Just How Accurate Is Your OPK or Ovulation Test?
Here is an overview of how ovulation tests work, what may impact their accuracy, and how OPKs can fit into your fertility journey.
Vaginal Progesterone Suppositories: What They Do and Who They’re for
Here’s everything you need to know about the role of progesterone in pregnancy, the purpose of vaginal progesterone suppositories, and best practices for using them in your fertility journey.
15 Ways to Increase Progesterone: Diet, Supplements & Lifestyle Tips
Progesterone, along with estrogen, is one of the two major female sex hormones. Because it plays an important role in pregnancy, menstruation, and overall health and well-being, you can run into problems when progesterone levels are too low.
Secondary Infertility: What It Means and How Joanne Verkuilen Dealt With It
For families who have one or more children but who are – for any multitude of reasons – struggling to have another child, secondary infertility is just as devastating and difficult as any infertility diagnosis. Secondary infertility is the inability to conceive a child naturally after successfully giving birth to one or more children without the help of assisted reproductive technology (ART) or other fertility treatments.
Endometriosis & PCOS: Can You Have Both and How to Deal with It
Roughly the same number of women have endometriosis as PCOS with 1 in 10 women having each condition respectively. While most women may be diagnosed with just one of the disorders, it’s possible to be diagnosed with both. Because both conditions affect fertility, studies suggest that having both can make it even more difficult to conceive.
New Year’s Resolutions: How to Prepare for Pregnancy
When it comes to preparing for pregnancy, there are many factors to consider. While this can be a fun and exciting season of life, it’s important to consider factors such as nutrition, your mental and physical health, ensuring you are up to date on research and are also prepared to experience potential bumps along the way while trying to conceive.
10 PCOS Fertility Diet Tips to Increase Your Chances of Pregnancy
While diet alone won’t get you pregnant, following these ten rules — inspired by the Fertility Diet — can help you conceive successfully, even if you have PCOS.
Bloating During Ovulation: What It Means and 7 Ways to Manage It
Is bloating a symptom of ovulation? Yes, many women experience bloating during ovulation — along with other symptoms such as breast tenderness and one-sided pelvic pain called mittelschmerz. There are several things you can do to ease some of these uncomfortable symptoms.
AMH Levels & Fertility: Understanding Tests & the Results
Struggling with your fertility is an all consuming journey and there is no shortage of tips, tricks, and tests to help you understand what’s going on with your body. One test you’re definitely going to want to pay attention to on your fertility journey is your anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) levels.
Progesterone & Periods: How Is It Connected?
Progesterone plays an important role in regulating your monthly cycle and preparing your body for conception. If you are using progesterone treatments, you will be wondering about the effects of this hormone on your cycle and when changes can be expected. This post will explore the role progesterone plays, what it does for your body, where it comes from, and the different ways it can affect your period.
“If you need proof of what is going on with your body, Mira can help you”
Mira helped April show her doctors what was happening with her body so that they could create a plan that helped reach her goals of conceiving. April is currently expecting her third child.
Endometriosis and Ovulation Pain: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
1 out of every 5 women experiences ovulation pain. Most of the time, ovulation pain isn’t something to worry about — but sometimes, ovulation pain can be a sign of an underlying medical condition. One medical condition that can cause ovulation pain is endometriosis. Endometriosis ovulation pain can spread to the leg or thigh and may be more severe than “ordinary” ovulation pain.
Estrogen in Women: What It Does & What Levels to Look for
Estrogen levels that are either too low or too high can result in unpleasant symptoms that can potentially become dangerous in the long-term. Read on to learn more about estrogen, including what it does for your body, what ideal estrogen levels look like, and how to tell if your estrogen levels are out of balance.
Hyperovulation & Multiple Ovulation: Can You Ovulate Twice In the Same Cycle?
For most women, ovulation works as expected: follicles in your ovaries mature, the dominant one releases a single egg, and if you’re TTC and lucky, it gets fertilized. However, as evidenced by fraternal multiples, it’s entirely possible to ovulate more than once via hyperovulation or multiple ovulations.
What is IVF and IUI – Understanding the Difference
If you are struggling with infertility, you and your treatment team will likely consider both in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) in order to help you conceive. But what is the difference between IVF and IUI — and which one is right for you?
Did I Ovulate or Not? Five Signs Ovulation is Over
We’ve talked a lot about ovulation on this blog — including signs of late ovulation and reasons you might not be ovulating at all. But since tracking your ovulation is one of the most important things you can do while you are trying to get pregnant, naturally, you may have more questions about your ovulation phase, like how to tell if you’ve ovulated at all.
How Hormones Affect Our Immune System
The sex hormones estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone are known to play a role in the way that our bodies respond to sex and fertility. However, these same hormones play a much bigger role in the way our bodies function.
Here’s How Your Cycle Affects Your Sex Drive
When we think about our cycles, we usually think about our period and maybe ovulation. Ovulation, as you may know, relates to our chances of becoming pregnant. Besides a few other symptoms, maybe you’ve noticed that you feel more frisky than other times during your cycle.
Symptoms of Low Estrogen And What You Can Do About It
As a woman, estrogen is one of your most important reproductive hormones. Low levels of estrogen can impact your mood, fertility and overall health and wellness. But how can you tell if your estrogen levels are low — and that this problem may be contributing to infertility?
Non-hormonal Birth Control After Withdrawal
Have you been on the pill or other hormonal birth control for a while and are considering stopping? Maybe you are looking to get pregnant or you are hoping to switch to a non-hormonal or natural birth control method? Knowing what to expect when you stop will set you up for a less stressful transition.
