Female Fertility

How to Find Good Fertility and Pregnancy Information Online

How to Find Good Fertility and Pregnancy Information Online

How do you protect yourself from fertility and pregnancy myths? By knowing how to find good information online about fertility and pregnancy! There are so many fertility myths, fallacies, and outright lies on the internet. For instance… A reader recently asked me if eating a can of peas after intercourse increases your chances of pregnancy. [...]

Periods

How to Get Pregnant When You Have Irregular Periods

How to Get Pregnant When You Have Irregular Periods

Getting pregnant when you have irregular periods is a bit more challenging than if you had regular periods – but it’s still possible! These tips range from step one (start tracking your menstrual cycle) to step five (foods that help regulate periods). “Finding sources of balanced protein can be a challenge for busy women, but it [...]

Male Fertility

How to Solve Male Fertility Problems, Such as Low Sperm Count

How to Solve Male Fertility Problems, Such as Low Sperm Count

More readers ask how to solve male fertility problems – especially low sperm count – than any other question! So, here are a few tips for improving male fertility and making healthy sperm… Here’s one reader’s question: “My sperm count is very low,” says J. on Male Fertility Tests You Can Do at Home. “When [...]

Sperm Health

How Often Should We Have Sex If We’re Trying to Get Pregnant?

How Often Should We Have Sex If We’re Trying to Get Pregnant?

How often should you have sex if you’re trying to get pregnant? Though my fertility doctor recommended sex every second day when we were trying to get pregnant, new research says that daily sex is better for fertility. If you’re a couple hoping to conceive a child, you might have to get more romantic! “All that [...]

infertility treatments

What is Clomid and How Does It Help You Get Pregnant?

What is Clomid and How Does It Help You Get Pregnant?

What is clomid, how does it affect your chances of conceiving, and will clomid help you get pregnant? I found a great source of information for couples trying to conceive, called East Coast Fertility. Their fertility tips are too good to keep to myself! Here’s an excerpt from their fertility blog: “You don’t know where [...]

Wellness

Childlessness and Happiness – Why I’m OK With Being Childless

Childlessness and Happiness – Why I’m OK With Being Childless

Childlessness doesn’t have to mean unhappiness, even for women who desperately want kids. Here’s why I’m okay with being childless (it’s not “childfree” to me, because it’s not my choice). A reader recently said: “We recently found out that we can’t have kids and have decided against fertility treatments,” says T. on Accepting a Childfree [...]

New Articles

The Most Common Health Problems That Prevent Pregnancy

The Most Common Health Problems That Prevent Pregnancy

What’s stopping you from getting pregnant? These nine common health problems that prevent pregnancy are from The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant – the newest, most comprehensive guidebook for pregnancy. “Trying to get pregnant is very emotional and stressful because ultimately it’s out of our control,” writes Jean Twenge in The Impatient Woman’s Guide [...]

How to Cope When You Can’t Have a Baby

How to Cope When You Can’t Have a Baby

Not being able to conceive a baby is one of the saddest, most heartbreaking things for a woman. I don’t have any easy answers or solutions coping when you can’t have a baby – but here are a few tips from women who know how you feel. “My doctor told me I’ll never be able [...]

How to Help a Woman Cope With IVF Fertility Treatments

How to Help a Woman Cope With IVF Fertility Treatments

What can you do to help her go through in fertility treatments? These tips for helping women cope with in vitro fertilization (IVF) are inspired by a mom who wants to see her daughter get pregnant. Here’s what she says: “My 30 year old daughter had two IVF procedures,” says D. on Why Didn’t IVF [...]

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