About the Odds of Getting Pregnant

It seems very strange that the rates of unexpected pregnancies are very high while people who want to get pregnant have great difficulties in achieving this result. Healthy people who try to conceive need time and efforts. And on the contrary, women who want to avoid getting pregnant should remember that there is no method to protect them for sure – it is like Russian roulette.
First of all, let’s talk about time frame. In order to figure out the best time to have sexual intercourse to get pregnant you should know that menstrual cycles vary 23-35 days between periods; still the average women’s cycle lasts 28 days. Ovulation usually occurs 14 days before the period. The egg of woman survives for about 48 hours and almost the same time period survives sperm. So you should better have sex 13-16 days before the start of your period. Woman can understand that ovulation occurs by such signs as: raised temperature, abdominal pain and vaginal discharge that looks like egg whites.
What considers the probability of getting pregnant, healthy couples who figure out the time of ovulation, each month have a 25% chance to conceive. Women who, on the contrary, do not control the time of ovulation and at the same time are sexually active and do not use any method of contraception, have an 11% chance to conceive.
In average situation, a trying 20-year-old woman will wait for something about 4 months. After the age of 30 the chances decrease. Moreover, there are also some factors that come into play, that can bring to the difficulty of conceiving or, in some cases, to infertility. In case a couple is expecting more than 6 months, they might do fertility tests. If a year passed, they should visit a doctor who will advice suitable fertility treatment.
There are some myths about the methods of getting pregnant, for instance, that woman after sexual intercourse should hold her legs up or lay on the back, upside down. There is also no need in abstaining from sex before the ovulation. The only reasonable advice is to have sex two or three times a week during the cycle of the woman, and, after that, every other day during the time of expected ovulation.
After all, we should also talk about the methods of prevention. There is no form of birth control effective for 100%, except abstinence. Condoms at best are 97 percent effective, still actually they are only 85 percent effective. Pills are 99 percent effective only when woman takes them on time. If she takes them in a random way, the chances of effectiveness reduce. If she misses one pill, she should use a backup birth control method. Even vasectomy or tubal ligation does not rule out the chance of getting pregnant, still remain half of a percent every year that woman can conceive