Home | About Us | Privacy Policy | Contact
Us
Date of Conception
It is important to know your date of conception if you have been trying to get pregnant for a while now. But medical science still does not have a way of finding out the exact conception date in the case of a normal woman. Most often, it is an intelligent guesswork because a woman can conceive only after her ovulation period. Hence it is believed that the date of conception should be around twenty four hours after the date of ovulation when an egg is released from the ovaries and gets fertilized by the sperm.Couples often tend to believe that the date of conceiving and intercourse will be one and the same; though not entirely wrong, it need not be so. Sperms from your partner’s semen can remain viable in your body for up to three days and hence conception can happen within the three days after intercourse or depending on your ovulation time. After the date of conception, fertilization takes place and the resulting embryo gets implanted in the mother’s uterus where it stays till the end of pregnancy. Pregnancy symptoms can vary from woman to woman but the most common and significant one is a missed menstrual period. But there are also other symptoms that you could look out for to find out if you are pregnant. These include bleeding, swollen or tender breasts, unexplained fatigue, nausea or morning sickness, backache, frequent urination and food cravings or aversions. If you notice any of these symptoms along with a missed or delayed menstrual period, then chances are that you are pregnant. The best way to confirm this without having to consult a doctor is to perform a home based pregnancy test. This is a simple card test that can be done at home using your urine sample. If positive, the next step is to visit a gynecologist who can confirm the pregnancy with a detailed examination. The approximate date of conception or the date of the last menstrual period is used in the pregnancy due date calculator to find out when exactly you can expect your baby. You can use an online date calculator to find out your due date by entering the first day of the last menstrual period. Most healthcare providers and doctors tend to use the last menstrual date for calculating the due date instead of the date of conception as the latter is often a guesswork in most cases. A fertility calendar is used by many couples who are trying to conceive as it helps to calculate when the woman is at her most fertile period. Fertility is directly associated with ovulation and your menstrual cycle and the calendar helps to keep a track of your fertile days by a simple calculation. The most fertile period for a woman is the four to five days preceding ovulation and the day of ovulation itself. Having intercourse on these days increases the chances of getting pregnant double fold as the sperms are ready for the egg to be released on the ovulation day. Hence keeping a track of the fertility days can help you determine the ideal date of conception. You can use an ordinary calendar to track your fertility period, ovulation and conception date. Mark the first day of your menstrual period on the calendar and the following month, mark the day before the first day of the period. Do this for a couple of months to get a pattern and also to get an average of your menstrual cycle length. Ovulation usually occurs mid way through the cycle; so if your average length of cycle is thirty days, then your ovulation day will be on the fifteenth. Planning sexual intercourse three to four days before the ovulation date is the most optimum period to conceive. There are online fertility calendars that can do this calculation for you on entering the necessary details. Once your pregnancy is confirmed, you can also use a calendar to mark every week from conception to birth and also to find out the due date of the baby’s arrival. This helps you to understand the weekly changes that take place inside your body as well as the baby’s growth; you can also prepare well in advance for your delivery. The date of conception, even if approximate, is an important tool to calculate not just the due date of the baby’s arrival but also for tracking your fertility period especially if you are finding it difficult to conceive. | |
| Personalabs.com = quick, affordable, and discreet health testing, drug testing, and sexually transmitted disease
testing. |
Please note that all advice on this website is just our opinion and it should not be considered medical fact.
For further reading on the subject of Infertility we absolutely recommend that you visit www.nlm.nih.gov