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• NOT According to Plan
  Why Irregularity Happens and What You Can Do to Help
• Contraceptives to Conceive
  A Contradictory Success Story
• Fertility Temping Tips
  8 Ways to Get the Most Accurate Basal Body Temperature
• Should You Use an Ovulation Predictor Kit?
  Pros and Cons of the OPK
• All About Ovulation
  The Inside Story to Help You Conceive
• Hope for a Baby
  Short Stories About Trying to Conceive
• Celebrating Womanhood
  Ideas for Mothers and Guardians
• The Fertility Waiting Game
  5 Tips to Occupy Your Time
• Tips to Safeguard Your Fertility
  6 Simple Steps for Preventing Fertility Problems
• Quick Conception
  Top Tips When You're Trying to Conceive

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• The Power of Fertility Prediction
  How Ovulation Tests Can Help You Conceive
• Trying to Conceive with Diagnosis of PCOS
  Short Stories About Trying to Conceive
• How Diet Affects PCOS
  Your Fertility May Benefit from Low-carb Eating
• 99.9 Percent Wrong
  Short Stories About Pregnancy
• Worried About Conceiving?
  Simple Changes Can Increase Your Chances of Conception
• Conceptions to Remember
  Baby-making Memories to Last a Lifetime
• Become an Ovulation Detective
  10 Ways to Know You're Fertile
• Low-tech Ways to Choose Your Baby's Gender
  Using the Shettles Method or Whelan Method to Conceive a Boy or Girl
• High Tech Babies: Artificial Insemination
  Can Artificial Insemination Help You Conceive?
• Natural Family Planning
  A Natural Method of Birth Control and Fertility Awareness
• Baby Steps
  A 5-point Plan to Help You Conceive
• If You’re Ever In Crestline, California...
  
• Basal Body Temperature
  Should You "Temp" for Fertility Signs?
• Ovulation Calculator
  What Day Do You Ovulate?
• Old-fashioned Baby Names
  Will Baby Names of Days Gone by Come Back into Style?
• Making Sense of PCOS
  Answers to Common Questions About Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Fertility Drugs
  What You Should Know About Medications That Could Help You Conceive
• When Life Is a Pain
  The Facts on Endometriosis
• The Skinny on Weight While Trying to Conceive
  Conception for the Underweight
• Clomid Quick Facts
  Everything You Need to Know
• When Am I Due?
  Calculating Baby's Arrival Date
• Pregnant Pause
  Understand Fertility Facts
• Safety First
  At Home and on the Road
• Uterine Factors
  How Abnormalities of the Uterus Contribute to Infertility
• Preconception Top 10
  Tips for a Healthy Conception
• It's About Time to Conceive!
  Know the Best Time to Get Pregnant
• Dealing with Dysmenorrhea
  Can Painful Periods Impact Your Fertility?
• Taking it Easy (When Trying to Conceive)
  
