To take care of pregnancy, first of all you have to understand female anatomy. Ovulation is one phase of the menstrual cycle in which an egg or ovum releases from ovaries. Its meeting with male sperm in its journey down the fallopian tube results in conception. Glands and hormones play an important role in ovulation. It is one reason why some women cannot conceive. The gland affecting ovulation is Hypothalamus. It uses its hormones to communicate with the pituitary gland, the master gland of endocrine system. Then the pituitary gland produces luteinizing hormone (LH) and FSH. High levels of LH cause ovulation within 2 days. This cycle continues with releasing of ovum by mature follicles into peritoneal cavity and then into fallopian tube. From there the ovum reaches the uterus. If the ovum fails to encounter a sperm within twenty-four hours it dies.
Know when you are fertile
One of the most important steps to improve fertility is - knowing when you are most fertile. For a woman she can be only fertile while she is ovulating. So there is only a period of few days in which she can become pregnant. A woman can monitor her body core temperature to know if she is ovulating as body temperature increases when her body is about to release an egg.Chances of conception increases if you have sex just before the egg is released.
Ovulation occurs two weeks before onset of menstrual period once in every month till menopause. For a female having regular 28 days menstrul cycle its safe to get physical with her mate only after 3 weeks or more of da first day she had her period.It breaks in between childbirth and pregnancy. Certain changes take place in the cervical mucus, which gets slippery and slick. A general or localized pain will accompany it. Sometimes there will be delay or deviation from 24-35 days in the menstrual cycle. There may be slight fever in women who follow natural family planning methods. It makes them to mistake ovulation for premenstrual symptoms, if it is accompanied by pain and changes in the body.
Ovulation cycle & becoming pregnant
Ovulation cycle is the most important cycle in a woman's life. For becoming pregnant one should know when the ovulation cycle starts and end. Fertilisation takes place when the egg is on its way to the uterus.
Sperm Contribution & pregnancy
A man produces sperms through out his life. But the life span of sperm is very short. It lasts for a month within the testicle and in the uterine cavity for 2-4 days.
The fertilisation Process & pregnancy
After ejaculation not all the sperms reach the right place in the uterus. Even if some of them might reach the right location but only one sperm will enter into the egg. As soon as it will enter into the egg it will loose its tail but the size of its head will increase. Consequently the egg will also increase in its size. Finally the sperm and the egg fuse.
