If you have been trying to get pregnant for some time and you are not having much luck, then I am sure you are looking for new ideas and information on what you may be doing wrong.

If you are trying to get pregnant then you want to be sure that you are not doing anything that will jeopardise your chances of success.

One thing you want to stop doing straight away is to stop using any form of lubrication. So from now on, any store bought lubricant including Vaseline and KY jelly go out the window.

I am sure you are asking why? This is because lubricants like these damage the sperm and using them could reduce your chance of conceiving by as much as 50%.

There are many things you can to increase your chances of conceiving and one of them is to monitor your cervical fluid.

The Cervical Mucus (CM) Method: Many previously infertile couples have achieved pregnancy after using this method because it helps to identify those days on which the woman has the best chances of conceiving.

The CM secreted by the walls of the cervix, is thicker, cloudier, and less abundant early on in the ovulation cycle. As the woman approaches ovulation, it becomes thinner and more transparent.

Eventually getting to stage where it assumes the consistency and appearance of raw egg white. This is nature's way of making it easier for the sperm to get to the egg as the thicker. Cloudier mucus is more difficult to penetrate.

What you must start doing is to follow the progress of your CM over a number of months. That way you will get to know what your cm looks like at different stages of your ovulation cycle.

How is all this meant to help you get pregnant? You need to time intercourse to coincide within a few days before you ovulate and maybe a few days after ovulation. The egg has the greatest chance of being fertilised by the sperm at this time.