• Ultrasounds
  An Image Worth a Thousand Words
• The Right Timing with Conception Part Two
  Learn to Track Your Body's Fertile Signs to Help You Conceive
• The Price of Parenthood
  4 Steps to Financing Fertility
• Bedtime for Toddlers
  10 Steps to Sleep Without Tears
• Domestic Adoption
  Building a Family
• Baby Sleep Concerns
  Help Baby Get a Good Night's Sleep
• Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights
  Why Your Baby Is Crying and What You Can Do About It
• Fertility Frozen in Time
  Preserve and Prolong Fertility
• At-home Pregnancy Tests
  Answers to Your Questions
• Flossing for Fertility
  Pay Attention to Oral Health When You're Trying to Conceive
• Braxton-Hicks Contractions
  The Facts on Braxton-Hicks and False Labor
• Unasked and Unanswered Questions About Infertility
  Straight Answers to Uncomfortable Questions
• PCOS
  A Woman's Guide to Dealing with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Fertility Crushers
  Are Common Mistakes Keeping You from Conceiving?
• My Daughter Is in China
  Adopting After Infertility
• Breast Changes
  A Lifetime of Changes from Pregnancy to Menopause
• Grieving, but Still Hopeful
  Short Stories About Pregnancy
• A 25-Hour Day?
  Children and Circadian Rhythms
• Melasma
  When Pregnancy Increases Skin Pigmentation
• Secondary Infertility
  Could Secondary Infertility Happen to You?
• The Right Timing with Conception
  Learn to Track Your Body's Fertile Signs to Help You Conceive
• Life after Miscarriage
  Preparing for a Healthy Pregnancy After Miscarriage
• Understanding Braxton Hicks Contractions
  How Contractions Help You Rehearse for Labor
• Motherhood After 35
  Not Older, Better!
• Circulation and Dizziness During Pregnancy
  The Causes and Concerns of Dizzy Spells During Pregnancy
• Caffeine Calculator
  Do you know how much caffeine you consume a day?
• Beating Bedwetting
  Stories of Special Needs Children with Enuresis
• Is Your Blood Healthy?
  Low-iron Anemia and Pregnancy
• Shall We Baby Dance?
  All About Sex When You're Trying to Conceive
• Uncontrollable ZZZZZs
  Narcolepsy in Children
• Easter Egg-stravaganza!
  The Art of Dying Easter Eggs
• Which Birth Control Method?
  Changing Your Birth Control After Pregnancy
• Night Terrors
  When Kids Go Bump in the Night
• A Visit to the Urologist for Bedwetting
  What to Expect During Your Urologist Checkup
• How's Your Sex Life?
  Great Sex Matters When You're Trying to Conceive
• English Country Comfort
  The Style of Cotswold Cottage
• Eating Disorders in the Spotlight
  An Interview With Eve Eliot
• Debi Mazar
  Sleepless in Hollywood
• Beyond Hot Tubs and Boxers
  Genetic Links to Male Infertility
• Bikini Babies
  Preteens and Summer Body Image
• Myths and Truths of Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
  Trying Again Answers Grieving Parents' Questions About Loss
• The End of the Road
  Letting Go of Biological Parenthood
• Dads and Delivery
  A Labor Support Cheat Sheet for Fathers
• Overcoming Infertility
  A Compassionate Resource for Getting Pregnant
• Vitamin E
  From Maternity to Menopause
• Make the Connection
  Menstruation and the Teen Athlete
• Dysphagia and Babies
  A Hard Problem to Swallow for Some Infants
• From Mood Swings to Baby Swings
  Clinical Depression and Conception
• Babies Later in Life
  Pregnancy at 35 and Older
• Too Thin to Conceive
  How Anorexia and Bulimia Impact Fertility
• Brooke Shields: Opening Up
  Glossary and Infertility Information You Can Use
• Assisted Sex Selection Part Two
  Proven Ways to Choose Your Baby's Gender
• Am I Expecting Twins?
  Early Signs That Twins May Be on the Way
• Placenta Previa (Low Lying Placenta)
  Dealing with a Low-lying Placenta
• Assisted Sex Selection
  Proven Ways to Choose Your Baby's Gender
• Helping Hands
  Groups That Navigate the Infertility Roller Coaster
• Cereal in the Baby Bottle
  Are There Benefits to Adding Cereal to Baby's Bottle?
• Spousal Support
  The Guys' Guide to In Vitro Fertiliation
• Pregnant and Still Breastfeeding
  Becoming Pregnant While Still Nursing
• "The Mommies"
  An Interview with Caryl and Marilyn
• Gender Prediction Kits
  The Pros and Cons of Gender Prediction Kits
• It's War!
  Helping Your Preteen Survive Friendship Fights
• Not-So-Silent Night
  Children and Snoring
• Dreams During Pregnancy
  Pregnancy and Dream Interpretation
• How to Start a Fertility Journal
  Keeping a Fertility Journal Could Help You Conceive
• The Facts on Miscarriage
  Causes, Signs, Symptoms and Trying to Conceive Again After Miscarriage
• Pregnancy Testing Too Early
  Premature Home Pregnancy Testing
• Pregnancy Sympathy-Building Exercises for the Dad-to-be
  Putting Yourself in Her Pregnant Shoes
• Beginning Bottlefeeding
  The Basics of Preparing, Sterilizing, Feeding and Burping Baby
• Conception Tools of the Trade
  3 Things Hopeful Moms Can't Live Without
• Fetal Development With Twins
  From Womb to Delivery Room with Twins
• Asleep at the Baby Bottle
  When Baby Sleeps Instead of Eats
• Walking a Thin Line
  Recognizing and Preventing Eating Disorders
• No More Periods
  Premature Ovarian Failure
• The Next Step
  When Is it Time to See an Infertility Specialist?
• Focus on Ritalin
  Understanding the Method Behind the Medicine
• Turn Back the Biological Clock
  12 Nutrition Rules for Increased Fertility
• Priced Out of Family
  Facing the High Cost of Infertility Treatments
• Infertility FAQ
  Common Questions Answered
• Fetal Movement and Kick Counts
  Keeping a Check on Baby Before Delivery
• Triathlon Time
  Is Your Child Ready for a Triathlon?
• Hemochromatosis and Babies
  Raising Awareness of This Genetic Disorder
• What's Next?
  Making Crucial Fertility Decisions
• What Is Nourishment?
  An Excerpt from If the Buddha Came to Dinner
• Dollars & Sense of Infertility Treatment
  How to Pay for Medical Care When You're Trying to Conceive
• Is Your Teen Sleep Deprived?
  Getting Serious About Sleep
• Eye Fitness
  Natural Techniques to Improve Your Child's Vision
• Pregnancy Medical Red Flags
  Preventing and Recognizing Emergencies During Pregnancy
• Could It Be Twins?
  Signs, Facts and Stats that May Point to Twins
• The First Weeks Home with Baby
  Tips from Newborn Care to Caring for the New Mom
• To Pick and Choose
  Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
• Difficult Decisions
  Adoption After Infertility
• Herbs for Infertility
  Do You Know Your Options?
• Standing Tall Against Alcohol
  What You Need to Know to Keep Your Preteen Safe
• Cindy Margolis
  Battling Infertility, Redefining Success
• What Mothers and Daughters Should Know About Birth Control
  
