A Common Question: Why Can’t I Get Pregnant?

Pregnancy MiracleA lot of women have troubles getting pregnant.  However there are some women that have difficulty getting pregnant.  This can cause a lot of stress on the relationship and even result in the woman becoming depressed.  There are a few possibilities as to why the woman is not able to conceive.

One likely reason is that you’re just not having intercourse with your partner at the right times.  A lot of women assume that as long as they’re have unprotected sex and trying to get pregnant that it will work at any time of the month and this isn’t the case.  Women need to understand their cycle and determine when each month they are ovulating if they want to stand the best chances of getting pregnant.  It can be hard to determine your cycle and when you ovulate each month because each woman is so different from the next.

While the average woman has a cycle around 28 days in length, this can range to a shorter or longer period.  Ovulation typically takes place around two weeks after the first day of a woman’s menstrual cycle.  If you find that your cycle is irregular, the best thing you can do is talk to your doctor.  They will be able to use different tests and calculators to help you get a better idea on your cycle and improve your chances of getting pregnant.

There may be other factors at play for any woman who is having trouble conceiving.  If you’re having troubles conceiving and think this may be the problem, it’s best to give up smoking.  You should plan to kick the habit anyway if you’re trying to conceive.  Not only that, but if you’re trying to have a baby you should kick these habits first anyway.

As a woman gets older, the number of eggs decreases significantly.  Once a woman hits the age of thirty, it will be much more difficult for her to get pregnant because the number of eggs inside her body decreases significantly.  The risks of birth defects and other problems increase as a woman ages.  These are all possible reasons why you can’t get pregnant but they are also fixable.

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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.