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TTC with PCOS FAQ

For women with PCOS, TTC (trying to conceive) can be a mysterious thing. Just how does one go about successfully achieving pregnancy when she’s got polycystic ovarian syndrome? Is it even possible? If you’re looking for answers to these questions and more, this FAQ may shed some light on the subject. What is PCOS? In [...]

TTC Success Stories

A common acronym used in forums and blogs written about getting pregnant is TTC, which is short for “trying to conceive”. It’s always heartbreaking to see yet another single line in your home pregnancy test, but remember that you are not alone in your journey. Many couples with fertility problems have given birth to healthy [...]

Ovulation After Miscarriage: When Can I Conceive Again?

Ovulation after miscarriage can be a pretty tricky thing to figure out, especially with all the drastic changes that occur when the tragedy happens. Couples who try to conceive after a lost pregnancy often find themselves wondering just when they can start trying again. Here are a few tips on how to find out whether [...]

How Long Have You Been Trying To Conceive?

“Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you.” —Maureen Hawkins * We would like to know more about you. Only poll data will be tallied. Any personal information will remain private and confidential. Blessings of baby dust, Diana, and all your sisters on the Pregnancy Success Program Team How [...]

Foods To Reverse Infertility

“The doctor of the future will give no medicines, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the causes of disease.” -Thomas Edison Can eating make you pregnant? Well, the joking aside, the fact is, studies from various medical traditions and cultures have proven that proper diet [...]

How To Reverse Your Biological Clock

Is it possible for a woman to reverse her biological clock, and “renew” her eggs? Promising new research suggests that it is very possible. For many years it has been accepted as common knowledge among the medical community that a woman is born with all the eggs she will have in her lifetime. We have [...]

After IUI: Pregnancy Test FAQ

One of the many things that women wonder about when they’re trying for an IUI pregnancy is how and when to use a home pregnancy test. Chances are likely that since you aren’t going “all the way” with IVF, you don’t have to go back to your doctor’s office unless you get a positive pregnancy [...]

IUI: Symptoms of Early Pregnancy

If you’ve just gone through intrauterine insemination (IUI) and are waiting to find out whether or not it worked, you’re probably excited, scared, and nervous all at the same time. This is totally normal, and it’s also totally normal for you to spend time wondering whether or not every little thing could be a symptom [...]

Baby Conceiving Ancient Chinese Gender Predictor

Is it possible to predict the gender of your baby? Conceiving at the right month and at the right age will allow you to determine if your baby will be a boy or a girl, according to an ancient Chinese calendar. Origins of the Chinese infant conception gender calendar According to legend, Chinese could plan [...]

Conceiving Chances: 101 Tips To Increase Your Odds

Although some couples take a more relaxed approach to baby-making and leave their conceiving chances in Mother Nature’s hands, this is not always the best way to get pregnant – especially if you have fertility problems to contend with.  Conceiving involves much more than just having frequent sex; your physical health, the foods you eat, [...]

The Menstrual Cycle: Get Pregnant Tracking Ovulation

One of the main reasons that many couples fail to get pregnant within the first few months of trying has nothing to do with fertility or infertility and everything to do with timing. Because eggs and sperm only have a short life and because a woman’s body only releases eggs once a month – and [...]

IUI Stories of Success

Sometimes, all you need to keep going on your journey towards pregnancy are some stories of success from other couples. If you’re thinking of trying IUI in order to conceive, these IUI stories from other couples can help you find the courage you need to press on. Jeanine’s Long Haul When she and her husband [...]

Endometriosis and Infertility

Endometriosis and infertility afflict 30 to 50 percent of American women today. Many of these women are considered subfertile or infertile, particularly when there is scarring in the tissue growth (endometrium). Technically infertility is a symptom, not a cause of endometriosis. A woman’s body sheds endometrium tissue during menstruation. This tissue lines and normally grows [...]

Exploring Infertility Insurance, Infertility Financing and Shared Risk Programs

Undergoing infertility treatments, while it may seem like your only option if you and your spouse are struggling to have your own baby, can be very expensive. While many alternative treatments and less invasive and technical ART treatments are more affordable, many treatments, such as the ever-popular in-vitro fertilization (IVF), can cost couples $10,000 or [...]

