Ovulation and fertility

There is a time of the month when you can get pregnant more easily than other times.

This is called ovulation.

Ovulation usually happens 2 weeks before you get your period.

Fertility is a woman’s ability to get pregnant.

Women who are having trouble getting pregnant can try fertility treatments.

There are different fertility treatments, including:

• artificial insemination – when a male’s sperm is put into a woman’s uterus to make her pregnant
• In Vitro Fertilisation – when a sperm and egg are joined together outside
  the body and then put into the woman’s body to make her pregnant
• ovulation induction – when a woman takes medicine to help grow more eggs inside her body.

Learn more about fertility on the Your Fertility website.