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Does This Work? Reclining After Sex To Help Getting Pregnant

Trying for pregnancy should be fun and relaxed, most couples manage quite well without a lot of plotting, tools or technique. Statistically between 50 and 60 % of couples are pregnant after 6 months of trying. One of the first questions many gynos get: is 'do I need to lay down for a certain amount of time after we have sex to maximize the chances I will get better? Or can I still quickly run to the bathroom? Or do I need to put a pillow under my hips?! To answer the question of what is the best way to get pregnant regarding whether you need to rest in bed after sex in order to enhance getting pg  Dr.Coroday and collaborators from the University Hospital in Nancy France reviewed the information from 176 medical reports to come to the conclusion that yes, laying back improves your odds of getting pregnant, but by just a bit. It will increase pregnancy rates by about 60%, whether the couple was having sex, or getting inseminated. But the studies were not large and didn't last v...

Conception Configuration: Best Position(s) For Conception

Missionary position? Extra deep penetration? Sex with someone skinnier to get deeper penetration? Do you need to have an orgasm to get pregnant? Laying still for 15 minutes after sex! Conception Configuration: Best Position(s) For Conception 15 minutes after sex, don't move! Well, in this study, it wasn't really sex, it was the gyno putting sperm where she wants it, right inside the uterus with medical insemination. What is the best sex position to get a baby made is a common question for the gyno. Inge M, Custers, PhD, from the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands has just done a study to show that laying mobilization in the supine (on your back) position for 15 minutes after intrauterine insemination may improve ongoing pregnancy rates. Using ovulation induction (taking medicine to help you ovulate) and medical insemination with a washed semen preparation is the most common form of infertility treatment and the pregnancy rates are much better with that lit...