I sometimes hear from people who don't want to leave anything to chance when they are trying to become pregnant.
So, they decide that they are going to have sex every day once their menstrual cycle is over.
And many wonder if this all they need to do in order to successfully conceive.
I heard from someone who said: "since I'm going to be having sex every day anyway, do I need to take a bunch of tests? I don't need to monitor my ovulation or PH if I'm having sex every day, do I? What does it matter when I'm ovulating if I'm having sex that often?" I will try to address this concern in the following article.
The Theory Of Too Much Sex Lowering Sperm Count: Many people pass on the having sex every day strategy because they worry that doing this will lower a man's sperm count and make becoming pregnant less likely when it really counts.
People have different opinions of the validity of this theory but if low sperm count is a concern in your situation, you may want to consider abstaining a day before you expect ovulation just to ensure that the sperm count is as high as possible.
(And you'd probably want to check with an ovulation predictor to be sure about your timing.
) Timing Matters When Care About Your Baby's Gender: It's true that if you don't care which gender your baby is, then your timing really doesn't matter as much.
If you do nothing to swing the odds in your favor, then you have roughly a fifty percent chance of getting either gender.
But if you care as to whether you have a boy or a girl, then your timing can matter.
And this is why you will want to know when you ovulate.
Because if you want a boy baby, then you will want to have sex after ovulation but you will want to avoid the days right before it.
And if you want a girl baby, you will want to stop having sex once ovulation happens.
The reason for this is that you are trying to maximize the strength of the sperm chromosomes that you want to fertilize your egg.
For example, if you want a girl baby, then you want for the X sperm to be successful so you want to conceive early (and before ovulation) because this will encourage the weaker Y or boy producing sperm to die off.
The opposite is true when you want a boy baby.
And there are other considerations as well (like PH and the sexual positions used.
) But if you are trying to conceive certain gender, I would most definitely recommend checking for ovulation using a good ovulation predictor and then attempting to conceive based on the optimal timing for the gender that you want.
However, if you don't care about your baby's gender and you don't need any reassurance that you are actually ovulating, then checking isn't as important.