It was not that long ago that a household only needed, one breadwinner to be able to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. But in today's economy most households require two incomes to keep pace with the cost of living increases we see almost daily, and maintain the comfortable lifestyles we grew accustom  as we were growing up.

As a result many are waiting until later in life to begin the process of starting a family. It is common these days to start trying to get pregnant in our late twenties and some wait until their mid thirties, only to discover that conceiving is not as easy as one thinks. There are however, some things you can do to greatly improve your chances.

You can start by being patient, as it may take up to a year if not longer to conceive. If after a year of trying without success, you should consider seeing your doctor if you have not done so already.

Tracking your ovulation is important in determining when you are most fertile, this especially important for women with irregular menstrual cycles. There are many ways of tracking it such as, body temperature, changes in the cervical fluid, and fertility monitors or fertility tests.

Your body weight can play a large part in fertility issues as it affects your hormonal functions, and will interfere with your reproductive organs lowering your fertility. Being under weight can have the same effect as over weight so, get the weight where it should be.

This kind of ties into body weight, eat healthily and eat a well-balanced diet. This means including foods from all four, food groups. In order for your body to function and perform at peak efficiency, this includes the reproductive system, it needs a well balanced nutritional diet.

If you don't smoke, you don't need to worry about this one, if you do, then quit, this means both of you, smoking has an effect on sperm count. If you drink more than three alcohol beverages a day then quit, and again, alcohol has an effect on sperm count as well. If you drink a lot of coffee, yeah you guessed it, quit or start drinking decaffeinated coffee, and yeah you guessed it again, caffeine affects sperm count.

I do not know if you will like this one or not but, having sex every day will do a few things for you starting with improving your chances of conceiving. It will also improve the quality and quantity of your partners' sperm. The thing to do is to make it fun because if it becomes routine and stressful, which it can when concerned about lack of success, it will hamper the ability to conceive.

If you use lubricants during intercourse you should stop unless they are fertility-friendly. Other lubricants can change the ph balance in the vagina making it difficult, or almost impossible for sperm to swim, which will drastically reduce your chances of conception.

What it really comes down too, is, getting as healthy as possible so the body and all its organs can perform at peak efficiency. Doing that will increase your chances of getting pregnant more than you would believe.  

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