5 Simple Ways On How To Increase Your Fertility

Some 90 million couples worldwide are trying to get pregnant, with 11 million of which are in the US. Given the fast-paced and highly stressful urban lifestyle the majority of us are living in, it should be no surprise that millions of husbands and wives are finding it difficult to conceive. Medical data show that there is only a 20% chance of becoming pregnant each menstrual cycle. Of course you can go to a fertility specialist for a consultation. But before you do that, here are five tips on how to increase fertility naturally.

First, you should change your diet: there are some foods that can improve your fertility.  A daily serving of calcium-rich full-fat dairy foods (i.e. cheese or milk) has been medically shown to increase fertility in women. In addition, you should increase your consumption of protein from vegetable sources rather than from animals. Vegetables rich in protein include lentils and beans.  Of course, you should also be improving your overall diet by avoiding foods rich in trans-fats as well as those with too much refined sugar and carbohydrates.

Production of cervical mucus is an important part of conception. To increase your cervical mucus, you should take the following vitamins: vitamin C, grapeseed extract, lactobacilli, evening primrose oil and nitrous oxide. You should also increase your intake of folic acid, which you can get from vitamins or from foods such as lentils, spinach and broccoli.

Second: if you are already calculating the days when you are the most fertile, then you know when you should have sex. But there are sexual positions you and your husband should practice that can improve the chances of getting pregnant. The best sexual position is the missionary position, since it reduces the amount of sperm that leaks out after intercourse; it also places the sperm closest to the woman’s cervix. Couples can also use the rear entry and side positions. A pillow should also be placed beneath the woman’s hip after lovemaking to give time for the sperm to settle at the cervix.

Another tip on how to increase fertility is to become more physically active. Women trying to get pregnant should exercise for at least half an hour every day, to help reduce excess weight and maintain the balance of estrogen in your body; estrogen is a hormone that can influence your fertility. They can also take up yoga or other disciplines such as improved breathing techniques and meditation to reduce stress and help them relax.

You can also boost your chances of conceiving through alternative techniques such as acupuncture and hypnotherapy. Physical problems such as low sperm counts or damaged fallopian tubes, which prevent pregnancy, can be addressed through acupuncture. Acupuncture also corrects the physical and hormonal imbalances that reduce fertility. If the problem of low fertility is partly psychological in nature, then it can be addressed with the help of a hypnotherapist. Hypnotherapy can also reduce stress, which allows for rebalancing of hormone levels which may block conception.

Aside from the five tips above, there are many other natural ways on how to increase your fertility. You can quit smoking, which lowers sperm count in men and vital hormone levels in women. You can also reduce, or eliminate entirely, consumption of alcoholic drinks. But the most important tip is to have patience and give the techniques time to work, since it takes even the average fertile couple six months to conceive.

Eddy Kong and his wife, Esther are victims of infertility. Over the last 5 years, they gather enough research and personal experiences to publish a book, “How To Increase Your Odds Of Conceiving”. They have 2 kids and 1 more coming up. They lives in Singapore city and spends their time teaching others how to get pregnant naturally and getting their infertility treated.  Their latest book, “How To Increase Your Odds Of Conceiving Secrets” is available at http://www.17mininfertilitysecrets.com/tips/index.html