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By Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com Guide to Pregnancy / Birth

What's ovulation got to do with getting pregnant?

Wednesday April 29, 2009
Most of us know that there is an egg involved with getting pregnant. I can remember being a young girl and picturing chicken eggs inside my body and being amazed. The process is still amazing, that every month my body knows how to release a well-timed egg in the hopes of me conceiving.

Ovulation is the key to getting pregnant. Though many women really don't have a clue how to figure out when they are ovulating using their body's signals, which are very accurate. The ovulation calculators are nice predictions to help you get pregnant too. And for the technology lovers - there is the ovulation prediction kit that is electronic! (There are also home ovulation prediction kits that are not electronic, for those of use who prefer the old fashioned way.)

There is also a newer kit on the market called the Conception Kit. This kit contains three cycles worth of products to help you overcome minor infertility issues or to help you time your pregnancy just so. The key is the cervical cap known as the Conception Cap. According to the manufacturer, 24% of couples with infertility got pregnant within three months of using this kit...

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Comments
April 7, 2007 at 6:45 pm
(1) Cara Fletcher says:

I also have bought one of those electronic ovulation kits and I think they are great.

April 16, 2007 at 1:58 pm
(2) Mike Dahuta Slobola says:

I’m pregnant. I thought I couldn’t because I don’t ovulate. But I guess I do.

November 1, 2009 at 2:58 pm
(3) Meilier says:

I’m pregnant

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