[mytest]

Through my doctor I came to know that I ovulated on 14th day after my period. But I didn't get pregnant. We confirmed that my husband sperm count and everything is fine. What else could be the reason for not getting pregnant? Can you also help me understand the role of below items on my chances of pregnancy.
1. Food intake (I am a vegetarian)
2. Coffee intake
3. Sleep disorder
4. Slight indigestion

[Fr_Chuck]

It can take a healthy couple sometimes over a year. How long have you been trying.

Also, how did you determine this, though your doctor? Did the doctor have you do ovulation tests for several months, were you checking basal temp for several months to properly tract ovulation?
How was this determined.

Food intake as for as no meat, will not be an issue as long as you have proper diet.

Coffee intake, two cups a day, or 20 cups a day?

Sleep disorder, what kind, what effect does it have on you ?

What is indigestion from? Do you know?

Normally these have little or no effect.

[DoulaLC]

Through my doctor I came to know that I ovulated on 14th day after my period. But I didn't get pregnant. We confirmed that my husband sperm count and everything is fine. What else could be the reason for not getting pregnant? Can you also help me understand the role of below items on my chances of pregnancy. 1. Food intake (I am a vegetarian) 2. Coffee intake 3. Sleep disorder 4. Slight indigestion

Hi mytest,

Timing is obviously an important factor in becoming pregnant, but as Fr_Chuck said, it is not necessarily unusual for some couples to find it takes quite a bit of time. Timing in only one factor.

It could be simply a matter of being several hours too late for ovulation. A particular cycle may find that the egg that was released will not support a pregnancy, or the sperm that happens to get to the egg first is not of a quality that can fertilize the egg. Sometimes going too long between ejaculations will result in poorer quality sperm. Most men will have millions of sperm released, but it needs to be high as a good portion will often not be sufficient in reaching or fertilizing an egg. A fluctuation in hormones in any given cycle may result in not becoming pregnant.

Everything has to fall into place in a particular cycle in order for pregnancy to happen. This is why there is roughly only a 25% chance of becoming pregnant in any given cycle. While some couples feel that they just breathed on each other and became pregnant, it is not always as easy to become pregnant as it may seem for many couples. Most will become pregnant within a year of trying however.

If your sleep disorder is related to hormones, that could be a factor in becoming pregnant. Has a cause been determined? Too much caffeine may be associated with fertility concerns. Go without or limit your intake. This goes for your husband as well.

[Alty]

I tracked ovulation for both the pregnancies I carried to term. With my son it took 7 months of trying, with my daughter it took 10 months, my last pregnancy, which I lost, wasn't planned, it was a night of drunken abandon, and boom, I was pregnant.

Everything has to line up exactly for pregnancy to occur. It really is a miracle. It doesn't always happen right away just because you're doing everything right. It can take time. If, after a year of trying, you're still not pregnant, even with tracking ovulation, etc. see a fertility specialist. But if this is the first month you've been trying, it's way too soon to assume that anything is wrong.