Things to Do to Get Pregnant - 5 Simple Tips That Will Help You Get Pregnant

Are you looking for things to do to get pregnant? Here are 5 simple tips you can put to use today that will help you get pregnant.

1. Find out when you are most fertile

You are usually only fertile for about 2 to 3 days before and on the day of ovulation. After ovulation, you only have about 12 to 24 hours before the egg that got released during ovulation will disintegrate itself it it didn't get fertilized by sperm. This is why it is so important to find out when you ovulate to make sure there is sperm in the right place at the right time. One of the ways to find that out is to use so-called ovulation predictor kits. They are very similar to pregnancy tests, but look for a slightly different hormone that your body releases in great amounts just before you ovulate. Once you get a positive ovulation test you know that you are probably going to ovulate during the next 12 to 36 hours.

2. Think positive

This may sound like some strange new age stuff, but it's true. When it comes to fertility, positive thinking can make a difference. Just thinking "if I wish to get pregnant enough, I will get pregnant" won't get you anywhere of course, but it helps indirectly. A negative state of mind can directly affect your body. It can have effects on your hormone levels and your fertility, making it much harder to conceive. Try to stay positive and have happy baby thoughts. Whether you believe in it or not, it definitely won't hurt, will it?

3. Cough it up

Believe it or not, but some cough medicine can actually help you get pregnant. One of the ingredients in some cough syrups is guaifenesin that helps thin the mucus in your lungs. As a "side-effect" this substance not only thins the mucus in your lungs, but also in other parts of your body, including your cervical mucus down below! And thinner cervical mucus makes it easier for the sperm to swim through to get to your egg. Try taking one or two teaspoons a day, starting a few days before you ovulate, and see for yourself.

4. Reduce stress

Stress is never really good for you, especially not when you are trying to get pregnant. Excessive stress can reduce your fertility in several ways... it can affect the hormones that control ovulation, possibly delaying or stopping ovulation... it can cause your cervical mucus to dry up, the very same mucus that helps the sperm to swim all the way to your fallopian tubes... and it can obviously keep you from having sex at all. Who enjoys having sex when they are really stressed out, right? Reducing stress is easier said than done, but try to turn off and have some me-time whenever you can.

5. Confirm that you ovulate

We have already seen that there are quite a few reasons that could stop you from ovulating regularly or ovulating at all, so one of the most important steps when trying to conceive is confirming that you do actually ovulate. Luckily, you don't necessarily have to go to the doctor to do that. There is one method, and the only one apart from having blood tests, that can confirm that you ovulate. It's called BBT charting and BBT stands for Basal Body Temperature. Basically it is your body temperature at rest, in the morning when you wake up, before you do anything else.

Ovulation is triggered by a specific hormone, the same hormone ovulation tests look for. It's called luteinizing hormone and one of the side-effects this hormone has is that it raises your body temperature slightly. If you now keep track of your body temperature every morning by using a special BBT thermometer that can pick up even slight changes, you are able to see a small raise the day after you ovulate and it will usually stay high until your next period starts. Bingo! You have just confirmed ovulation.