Yoselin This post answers the question of how long should you wait to pee after sex when trying to conceive.
Through hearsay, we learn about many ways we can get pregnant.
I remember being told once that if you wanted to have a baby boy, the man should drink a Redbull before sex because that will make the male sperm swim faster. To this day, I keep scratching my head when I think about this “10/10 it works!’-method.
Needless to say, it’s hard to identify which methods are true and which ones have no significance when trying to get pregnant.
In this post, I will answer your question of how long you should wait to pee after sex when trying to conceive AND what other ways you can successfully get pregnant.
How Long Should You Wait to Pee After Sex When Trying to Conceive
The answer to this question is a resounding no, you should not wait to pee after sex when trying to conceive.
This myth has been around for as long as we can trace it back on. But this is, after all, still a myth.
When having unprotected sex, it is recommended to pee afterwards to decrease your chances of getting a urinary track infection (UTI).
So regardless of whether you are trying to conceive or not, you should always pee after having sex.
What Should I Do Instead to Up My Chances of Getting Pregnant After Unprotected Sex?
I personally loved ready the book Taking Charge of Tour Fertility. This book is great, even for beginners, to learn how to track their ovulation.
The beauty of tracking your ovulation is that you can use it to get pregnant OR to prevent pregnancy (if done right).
A funny anecdote of mine was that I got pregnant while tracking my ovulation. I was using it to prevent pregnancy, but I took risk knowing my ovulation was near. That resulted in me getting pregnant. The next day I kept hoping my ovulation tracker was wrong and that there was no way I could have gotten pregnant.
Fast forward 3 weeks, and there it was, a positive pregnancy test.
All this to say that tracking your ovulation works wonders to get pregnant.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility is goes in depth on what other ways we can tell when we are ovulating. I highly recommend reading this book to get more in touch with your fertility and successfully get pregnant.
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Per the book, it is said that if you want to get pregnant you should have unprotected sex on your peak ovulation day, which is tracked by your temperature and cervical mucus.
You can learn to track your ovulation by reading this article by the What to Expect on how to track your ovulation to get pregnant, and if you want more information on your fertility as a whole, as mentioned above, consider reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility as well.
How Long Should You Wait to Pee After Sex When Trying to Conceive
I understand the reason it is recommended to not pee after sex when trying to conceive.
But our bodies are not designed in a way where we are able to expel sperm, if we could do so by peeing after sex, then we could prevent so many unplanned pregnancies.
So instead of risking the chance of getting a UTI by not peeing after sex, you should track your ovulation as explained above to know exactly when you are ovulating and therefore most fertile.
I recommend reading next How to Make a Fertility Tea to Get Pregnant. This tea is made of herbs that aid in the production of cervical mucus, which is essential for the sperm to travel to the egg. Furthermore, these herbs also help balance your hormones which is essential to the development of a healthy egg and fetus.
Okay, enough about that, head on over to this post on the Fertility Tea Recipe to help prepare your body for pregnancy!
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