Image credit: kangshooters at FreeDigitalPhotos.net When you are trying to get pregnant, you become impatient to see a positive test result. But how to cut anxiety and survive the 2-week waiting time? Wou can shorten waiting time before taking a pregnancy test by: 1) searching for information, 2) searching for emotional support, and 3) doing a [...]
The longer a couple tries unsuccessfully to conceive a baby, the more pressure and anxiety typically infiltrate into their sex life. Some will manage better to keep these feelings under control, but after a certain time almost all couples are asking themselves questions such as: Why are we not getting pregnant? How often should we have sex? What are the best [...]
How far are you ready to go to become a genetic parent? (photo courtesy: David Castillo Dominici/Freedigitalphotos.net Many women know little about their own reproductive systems and are often surprised when infertility issues arise. Often there is time to fix those issues, but even more often, a woman over 35 might find herself running a race [...]
No matter which issue related to getting pregnant is discussed: how long should a couple keep trying before visiting a specialist, how to track ovulation, or which foods help to get pregnant - it was only about a dozen of times or less that I've been approached by men to talk about infertility (and almost all belonged to the extended [...]
One pleasant way to cut tension while trying to get pregnant is the fertility massage. To apply fertility massage, you can hire a practitioner. Or you can simply watch one of the many good YouTube videos (like one above!) on how to perform a fertility massage. In my opinion, women have a good feeling of their [...]
Being pregnant once makes it easir to conceive again? Image credit: David Castillo Dominici at FreeDigitalPhotos.net A common misconception which most women have is that having conceived a child easily for the first time, means automatically that further pregnancies and children are secured. Unfortunately, this is clearly not the case. Having bared one child does give certain [...]
At which age should women have children? Image credit: paul at FreeDigitalPhotos.net At which age should women have children? When an average woman in her late 20es considers becoming a mother, what is a picture that TV and magazines help her arrive to? Sarah Jesssica Parker gets twins in her mid-forties, Heidi Klum models in [...]
