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With so much misinformation about how, where, why and when, it’s always best to start with the basics. Once you are informed and familiar with your own body’s fertility indicators, you will feel more confident about managing to get pregnant.

And there is a lot of confusion out there! According to research carried out by Unipath (who produce Persona – the personal hormone-monitoring system), while 92 per cent of women accurately described ovulation, a third of them thought it occurred during a period! Out of six European countries covered in the research, the UK women surveyed had the worst knowledge of when their fertile days were: 21 per cent thought they were fertile for more than 21 days a month. And while 72 per cent of women knew that the fertile time was mid – cycle, one – third thought it possible to get pregnant at any time during their cycle.

It is essential to remember that every woman is different. Although the basic principles remain the same, what is true of your friend is unlikely to be true of you – from your cycle length to how your body indicates its fertility, to how you react physically and emotionally. This is why it is so useful to understand your own fertility.

Most women seldom think about their fertility, or menstrual cycles, but most women – when they do stop and think about it – are aware of cyclical changes to their skin, appetite, mood – all of which are indicators of their individual cycle.