Our Top Tips For Increasing Your Fertile Window - Some we bet you've never thought of!

Working out when you are at your most fertile can be very confusing, especially when you have few fertile signs to tell you that you are at your peak fertility.

Here at My Fertile Body we teach couples to recognise any imbalances, and treat them to increase energy into your fertile window. Listening and responding to your body's signs is really the key to conceiving. Bear in mind that given the right environment sperm can last inside you for up to 5 days, where as when an egg is released from the ovary it needs to be fertilized within 24 hours. So here are our top tips to increase your fertile signs & make your fertile window even longer;

1. Drink plenty of fluids (Filtered water) especially in the morning, aim to drink at least 1 litre before lunchtime. If it's winter and cold, try warm water instead of cold.
2. Sleep, sleep and more sleep! Trust us when we tell you, sleep is paramount to your fertility. If you don't sleep well, or have an interrupted sleep pattern, this has a knock on effect on your hormone balance.
3. Balance your hormones, if your cycle is irregular it is much harder to determine your fertile window, try getting acupuncture, and reflexology to help get you back into a regular cycle
4. Use our Acupressure points, (subscribe for free) Yin-tang has a direct balancing effect on the endocrine system, great for those with high FSH levels, or low cervical mucus.
5. Keep your Vitamin C levels up, this helps keep your cervical mucus more watery therefore more sperm friendly.
6. Avoid wearing thongs/G Strings, these can reduce your cervical mucus because of the constant close contact. You don't have to wear Bridget Jones knickers, there are plenty of sexy undies out there!
7. Trying swapping Tampons for sanitary towels for 3 cycles and see if this helps increase your cervical mucus, it generally does.
8. Men; make sure they are taking a really good quality multi vitamin, sperm needs good nutritional support to be healthy and fertile.
9. Eat a diet full of lots of fresh, organic energy rich foods. Snacking on seeds and nuts really help to keep your blood sugar balanced.
10. There are plenty of herbal supplements that can really help, Agnus Castus, Evening Primrose Oil are two examples that help balance and promote a healthy fertile window. The longer your fertile window, the greater the chances of conception.
11. Lastly and so importantly, manage both of your stress levels, stress has an enormous negative impact on your fertility. It can even be the cause of irregular ovulation. So look into ways to de-stress. Learn to Meditate, take up Yoga, Tai Chi or Qigong. Treat yourself to a massage. Start to take regular gentle exercise.

We hope these tips help, remember it takes 3 months to see a marked improvement in both of your fertility so be kind to yourself, relax and enjoy.

Our Create A bump on-line Course offers everything you need to take control of your fertility and conceive in a positive stress free way.

Katie Murphy Lic AC MTCMCI