When you’re struggling with infertility, it can feel like everyone around you is getting pregnant and starting their family, but you’re not alone. About 6.1 million women struggle to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term in the United States. While it can be comforting to know that you aren’t the only one going through it, […]
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Did you know that tracking your fertile days can increase your chances of getting pregnant? Or even help you figure out which days to avoid having intercourse so that you don’t get pregnant? Whether you’ve just started your journey of trying to conceive, have been try for a while without success, or aren’t quite ready to start […]
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Throughout your journey in family planning, you might come across the term “basal body temperature,” or BBT, and wondered what do these terms mean? When it comes to fertility, does basal body temperature and the BBT method actually work? We’re going to break down the terms and science so you can decide whether the basal […]
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Infertility is the inability to achieve pregnancy following 12 months of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse.
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When you’re trying to conceive, or TTC, you may find yourself reading up on the latest fertility blogs and forums.
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Once you’ve decided you’re ready for a child, nothing can be more frustrating than the months going by and failing to receive a positive pregnancy test. After you’ve tried the internet remedies, your mother’s suggestions, and spent a little time crying in the bathroom, you’re probably at your wit’s end. But what if the problem […]
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One of the top three causes of infertility, endometriosis is also the least diagnosed and treated. A condition that affects younger women at an average age of 27, endometriosis is a condition where tissue that normally lines the uterus grows somewhere else in the body. While it can cause extreme pelvic pain during menstruation or […]
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Having trouble getting pregnant? There are options! Infertility can be heartbreaking, but it isn’t a sentence to a childless life. There are numerous causes and treatments to explore to discover how best to proceed with creating a family; but first it’s important to know what, exactly, infertility is. Different Meanings of Infertility An inability to […]
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Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive a child despite trying for 1 year. The condition affects about 5.3 million Americans, or 9% of the reproductive age population. To become pregnant, a couple must have intercourse during the woman’s fertile time of the month, which is right before and during ovulation. Because it is […]
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Endometriosis is a common disease that affects millions of women. The disease occurs only in women who are having menstrual periods. In other words, it does not affect children prior to puberty and rarely affects postmenopausal women. Endometriosis can present itself in many different ways, but most common is pain in the pelvic region particularly […]
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In a normal menstrual cycle there is regular hormone production and thickening of the lining of the uterus. This cycle prepares the endometrium (uterine lining) for implantation of a developing embryo. If no implantation occurs, the lining sheds, resulting in a menstrual period. There are two phases in the menstrual cycle: the follicular phase and […]
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