• Start Small, Save Big
  10 Things You Can Do Today to Save Money
• Teens at the Table
  The American Medical Association Weighs in on Nutrition and Young People
• The Art of ART
  All About Assisted Reproductive Technology
• The Painful Truth About Endometriosis
  Living with This Condition
• A Big Adjustment
  Life with Your Newborn
• Pregnant with Twins or More
  The Facts on Twin Pregnancies
• The HPV Vaccine
  A Shot Against Cervical Cancer
• Eating Disorders and Pregnancy
  Helping the Anorexic or Bulimic Mom-to-be
• TESE and MESA
  Hope for Men Battling Infertility
• The Right Way to Get Pregnant
  
• Embryo Development
  A Month by Month Look at How Baby Grows
• Male Factor Infertility
  Infertility From His Perspective
• Beyond the Pediatrician
  Doctors Babies and Toddlers May Also Need to See
• Going the Full Nine Months
  How to be a Model Dad-to-be from the First "Inning"
• The Dirty Truths About Pregnancy
  You Never Warned Me About This!
• Infertility Sniglets
  Hilarious, Made-up Terminology

• I get my period every 27-32 days. Is that considered irregular?
• My BBT rarely goes above 98; It's usually in the low 97s and goes into the 96s. How does this impact my fertility?
• I'm having irregular cycles and I don't have any cervical mucus. Will Clomid help?
• Does it matter how many times you have intercourse when you are trying to conceive?
• I was on the pill for over six years. What do I need to do to get my cycle back to normal?
• I have ovarian cysts. Will they dissolve on their own? Is there any danger in trying to conceive right now? Does having ovarian cysts decrease the chances of becoming pregnant?
• I have heard about this pill that prevents a period from happening all year long. Is that safe? Will it mess up my chances of conceiving a child when I am ready to?
• How long should I wait to conceive after going off the pill?
• How can I stop taking oral contraceptives to conceive when I take them to control irregular bleeding?
• My basal body temperature hasn't risen in two months. What does that mean?

