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Ovulation Predictors – How to Plan the Best Time to Get Pregnant

Predicting the time you ovulate is the best way to plan a pregnancy, and ovulation predictor kits are the best way to figure out when your body is most fertile! Here’s a description of fertility charting and different types of ovulation predictor kits and tools…

Before the tips, a quip:

“There are three reasons for breast-feeding:  the [...]

3 Fertility Operations for Women Who Can’t Get Pregnant

These treatments for infertility are surgical procedures that can improve a woman’s chances of getting pregnant. Whether these options can help an individual woman to conceive a baby depends on the reasons for her inability to get pregnant. To determine the cause of infertility, women (and men!) must see their doctor and take a few [...]

Semen Analysis – The Basics of a Sperm Test for Male Infertility

If you haven’t been able to get pregnant after a year of trying, it may be due to male fertility problems. A semen analysis is a sperm test that can help you and your partner figure out why you’re not conceiving a baby as quickly as you’d like!

Before the tips, a quip:

“It is a well-documented [...]

Why Can’t I Get Pregnant? 20 Possible Causes of Infertility

If you’ve been trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant for a year, you may be wondering “Can I even get pregnant?” I can’t answer that, but I have gathered 20 possible causes of infertility – one of which may be stopping you from conceiving a baby.

First, an important thing to remember about whose “fault” it is [...]

Can’t Get Pregnant? 3 Complicated Fertility Tests of an Infertility Workup

If you can’t get pregnant and already have tried a few basic fertility tests or the easy part of an infertility workup, you might want to learn about the more complicated tests. This is part two of Having Trouble Conceiving? Basic Fertility Tests of an Infertility Workup.

“Workups are expensive, and unfortunately, medical insurance coverage can be [...]

Having Trouble Conceiving? Basic Fertility Tests of an Infertility Workup

If you’re having trouble conceiving a baby, it might be time to think about fertility tests or an infertility workup. Here’s a brief description of six basic types of fertility tests, given by a doctor or fertility specialist.

“An infertility workup tests all the links in the chain of events from ovulation to an established pregnancy [...]

Clomiphene Challenge Test – an Infertility Test for Women

My fertility doctor has asked me to do a clomiphene challenge test, which is an infertility test for women that assesses her ovarian “reserve” and ovarian functioning. Here are the basics of a clomiphene challenge test, which is a relatively simple test for infertility.

“There’s no point in wasting money on in vitro fertilization or intrauterine insemination if [...]