Archive for January, 2010

I Think I’m Pregnant: Can You Get Pregnant Without Intercourse?

There are some pretty strange ways that women can end up pregnant. The question of can you get pregnant without intercourse is one that’s actually asked quite often. The odds of a woman getting pregnant without actually having intercourse are very slim but it can happen. There are a lot of people who wonder can you get pregnant without intercourse. There are a few different ways a woman could conceive if she didn’t have intercourse. The most likely way would be if the man were to ejaculate near the woman’s vagina and sperm made its way to the cervix. Especially if the woman didn’t wash off right away there is a slim but possible chance of conception occurring. A man may have sperm on his fingers and if he puts them inside the woman’s vagina there’s also a chance the woman could become pregnant. This can certainly be hard to im Read more >>
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Getting pregnant can be much harder than you think. For a healthy fertile couple the normal success rate is only around 15-20%, so it's not uncommon to take some time to conceive. Infertility or subfertility (that's when it takes longer than expected to conceive) affects around one in seven couples in the UK. The usual definition of infertility is when a couple do not achieve a pregnancy after two years of regular, unprotected sex. Common cases of infertility include, ovulation problems, tubal blockage or endometriosis, male fertility problems or unexplained problems.