Let’s Talk Babies

I receive a lot of questions from readers of my Early Signs of Pregnancy and What to Do if You Think You Are Pregnant articles wondering what their chances of getting pregnant are.  Most of the questions come from women and girls who do not want to be pregnant yet still had unprotected sex.
My answer [Read the rest]

Before you start trying to get pregnant you want to do everything you can to make sure you are ready emotionally, physically, and financially for this life changing experience. Being ready physically means being healthy.  Being healthy is important to help support a growing fetus but also to help you conceive in the first place.  [Read the rest]

Today on MSNBC.com there were two very interesting and informative articles regarding infertility, fertility treatments, the pressure to get pregnant, and how different people deal with it.  The articles were written by two women currently going through fertility treatments.  Their perspectives are very different, although at this point the outcomes of their treatments are the [Read the rest]

Your window of opportunity to get pregnant in any given month is fairly small. A fertile woman has a 20 percent chance of conceiving during a cycle. Luckily, 85 percent of healthy, fertile couples will conceive within 1 year of trying.
Conception can only occur during a small window during your cycle. [Read the rest]

Some people will go to any lengths!!
I recently came across a story about a new technique being used in Japan to notify a woman that she is fertile.
According to the article there is a cell phone available in Japan that is designed to ring or send a text message to let a woman trying [Read the rest]