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Baby Steps
A 5-point Plan to Help You Conceive
By Teri Brown
Krissi Danielsson of Marina, Calif., thought that having a baby was going to be a breeze, but after several miscarriages, she realized she would have to get more aggressive.
"Just thinking back, I guess I was naive," she says. "I thought it was as simple as hopping in the sack, having a late period, taking a pregnancy test and voila! – nine months later there's a baby."
Danielsson began tracking her cycles and found that knowing exactly where she was in the cycle helped to calm her. "I used temperature charting in all the cycles I was trying to conceive," she says. "I also used a fertility monitor for about four of those cycles. I found it to be a major stress reducer since I knew exactly when I ovulated and when to expect my period or take a pregnancy test."
If couples have sex less than two times a week during the time they are trying to conceive, they will need to pay more attention to when the female partner is ovulating.
Generally, the sexual position is not important unless the female anatomy does not allow good contact. We've all heard rumors about propping up hips or resting on the stomach after intercourse. Whether it works or not is debatable, but many women feel it's worth a try.
And as for orgasm, obviously the male partner needs to have one in order to ejaculate semen. However, female orgasm is not required for pregnancy to occur.
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Baby Steps by joanna on 08/17/2009 08:32PM
im trying to have a baby with my spouse ive been having all the syptoms now i have a 14 year old son and i heard all pregnancys are different.