TRYING to get pregnant can be a testing time but we’ve spoken to a pregnancy expert to try and sort out the myths from the truth.
Dr Marilyn Glenville spoke to Express.co.uk about pregnancy and how women can strengthen their chances of starting a family without help from science.
The number of people struggling with fertility issues has increased tenfold over the past two decades, and the figures show at least 25 percent of couples planning a baby will have trouble conceiving.
Is there anything women can do to naturally increase their chances of getting pregnant? Well actually, the position you have s*x in could be vital.
Dr Marilyn said: “According to some experts the positions both you and your partner assume during and right after making love can significantly affect the passage of sperm into your vag*na to your fallopian tube.
“The man-on-top position has the best chance of getting a woman pregnant, but there are no studies to prove this.”
She added: “The rationale is that this position allows for deep penetration so the man’s sperm can be ejaculated as close to the cervix as possible.
“This gives the sperm cells a flying start on their long journey, as the closer they are to the ripe egg waiting in the fallopian tube several centimetres further up in a woman’s body, the more likely they are to reach it.”
Dr Marilyn, who’s running a Fertility Retreat at Champneys in Tring this November, elaborated: “Logically, any position that goes against gravity, such as woman on top or having s*x sitting or standing up, discourages the sperm’s journey upward and is thought to deter conception.
“If a man enters a woman from behind, especially if she is kneeling in front of him so she is at an angle with her bottom higher than her head, it is said to encourage conception.
“Making love in the spoons position (both partners facing the same way with the man penetrating the woman from behind) is not thought to be such an effective baby-making position because the penetration angle is not so deep.
“The chances might be maximised if the woman leans the upper half of her body a little away from her partner, pushing her bottom against him.”
Dr Marilyn is the UK’s leading nutritionist, specialising in women’s health, and has penned a book called Getting Pregnant Faster.
Speaking about the dreaded ‘age debate’ in conception, she said: “With a growing number of women waiting until their careers are established before they try to conceive, conception can be more difficult. This is different from a generation ago when women would have had children much earlier.
“Even though 40 is becoming the new 30 (or 20 even) and women are living longer and feeling and looking younger, the undeniable truth is that the biological clock still ticks away at the same rate it did a generation ago and a woman is still considered to be in her reproductive prime in her 20s.
“Past the age of 35 the clock speeds up making it more difficult to conceive, even if you are trying for your second or third child.”
To learn more about s*x and fertility, visit www.marilynglenville.com
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