Having a child is the most precious gift you could ever receive! After reading this post, you will know all of the most effective home remedies to get pregnant!
This post is all about home remedies to get pregnant.
Babies are a blessing to families! There is nothing more exciting than deciding it’s the right time to start growing your family. The excitement can quickly go down a path of nervousness and compulsive planning/tracking of ovulation which all leads to stress which does not help the process of getting pregnant. Instead of stressing, try some of these home remedies to get pregnant to give yourself a little boost and head start with the process! This post is for home remedies to get pregnant with a boy as well as home remedies to get pregnant with a girl! All of these home remedies help with both!
Good luck to you, and I hope you receive the blessing that comes in the form of a baby very soon.
1. Get Active
Weight can negatively effect your chances of getting pregnant. Getting/staying active is an important step to increase your fertility. Don’t overdo it though! Suddenly jumping into strenuous exercises can decrease fertility instead of increase it. Instead, slowly start adding in harder exercises to your routine if desired.
Getting exercise not only helps with becoming a healthier, ideal weight to get pregnant, but it also helps reduce stress and mentally becoming more fit to carry a baby. Stress is your enemy when it comes to getting pregnant and taking a 30 minute walk in nature every day helps to calm/relax your mind, providing peace and calmness in your mind to help your body relax and do what it’s meant to do!
2. Relax
As I already mentioned, you want to try and limit your stress. When you become stressed, your hormone levels change in your body which inhibits your fertility. When you are feeling stressed out, take some time to relax your body. Some ideas are yoga, a nice hot bath with low lighting, taking a walk, spending time with friends, planting some flowers, or finding a project to do.
Tip for relaxing…stay off your phone! When you trying to take some time to relax your body, your phone is not going to help that. Instead, use your phone to play some appropriate music to the activity you are doing, and don’t pick it back up for awhile. Being on your phone will most likely lead you to social media…do I need to say more?? Social media brings on its own kind of tension whether it comes to friends, families, or our culture. Put the phone down.
3. Alcohol in Moderation
We just talked about relaxing and trying to create a stress-free environment when possible. Does that mean you should turn to wine to help you relax? Good news!! You don’t need to cut out ALL wine! But studies show you should limit your intake. Research says that consuming 14 alcoholic drinks per week extended the time it took to get pregnant.
There is no definite number that has been determined for how much is too much, but limit the numbers as much as possible.
AND keep in mind, that once you are pregnant, you can’t drink alcohol anyways. So, cutting down will be a great step for when you finally see those two pink (or blue) lines show up on that white stick!
4. Eat Antioxidant Foods
Antioxidant foods shut down any free radicals in your body to allow you to become more fertile. Men and women both benefit from fertility with this. Examples of antioxidants are Vitamin C, E, folic acid, beta carotene, and lutein. You can take supplements but you can also eat foods that are antioxidants such as walnuts, other nuts, fruits, and vegetables.
5. Husbands too!
Keep in mind, if you are a woman reading this post, that you can do everything in your power to get pregnant…time the ovulation, eat the right foods, exercise, relax, avoid consuming certain things. But remember it takes two to become pregnant. Both man and woman have to be fertile. Make sure your partner is reading these home remedies to get pregnant easily as well!
6. Increase sperm count
Along the lines of men being fertile as well, let’s look into increasing his sperm count. Our country has a somewhat recent problem with men’s sperm count decreasing through the years. While we can’t exactly pinpoint why (even though we can guess with all of the medication, pesticides, herbicides, etc going into our bodies), we can take measures to increase the sperm count to help men be as fertile as possible.
Increase Sperm Count: Fenugreek Supplements
To increase testosterone which leads to being more fertile, men should take 600mg of fenugreek extract daily. Studies show this is a very effective home remedy. It increases strength, erectile function, higher testosterone levels, and fat loss.
Increase Sperm Count: Zinc
Studies show if a man has a low zinc count, it will lead to low testosterone levels, poor sperm quality, and low sperm count which all leads to infertility. Consuming enough zinc will help to fix all of these problems to help the woman to become pregnant.
Increase Sperm Count: Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha is a medicinal herb that is used in India. Like previous ways to increase sperm counts, Ashwagandha boosts testosterone levels in men. Studies show taking 600 mg of this medicinal herb increases sperm count, sperm mobility, and semen volume. If strength-training, studies show that ashwagandha increases muscle mass and strength as well!
7. Ovulation Date
Figuring out your ovulation date can help you to know when you need to be intimate. You will want to make sure you are intimate BEFORE you are ovulating. Sperm can stay inside your reproductive tract for 5 days which allows it to be there to greet your ovary when it moves into your reproductive tract as well! Read all about how to determine your ovulation date here.
8. Pregnancy Test Timing
While choosing the timing of when you take a pregnancy test won’t increase your fertility, it will help you to get a more accurate reading of your results. It is best to wait until you just wake up to take a pregnancy test. It’s not easy to wait until morning, but if you can have the control, it is the best. Also, if you aren’t going to wait until morning, Don’t try to drink a lot of fluids to make yourself have to use the bathroom. It can skew the results.
9. Stop Birth Control in Time
Birth control pills have been dished out like it’s candy! It seems like almost every woman has been put on birth control at some point in their life. If you are thinking about wanting to start a family, know that it might take a few months for your body to regulate itself coming off of birth control. It might take you a little longer to get pregnant than if you weren’t on the pill. However, also understand that as soon as you come off the pill, you have a chance at becoming pregnant. So, if you are getting off of the pill but not wanting to get pregnant right away, have some other back-up plan for birth control until you are both ready.
Conclusion
After reading this post, you have a lot of different home remedies to get pregnant to try! Remember it takes both the man and woman to be fertile for easier conception. Try one, two, or all of these home remedies! I truly hope they work for you and your husband/wife. I know how frustrating it can be to want to start or expand your family, only to seem like you have failed each month that it doesn’t happen. Remember to relax, try to not stress about it, and enjoy the process. Children are a huge blessing and I pray that you are blessed with many children!
This post was all about home remedies to get pregnant!
