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The alarming rate of infertility among couples calls for serious
efforts and attention from any woman who is serious about getting
pregnant. Most women, and sometimes their partners, would want to
learn when ovulation and implantation occurs, what is the best time
for intercourse to achieve pregnancy and probably what are the usual
miscarriage or pregnancy loss rates. Most often, the figures and
data women are given are based upon averages, theoretical numbers
or sometimes just plain guesses. This is because, ovulation, conception
and implantation of fertilized ovum are a difficult topic to scientifically
investigate, due to several human factors.
Timing the ovulation
period is a very important step towards getting pregnant. With the
latest scientific improvements, several methods and tests are available
for determining, with a high degree of certainty, when your ovulation
occurs. Pelvic ultrasound, looking at the ovaries, is the known
standard in ovulation prediction researches, but obviously, in a
practical situation of a woman trying to conceive, ultrasound is
not feasible. A very important test which measures urinary LH has
been shown to have a 100% correlation with ultrasound as far predicting
timing. In a study, cervical mucous change only had a correlation
of 48%, salivary ferning has 37% correlation and Basal Body Temperature
charts correlated 30% with ultrasound ovulation prediction. You
would, therefore, agree that those ovulation prediction tests are
actually worth the headache.More >>>
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