How Useful is a Fertility Predictor?

A fertility predictor is really an ovulation predictor. It can tell you the time of the month that you are most fertile, but it cannot take into account all of the other issues that impact on your general fertility.





Assuming that there are not other issues affecting your fertility, your fertility (ovulation) predictor will enable you to know when you are most fertile. Charting your fertility enables you to predict the date of your ovulation each month. Timing lovemaking to coincide with your most fertile time will increase your chance of falling pregnant sooner.





Charting your fertility is more important today than it has been in previous generations because we are now trying to fall pregnant at a much older age than women were twenty or more years ago. Failure to plan the pregnancy today will most likely mean that it will take several more menstrual cycles more to get pregnant than it used to take in previous generations. I


Conceiving Sooner by Fertility Charting


Simply stated, fertility is your the ability to conceive. Ovulation is the releasing of the egg from the ovary. This, of course, is the moment in time that a woman is able to conceive. A woman is able to conceive for just a few days during each menstrual cycle. These are the days immediately prior to and during ovulation. An unfertilized egg will survive for just 12 to 24 hours. This means that the timing of lovemaking is crucial. It is often referred to as "the trick" of successful conception. For many couples, particularly older ones, random lovemaking will not often result in a successful conception. They need to chart the female's fertility to identify the fertility peak each month.


To identify this peak you need a fertility chart, a thermometer, and a keen knowledge of your own natural fertility indicators. Fertility monitors or ovulation testing kits also aid in pinpointing the days of month you are most likely to conceive. Let's look at the details involved in fertility charting and help you get started today!


Your basal temperature is the fundamental basis of your fertility chart. Basal temperature charting enables you to determine the exact day you ovulate. By taking temperature readings each morning you can determine your ovulation day each month. At the time of ovulation, your body produces the hormone progesterone. This heats your body to provide a warm, fertile environ for a developing baby. Monitoring basal temperature daily will enable you to the temperature increase around the center day of your cycle. This rise in your basal temperature signals that ovulation has taken place. This information enables you to effectively time your sexual activity, significantly increasing the likelihood of you conceiving.


Know Your Body's Natural Fertility Signs


During each menstrual cycle, the quantity and consistency of cervical mucus will change due to variations in your reproductive hormones. During much your cycle, you will experience a level of dryness. Your cervical mucus becomes thick and sticky, changing to an opaque or yellow color. When you experience this the likelihood of conception at that time is very low..On the other hand, in the days preceding ovulation there should be a significant increase in the quantity of your cervical fluids. The fluids should have changed consistency to now be thin clear and slippery. You should be able to stretch the mucus between you fingers as you can uncooked egg white. When you see this watery, slippery mucus ovulation should occur within the next few days.


Other common natural fertility indicator is a mid-cycle pain or mild ache in the lower part of the abdomen. Although not all women experience this pain, it is caused by the egg being released from the ovary.


Some women also experience an increase in libido as well as heightened breast sensitivity at the time the egg is released.


To maximise your chances of falling pregnant you should follow the messages your body is giving you and time your lovemaking accordingly.





Diane Papps is a prolific author writing on women's issues. Click on the link to read some of her writings on other fertility issues