If you are trying to get pregnant and don’t have regular menstrual cycles, you may want to make use of an ovulation test kit to determine your most fertile days. Ovulation test kits measure the amount of luteinizing hormone (LH) in the urine and detect the “LH Surge” that is the trigger for ovulation. There […]
Ovulation spotting is the presence of a pink discharge or frank bleeding that occurs during ovulation. Some women are lucky and have regular cycles that are exactly 28 days in length with ovulation occurring on the 14th day of the cycle. If you aren’t that lucky and have long cycles or irregular cycles, you may […]
Most people believe that vitamin C is perfectly safe for you and that nothing will happen to you if you take vitamin C on a regular basis. The truth is, however, that vitamin C has the potential to affect your fertility and, in some parts of the world, vitamin C is used not only to […]
It can be extremely hard to tell the difference between having an early miscarriage and having a menstrual period that has come later than normal. A normal menstrual period in most women is about 28 days in length; however, it can be shorter than that or longer than that in some women. Both the early […]
If you have had 2-3 miscarriages in a row, the medical name for this is “recurrent miscarriage”. If you have recurrent miscarriage, your family practitioner or midwife might refer you to see an obstetrician/gynecologist in order to find out why you are having more than one miscarriage. While it can be disheartening, it should be […]
Did you know that there are foods you can eat (and foods you should avoid) in order to have the best chances of conceiving a child? Research seems to indicate that if you eat a specific type of diet, you will have an improvement in your fertility and can help avoid miscarriages should you become […]
If you are trying to become pregnant and are having difficulty, there are things you can do that may be able to increase your chances of conceiving a pregnancy. Two things you can do that are both cheap and natural, include checking your cervical mucus and keeping track of your basal body temperature. When trying […]
You don’t have to see the doctor to do a few basic tests to measure your fertility. There are several fertility tests you can take at home any time you feel as though you aren’t conceiving a child as quickly as you anticipated. While these tests don’t replace a thorough evaluation by a fertility specialist, […]
Polycystic ovarian syndrome is also referred to as PCOS. It is a reproductive condition in women that strongly affects fertility, insulin production, the menstrual cycle, miscarriage rate, and the hormones inside the woman’s body. Women with PCOS have too many male hormones in the body and will have cysts on their ovaries and menstrual cycles […]
Miscarriages are extremely common and occur in as many as 15 percent of confirmed pregnancies. This doesn’t include the pregnancies that end in miscarriage before woman knows she is pregnant. In such cases, the miscarriage rate can be as high as 40 percent. Most of the time, miscarriages happen due to things that are out […]