more expert q&a

• How can I tell a good breast pump from a bad breast pump?
• Can Dostinex produce incorrect results when using ovulation predictor tests?
• I have heard a lot about Chaste Berry (Vitex) helping with menstruation and fertility -- that it is real similar to Clomid. Is it safe and effective?
• How does prolonged use of oral contraceptives affect fertility?
• Is it possible to be ovulating so early in my cycle since I have a short cycle to begin with?
• I had eating disorders in college. Could they have affected my present fertility?
• What causes a hypothalamic disturbance and what are the symptoms?
• Why do you have to try to get pregnant for a year before seeking help from a specialist?
• What is the likelihood that I have a serious fertility problem?
• How will I be able to tell when I am ovulating?
• Will oral contraceptives affect the results?
• Can I get pregnant when I'm having a period?
• I am 35 years old. My husband seems to think that I am too old to be considering pregnancy again. Am I?
• When is the best time in my cycle to conceive?
• I cannot have a cycle without taking Medroxyprogesterone. Am I ovulating if I don't have a cycle? What can I do to get pregnant?
• Would the flu delay ovulation?
• What could be causing contractions so early on?
• My cycle only lasted 2 1/2 days and is lighter than normal. Is that going to interfere with us trying to conceive? Also, will it increase our chances if he ejaculates a couple days before my fertile time?
• What is implantation spotting? How much blood is there in this spotting? For how long would implantation spotting go on?
• I've heard that exercising on a regular basis can make you develop a cold or become sick. Is this true?
• How many hours of sleep should my 20-month-old twin daughters be getting at night?
• Is it possible to be pregnant and still get your period? If so, how common is it and how long would it last?
• How much do newborns sleep?
• My fertility doctors have said that I may be perimenopausal. Is there any hope of my getting pregnant on my own at all?
• Can a gynecologist tell whether you're ovulating from performing an ultrasound scan only? How reliable is this?
• Do you think my past stillbirth is keeping me from conceiving?
• I find it strange that my 15-year-old daughter's bust would be so much smaller than mine. What is up here?
• Do you think my stillbirth has anything to do with the fact that I'm having trouble conceiving?
• Is it possible that I developed PCOD from depo provera?
• It's been 11 years since my last healthy pregnancy. Why we are having so many difficulties?
• Did my period come 7-10 days early? Could I possibly be pregnant, or did my body have an early period this month to compensate for a late one last?
• I have a teenager who is still wetting the bed. How should I approach her about this and what can I do?
• Will I need a higher dose of Clomid next time? Also, could I ovulate 2 eggs after stopping Clomid?
• My husband and I have a 10-month-old who I have been breastfeeding. We are trying to have another baby. Is there anything that can be given to restart my menstrual cycles?
• How can I talk openly to my daughter about menstruation without transferring my own feelings of shame?
• My husband and I have a 10-month-old whom I have been breastfeeding. We are trying to have another baby. Is there anything that can be given to restart my menstrual cycles?
• When can I do the ovulation test?
• How is the death of a family pet best explained to a 3-year-old?
• What is premature labor?
• My 5-month-old son wakes up every half-hour after 4 a.m. How do I get him out of this routine?
• How does hypothyroidism affect fertility?
• My periods are shorter now that I've gotten off the pill. Is this any reflection of my fertility?
• Can I "pump and dump" while on Clomid and then resume breastfeeding my daughter?
• Could I get pregnant and still have a period?
• Could being a vegetarian damage my reproductive system?
• After nine years of using no birth control and having more tests done than anyone can imagine, why are we still not parents?
• Is there a way to guarantee that I will be 2-months pregnant by December?
• My baby is gassy and spits up often. How can I help him?