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How a Woman’s Age Affects Her Fertility

The effects of a woman’s age on her fertility range from decreased blood flow to the ovaries to decreased egg production. Here’s what’s happening to your fertility levels as you get older…

“It can be frightening, this yearning for a child – it’s hard to fathom the desperate urgency.” – Wendy Wasserstein, first-time mother at age [...]

Marriage Tips for Couples Coping With Infertility

When you’re a couple coping with infertility, it can be challenging to maintain physical intimacy and keep your love life strong. These marriage tips will help you stay in love — and happily intimate.

“Everyone in your life will win when you start making yourself a priority,” writes Dr Read in Till Sex Do Us Part. “You’ll feel better [...]

The Cost of Infertility - 9 Ways to Save Money for Fertility Treatments

Paying for fertility costs a lot of money – read How Much Do Infertility Treatments Cost? for details. These nine ways to save money for fertility treatments are from Ethan Ewing, a financial expert at Bills.com. The one thing worse than not being able to get pregnant on your own is not having the money to pay for in [...]

5 Easy Ways to Improve Fertility

These five easy ways to improve your fertility are from Niels Lauersen, MD, and Colette Bouchez, the folks over at the fertility website GettingPregnantNow. 

“If you’re having trouble getting pregnant but not yet ready for fertility treatments,” say Lauersen and Bouchez, “there are things you can try on your own to encourage a faster conception!”

Niels Lauersen, MD and Colette [...]

6 Tips for Coping With Infertility Stress

These six tips for coping with infertility stress are from Danna Demetre’s book for healthy living, Change Your Habits, Change Your Life.

Demetre’s tips are intended to increase energy and vitality – which is exactly what we need when we’re coping with the stress of infertility! The more energy we have, the less likely we’ll be [...]

How Endometriosis Affects Female Fertility

Here’s the good news – and the bad news – about how endometriosis affects female fertility rates.

The definition of infertility:

“Approximately 80% to 85% of couples who are trying to become pregnant will successfully conceive within a year,” write John Gordon, MD and Michael DiMattina, MD in 100 Questions & Answers About Infertility. “Thus infertility is defined [...]

Dr Phil’s Response to Being Childfree

Dr Phil responds to a letter in Oprah Magazine from a woman who is childfree. She never got pregnant not because of infertility, but by choice, and her friend insulted her for not having kids. I’m sharing her letter and Dr Phil’s response here, because he gave great advice about coping with other people’s responses to not [...]