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Can You Boost Your Odds of Getting Pregnant?

What are my average odds of getting pregnant each month?

10%

20%

30%
What effect does my age have on my odds?

Odds decline 3% every year after age 20.

Odds decline significantly after age 30.

Odds decline only after age 35.
How quickly is it safe to conceive after I stop taking birth control pills?

Right Away

In 1 Month

In 3-4 Months
What are my most fertile days?

All 5 days before ovulation

The 2 days before ovulation and the day of ovulation

Day of ovulation and 1 day after ovulation
What are the signs that I'm ovulating?

A rise in basal body temperature

Stretchy cervical mucus

Slight twinges of pain from the ovaries

All of the above
How often should we have sex to increase our odds of conceiving?

Only on the day of and the day after ovulation

2 to 3 times a week, each week of my menstrual cycle

When my basal body temperature has gone up

Reviewed by Celia E. Dominguez, MD on October 17, 2007

Sources: Sources

SOURCES: Amos Grunebaum, MD, director, clinical maternal-fetal medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Weill Medical College; and medical director, WebMD Fertility Center.

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