Trying to Get Pregnant? Try These 10 Natural Ways to Boost Your Fertility

Maca is a root vegetable that grows high in the Andes mountains. As the world's highest growing food crop grown there naturally for thousand of years, Maca boosts sperm count in men, increases regularity in cycles for women, and increases libido for both sexes.

Water forms plump egg follicles and a rich blood supply to the womb lining. Additionally, if you're dehydrated, your cervical fluid (the principle that helps the sperm find the egg) will be torpid.

Both you and your partner should quit smoking for the sake of your overall health, but certainly if you're trying to conceive. Smoking makes you prone to ectopic pregnancies (when an embryo implants somewhere other than the uterus, such as in one of the fallopian tubes), lowers the number and quality of a man's sperm, and increases the chances of having a miscarriage.

Dr. Zaher Merhi, the director of research and development in IVF technologies at New Hope Fertility Centre, told POPSUGAR that "a lot of studies show vitamin D levels in the blood and vitamin D intake are positively associated with fertility in both men and women."

Every woman who is preparing for pregnancy should be taking a whole food prenatal multivitamin. There are many nutrients that are needed to support ovulation, hormonal balance, egg health, etc., and a deficiency can result in lack of ovulation.