When is the best time to have intercourse in order to get pregnant?
The best time to get pregnant is within a couple of days of ovulating. If you have a 28 day cycle, it is generally 14 days after your period starts (15th of this month). This assumes you have normal 28 day cycle and are ovulating. To tell when you are ovulating, take your temperature every morning before getting out of bed (and before eating or drinking anything). When you ovulate, your basal body temperature will drop, and then will rise above what it was before ovulation. The basal body temperature is usually higher for the second half of the menstrual cycle. There are test kits for testing your saliva, available from pharmacies, that detect when you are ovulating. Take the pressure off yourself, and arrange a romantic dinner for the evening on the day you ovulate. Good luck! I hope you are about to make a beautiful, healthy baby.
Wilcox had also performed previous work in 1995 (2) which demonstrated that pregnancy only occurs if intercourse occurs within the 6 days prior to and including ovulation. Intercourse after the day of ovulation does not result in pregnancy. The probability of conception ranged from 10% when intercourse occurred five days before ovulation to 33% when it occurred on the day of ovulation itself. This is the data that suggests the best timing of intercourse in order to conceive is day 10, 12, 14 and 16 (in case of late ovulation) of a 28 day cycle or days -4, -2, 0, +2 in relation to expected ovulation in the case of cycles different than 28 days. When should I begin testing with home urine tests? Most home pregnancy tests that check urine beta-HCG are sensitive to 20-25 mIU/ml of HCG. The general rule-of thumb is to test at the time when you are a day late for your menses or about 15 days after ovulation. The test can be positive anywhere from about 2-3 days prior to a missed menses to 4-
