Yes, within one year
If you are a woman, remember to:
- Avoid both being overweight and underweight
- Take folic acid supplements every day, at least one month before you get pregnant
- Avoid alcohol and drugs
- Avoid nicotine, both smoking and using snuff
- Review your medications together with a doctor
- Review potentially harmful substances you are exposed to
- Update your knowledge about conception and get to know your menstrual cycle
- When you wish to get pregnant, have sex every day or every other day during the period before ovulation
If you are a man, remember to:
- Avoid being overweight
- Avoid alcohol and drugs
- Avoid nicotine, both smoking and using snuff
- Review your medications together with a doctor
- Review potentially harmful substances you are exposed to
- Update your knowledge about conception and the menstrual cycle
- To increase the chances of pregnancy, have sex every day or every other day before a partner’s time for ovulation
If you are living in a same-sex relationship, contact your county council for information about what options are available where you live.
Contact your healthcare provider for an examination if you have tried to get pregnant but have been unsuccessful. Different county councils have different rules. In certain counties, you should have been trying to conceive for six months; in others, you should have been trying for up to one year. Contact your local healthcare provider earlier if you are over 35 or if you for various reasons know that you are unable to get pregnant on your own.