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The Right Timing with Conception
Learn to Track Your Body's Fertile Signs to Help You Conceive
Part 1
By Jessica Williams
In many situations, timing is everything. For example, if you spend enough time star gazing, you just might catch a glimpse of a shooting star. Of course, if you happen to be watching during a meteor shower, you've just raised your odds of seeing something spectacular. Similarly, trying to conceive a child by making love randomly may be great fun – but your chances of adding another life to the universe are improved if you know when to shoot for the moon.
If you and your partner have tried to conceive but have not yet hit the mark, you may need a lesson in both fertility and punctuality. First, you must understand the key to a woman's fertility: the menstrual cycle. To increase your chances of achieving pregnancy, you must follow this cycle very carefully. A closer look reveals its incredible, miraculous functionality.
The menstrual cycle begins every month on the first day of menstruation and lasts an average of 28 days. Ovulation generally occurs on or around the 14th day of the cycle. It is important to remember, however, that many women have cycles that are very different from this pattern.
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Re: The Right Timing with Conception by anonymous on 03/12/2010 02:44AM
You should not be having kids if you feel the need to use "u" instead of "you" and are unable to form a proper sentence when asking a serious question.
Re: The Right Timing by anonymous on 05/22/2009 10:31AM
what happen if u've stop breasfeeding for like 7months ago and u still see breast milk immediatly after ur ovulation periods will u be able to get pregnant?
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Re: The Right Timing with Conception by anonymous on 03/30/2010 11:11AM
I never comment on these things, but I found your reply comment very rude and judgmental. Did you take in consideration that maybe she is very busy. She could be typing with one hand because she could be feeding her child, or on a hand held device and it is just easier to use "U" rather than "you." A busy mom must find short cuts, and I think that most of the people reading this could comprehend what she was saying. It does NOT represent her intellectual ability or her ability to be a wonderful mother. I know when my child was young I rarely had a minute to even get on the internet, let alone a chance to sit and form proper sentences. She is obviously doing something right for her child if she is breastfeeding. It is a very selfless act that a lot of mothers find can't fit into their schedules or for other reasons must bottle feed (not that bottle feeding is bad.) As far as the question, I think you can still get pregnant. I know friends who have conceived while still breast feeding. I breast fed for a year, and my periods came back the after the first 5 months.