Study: If you want to get pregnant, lie back

A new study found that 27% of women who were advised to lie still for 15 minutes after insemination became pregnant and had a successful birth—compared to just 18% of those who were told to get up and move around immediately after the procedure…

Common sense would suggest that lying still after sex when trying to conceive might allow gravity to help the sperm reach the egg—but there has been only one small prior study suggesting that lying still after IUI does actually aid conception. Although there’s no data about whether this helps when trying to conceive the old-fashioned way– and none about whether what the woman thinks about matters– this suggests that 15 minutes spent lounging afterwards couldn’t hurt.