Ovulation calculator

When’s the best time to have sex to get pregnant?

Timing really can make a difference. Your egg, once released from one of your ovaries, can survive for between 12 and 24 hours.

Sperm last longer and can survive for up to five days in your uterus and fallopian tubes.

This means that every month, you have a fertile window which lasts about six days.

Those six days are the five days leading up to, and the day of, ovulation (Lynch et al 2006).

Timing your sex life to the exact point of ovulation isn’t essential.

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Making sure you have sex during your fertile window is. Having said that, the very best time to have sex for conceptionis one or two days before you ovulate (Lynch et al 2006, Germano and Jennings 2006).

As you can imagine, it can be tricky to pinpoint the exact day or two just before ovulation.

So your best bet is to enjoy having sexevery two or three days during your cycle.

But if you want to delve into the statistics, here they are. Assuming you and your partner have normal fertility, yo

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