What is the best sex positions to get pregnant?

Dr Marilyn Glenville spoke to Express.co.uk about pregnancy and how women can strengthen their chances of starting a family without help from science. 

The number of people struggling with fertility issues has increased tenfold over the past two decades, and the figures show at least 25 percent of couples planning a baby will have trouble conceiving. 

Is there anything women can do to naturally increase their chances of getting pregnant? Well actually, the position you have sex in could be vital. 

Dr Marilyn said: "According to some experts the positions both you and your partner assume during and right after making love can significantly affect the passage of sperm into your vagina to your fallopian tube.

"The man-on-top position has the best chance of getting a woman pregnant, but there are no studies to prove this."

She added: "The rationale is that this position allows for deep penetration so the man’s sperm can be ejaculated as close to the cervix as possible. 

"This gives the sperm cells a flying start on their long journey, as the closer they are to the ripe egg waiting in the fallopian tube several centimetres further up in a woman’s body, the more likely they are to reach it."

Dr Marilyn, who's running a Fertility Retreat at Champneys in Tring this November, elaborated: "Logically, any position that goes against gravity, such as woman on top or having sex sitting or standing up, discourages the sperm’s journey upward and is thought to deter conception. 

"If a man enters a woman from behind, especially if she is kneeling in front of him so she is at an angle with her bottom higher than her head, it is said to encourage conception.

"Making love in the spoons position (both partners facing the same way with the man penetrating the woman from behind) is not thought to be such an effective baby-making position because the penetration angle is not so deep. 

"The chances might be maximised if the woman leans the upper half of her body a little away from her partner, pushing her bottom against him."

Dr Marilyn is the UK’s leading nutritionist, specialising in women’s health, and has penned a book called Getting Pregnant Faster.

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