What are Infertility Symptoms?

If you and your partner are trying to get pregnant, you can easily become frustrated after just a couple of months of periods that aren’t missed or pregnancy tests that come back negative. Don’t despair, though, because you aren’t technically considered infertile until you’ve been trying – which means having frequent sexual intercourse at the [...]

Secret Tantric Conceiving Positions for Pregnancy

Tantric sex from the Hindu tantra (to manifest, to expand, and to weave) involves sexual techniques and conceiving positions that can make getting pregnant easier and help banish infertility. Through tantric sex, the Hindus attempt to heighten self-awareness which leads to enlightenment, and thus the ability to reach one’s full sexual potential. Who can benefit [...]

Seeking Support from Infertility Groups

If you and your partner are currently struggling with infertility, it’s important that you know you’re not alone. At this point, you may be thinking that you don’t want to subject yourself to the questions, comments, and stories of other infertile couples, but there is real evidence that infertility groups can help you not only [...]

Fertility Kits for Men and Women

Home fertility kits now make it easy and convenient for you to tell when you are ovulating. One example is the ovulation predictor kit (OPK) that detects the level of luteinizing hormone (LH) in your urine. LH generally rises a day or two before your ovulation period. Why use the OPK? The rise in LH [...]

Reasons for Infertility

Although it may look on the surface like most couples have no trouble getting pregnant, the fact is that thousands of couples each year struggle with infertility, which is defined as the inability to become pregnant after a year of having well-timed, regular, unprotected intercourse. A hundred years ago, the stigma of infertility was usually [...]

How to Keep ART Fertility Costs Low

If you and your partner have been struggling to get pregnant for more than a year, you are probably starting to think about options like in-vitro fertilization and other methods of assisted reproductive technology (ART). One thing you probably already know is that ART fertility costs can be quite high. Some insurance programs will pay [...]

The Infertility Solution? An Open Mind.

Did you know that one in six couples is considered infertile? This means that over a year of trying to get pregnant by unprotected, well-timed intercourse – or six months if the woman is over the age of thirty-five – the couple can’t get pregnant. If, then, you and your partner are struggling with infertility, [...]

Convincing Your Man to Get A Male Fertility Test

Convincing your man to get a male fertility test may prove more difficult than you think. Guys have their own sensitivities, including those that threaten or question their masculinity. Invade that area and you may very well be treading on dangerous ground. If you have done so already and have been met by the dragon, [...]

Easy Cure for Infertility – Yoga

Hindus believe that a spiritual body exists within our physical body. This spiritual body, they say, is powered by seven primary and constantly rotating wheels of life called chakras that affect one’s spiritual, physical, and mental well-being. In order to stay well, Hindus further believe that the body’s chakras must be free to receive and [...]

A Major Cause of Infertility – Stress

One of the most overlooked roadblocks to conceiving is psychological stress. Infertility is aggravated by lifestyle factors, but stress itself can interfere with the balanced release of hormones required for the production and release of a mature egg.  Male fertility is affected by stress as well. Although studies have not examined the effect of stress [...]

Overcoming PCOS and Infertility

Most women don’t know they have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) until they have problems trying to conceive.  The diagnosis might come as a shock, but identifying the cause of infertility can sometimes be empowering.  Now that you know what’s affecting your ability to conceive, you can take an active role in restoring your fertility.  Although [...]

Could These Be Signs of Infertility?

The medical definition of infertility is the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected regular intercourse.  Many couples don’t notice their fertility problems until they try, and fail, to get pregnant because most signs of infertility are difficult to detect.  However, it helps to watch out for some factors that could mean that infertility [...]

How To Increase Male Fertility

According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, one third of infertility cases are due to male factor infertility like ogliospermia (low sperm count) and azoospermia (no sperm present in semen). However, a high sperm count does not guarantee fertility, either. Men with normal sperm levels have had trouble trying to conceive due to genetic [...]

Acupuncture and Fertility

Over the last three centuries, Western medicine has become successful at “knowing the body” through empirical discoveries and technological breakthroughs.  But not all things have been entirely concluded through the prism of science and logic.  Western medicine still sometimes has trouble identifying all the causes for some conditions, as in the case of unexplained infertility.  [...]