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Getting Ready

Trying To Conceive

Am I Pregnant?
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Age + Fertility

Fertility Issues

Pregnancy: Does Age Really Matter?

Some people believe that waiting until after age 35 to become pregnant may increase a woman's risk of complications. Is this true?

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Fertility Signs

Getting Pregnant

Babymaking Basics: Everything You Need to Know About Your Fertility Cycle

Fertility awareness may be a term that you are unfamiliar with. It simply means learning to read your body's special fertility signals.

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Basal Body Temperature Readings

Pregnancy Health

Basal Body Temperature (BBT) Information

What is basal body temperature? Basal body temperature (BBT) is the temperature of your body at rest.

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Cervical Mucus + Fertility

QA article

Brown Cervical Mucus: Could I Be Ovulating?

I'm assuming that you are not pregnant, but rather checking cervical mucus for fertility purposes.Brownish discharge is almost always old blood. When ... Read More

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Getting Ready to Try

Nutrition Tips

Eating for Fertility Food Plan

Food and love have been bedfellows for centuries. But can what you eat affect your ability to conceive?

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What to Avoid if You're Trying to Get Pregnant

smoking

Trying to Conceive: Can Smoking Affect Female Fertility?

A substantial body of literature suggests that smoking reduces a couples chances of successful pregnancy, not to mention the adverse health effects on... Read More