gravity – in fact, the strongest sperm can swim through the cervix and into the womb in around two minutes, given favourable conditions. The main thing is to try to make love often and avoid becoming stressed about the baby issue. Evidence shows that couples trying to conceive reduce their lovemaking after a while because it has become associated simply with making babies!
