How to Create a Fertility Calendar

Oftentimes a husband and wife want to get pregnant but it just never seems to happen for them. This happened to a friend of mine. She and her husband tried for years to have a baby and they never got pregnant. Finally, after years of trying, my friend, Sherry and her husband went to the doctor to be checked. Sherry went through a battery of tests and nothing seemed to be wrong with her. Her husband was checked and he was okay too. The doctor suggested that Sherry create a fertility calendar to increase her chances of conceiving. Why was this important? Making fertility calendar was important for both my friend and her doctor to know exactly when she was fertile. She and her husband were advised to have sexual relations during the days that she was most likely to be fertile. This was a great tool, because knowing when she was fertile would better target the days when Sherry and her husband should try to conceive. After using this method to track when she was fertile, Sherry had two children.

How to make a fertility calendar

When buying a calendar to keep track of when you ovulate, it is a good idea to buy one of those calendars that is big enough to make a few notes in, but small enough to carry with you in your purse. You will need to monitor when you have your monthly periods and you will also need to track when you ovulate. You also might want to use two different colored pens. One color should be used to track your periods, and the other color should be used to track when you ovulate. You may need to track your periods for 3 or 4 months just to get a good idea for when you are ovulating. You could use a red pen for when your period starts and a blue or black pen for when you ovulate. This is how my cousin did it, and she was able to easily keep up with her periods and ovulating times.

Keep tracking because you may notice changes in your menstrual cycle

Normally, a menstrual cycle is 28 days, but not every woman is the same. Some women's menstrual cycles take 30 days or even longer. This is why you might need to track your menstrual cycle for about 3 months prior to actively trying to track your ovulating times. You are likely to be fertile 2 weeks after the day your period started. You could be fertile on the 14^th day after the start of your period or you could become fertile a few days before or after that. Therefore, you are likely to get pregnant within a 5 or 6 day window on either side of the 2 week period. In other words, if your period starts on May 4^th, you are likely to ovulate on May 18^th. If you have sex within 5 or 6 days either side of your ovulation date you are more likely to get pregnant.

Sources:

Babymed.com

Menstruation.com

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