Trying To Get Pregnant - The Menstrual Cycle And When You Can Get Pregnant

An average woman has a 28 day menstrual cycle, although others have longer and shorter cycles. The woman’s ovaries release one egg (or more) in the middle of the cycle. The release of the egg (ovulation) occurs on the 14th date of the cycle. When released, the egg travels through the fallopian tubes down to the uterus. The following could answer why you can’t get pregnant

What is a fertile day?

No one can pinpoint one exact date when a woman can get pregnant. But experts have provided the information we can use to calculate a woman’s fertile period in any one month.

Women’s menstrual cycles range between 23 and 35 rotations, with an average of 28. The first step is to understand the length of your menstrual cycle.

The first stage is when the woman begins to shed blood.

• Between the 5th and the 10th day from the first blood of menstruation, the uterus begins to prepare for the next menstrual cycle. Blood vessels are increasing in the uterine walls and filling with the blood that will bring the nutrients needed to nourish the fetus should fertilization occur.


• The egg is released from the ovary on the 14th day (for women who have a 28 date menstruation cycle) and begins to travel down the fallopian tubes. Once released, the egg can survive for 12-24 hours and disintegrate.


• The woman may get pregnant if she has sexual intercourse shortly before the egg is released or during the lifespan of the egg in the fallopian tubes.


• Once deposited in a woman’s vagina, sperms can remain alive and able to fertilize for up to 5 twenty four hour durations.

The information above suggests that the most likely period for a woman to get pregnant is from the time the egg is released and available for fertilization (on the 14th stage). The egg can survive for up to 24 hours, meaning that it is possible for pregnancy to occur on the when the egg is released day 14 and the following 15.

But in nature, things do not always work out as neatly as that. Besides, some women have the average cycle of a 28 period, on which the information above is based, and others have longer or shorter periods. These factors mean that although the sure time a woman who has a menstrual cycle of twenty eight can get pregnant is fourteenth and fifteenth, the fertile period can range from 10th-18th, taking in account the following factors:

• Sperms deposited in a woman’s vagina can stay alive in a woman’s body for up to 5 days. So the sperms deposited on 10th will still be alive in a woman’s body when the egg is released.


• Women with long cycles of up to 35 phases may release an egg in the middle i.e. the 17th which may remain alive up to 18th. A woman with this menstrual cycle will get pregnant if she had sexual intercourse any time between the 13th and 18th days.

That is why medical experts say that a woman’s fertile period lies between 10th and 18th, counting one to be the first day a woman get menstrual blood. The information above should help you calculate your own fertile period.