Posts from — October 2008

The second herb I’d like to discuss in this series on herbs for fertility is Black Cohosh. It is a native shrub of North America and can grow up to 8 feet tall. The shrub is easily recognised by its tall stalks of fluffy white flowers. Black Cohosh has estrogenic properties and it has been used in the past by Native Americans to help alleviate menopausal symptoms. [Read more →]

There are many herbs for getting pregnant and therefore today’s post is the start of a series of posts about the herbs you can use to help with your goal of getting pregnant fast. There is one herb that is famous for helping female reproduction and it is well deserving of its hero status. [Read more →]

If you are seriously considering IVF then you have probably realised already that trying to find out success rates of centres is quite difficult not to mention the individual success rates of the IVF doctors within those centres. You would be wise to choose your IVF doctor carefully, here’s why. [Read more →]

Is there such a thing as lunar cycle fertility? Well some say absolutely yes, although you’re not likely to have a detailed conversation about this with your fertility specialist. Back in the 1950’s Dr Eugene Jonas, a Czech psychiatrist, said that there was indeed evidence of lunar cycle fertility. [Read more →]

To suffer a miscarriage is one of the most difficult things to endure. No matter how many weeks pregnant, a miscarriage can devastate a couple. What are the causes of miscarriage, the ‘why’, is often the first question couples ask when a miscarriage takes place. [Read more →]

Due to the high number of questions I’m receiving I’ve started to consider seriously creating a forum where my visitors can chat, share their stories with each other and hopefully share some great tips too. Why on earth does the world need yet another trying to conceive forum?

Well I guess the answer is simple. Every forum is unique and I don’t know of one that has been created by someone who struggled with secondary infertility and managed to get pregnant at the age of 39 no thanks to the doctors! So in the forum I would pop in from time to time and answer questions and hopefully share some information and opinions that help you. How does that sound? [Read more →]

It can be both a relief and confusion when you’re placed in the ‘unexplained infertility’ category. When there is nothing to fix it can leave you feeling helpless and the feeling that there’s nothing more to do other than ‘keep trying’. [Read more →]

The first miracle birth that occurred as a result of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) took place some three decades ago, back in July 1978. Since then the world has welcomed in excess of three million babies born as a result of IVF and other types of assisted reproductive discoveries. [Read more →]

Do You Need An Ovulation Calculator? Yes And No - Here’s Why

Otherwise known as ovulation calendars, this is a tool that provides a great way to build a detailed history of your menstrual cycle and its key components. The ultimate goal of these calculators is to narrow down when it is you’re likely to ovulate, to then enable you to optimally time your conception attempts.

Narrowing down your time of ovulation is one thing, timing your conception attempts in relation to that information is another. There are only a few critical days each month that offer the maximum chance of getting pregnant, why guess when you’ll ovulate? Like I’ve already mentioned, these calculators are great for gathering information about your menstrual cycle but I don’t recommend them as a way of determining when you should attempt to conceive. Here’s why: [Read more →]