When your body ovulates, you're at your most fertile point. If
you're trying to become pregnant, knowing when ovulation occurs
can be crucial to conception. The cervix usually changes when
you ovulate. If you become familiar with your body and its
responses to ovulation, you can predict the optimal time for
intercourse. At your most fertile time, your cervix becomes
softer and higher. You should be able to feel the opening of the
cervix. At other points of your cycle, the cervix never fully
closes, but it's not as open during other times as it is during
ovulation. Since your cervical fluid will be more slippery at
this time, your cervix should also be wet. Checking the cervix
along with monitoring cervical fluid and charting your basal
temperature can be good indicators of ovulation and help you
succeed in conceiving.