It is simple, yet difficult when we don't see results especially if you are hearing all horror stories of how difficult it is do get pregnant. In absolutely simple terms, it boils down to when to have an intercourse in order to get pregnant.

In order to get pregnant, you need to have an intercourse when you are most fertile. A woman's fertile period lasts 6 days: the 5 days leading up to, and the day of, ovulation -- the time of the month, about midway between menstrual cycles, when an egg is released from one of your ovaries.

There are a few ways to time sex to correspond with when you ovulate, One method is to have intercourse every other day between days 10 and 18 of your cycle (counting the first day of your period as day 1), since this is the time during which ovulation typically occurs.

You can also detect ovulation by watching for changes in your cervical mucus, the fluid normally released from your vagina. At the start of the menstrual cycle, this mucus is sparse, tacky, and dense, but around the time of ovulation it becomes increasingly plentiful and slippery, with qualities very similar to the white of a raw egg