Trying to get pregnant is often a time of great expectations and excitement, which is why it can quickly get very frustrating if conception doesn’t happen as soon as you would have liked or expected. So how long does it take to become pregnant? There is no simple answer to …

Ovulation is the release of a mature egg cell (an ovum in medical terminology), ready to be fertilized, from one of your ovaries. This happens once per menstrual cycle. If the egg cell isn’t fertilized by a sperm cell within 24 hours after ovulation, it dies, and your chances of …