Being Stressed Can Lower Your Chances of Getting Pregnant  The stress you feel in your day to day life causes your body to produce a variety of different hormones, many of which are not helpful if you are trying to get pregnant. Adrenaline, one of the stress hormones, signals your body to be ready to run. This reaction is known as "fight, flight, or freeze" response. It is an evolutionary response that was extremely valuable and kept your prehistoric relatives safe and alive but not so valuable now.  The chance of you being chased down by a bear is very slim, but our body doesn't know the difference between the fight or flight response due to an actual bear or something...

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Whether this is your first baby or your third, you may have your heart set on having a baby boy.  Most of the time, you will have a 50 / 50 chance of that happening.   If you follow some of the suggestions below, you may be able to boost the possibility of having a boy beyond the 50% mark. How Your Baby's Gender is Determined The chromosomes determine the sex of your baby from his mother (her egg) and father (his sperm). The mother's genetic contribution is a 2 X chromosomes (XX). The father supplies an X chromosome and a Y chromosome. For you to have a baby boy,  the mother provides an X chromosome, and the father donates...

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Trying to conceive is, in a lot of ways, all about the little things. From timing the baby dance to counting days in between your periods, getting pregnant can be full of details. Taking the right vitamin or herbal supplements and eating fertility friendly foods are just some of the components to successfully becoming pregnant. On the other side of things, though, there are foods to avoid. These foods aren’t necessarily harmful or unhealthy, the just can delay you from getting pregnant or even keep you from getting pregnant altogether. Here are five of the most unfriendly foods for fertility: Peas. There is a natural chemical in peas known as m-xylohydroquinone that may keep you from getting pregnant. Research on...

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  If you are a woman then you have certainly heard of kegel exercises. Whether you do them or not is another story, but we have all read about them in women's magazines, on the Internet, and even heard our friends talk about them. However, are they important for conception? In general, Kegel exercises are used to strengthen a woman’s vaginal and pelvic floor muscles. It is important for these muscles to be strong during pregnancy because they will better be able to support the uterus. Kegel exercises probably won’t do much for conception, although they can be used during sex for added pleasure. They do a lot for pregnant women during their pregnancy and childbirth though. If you are...

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  It has been well documented that illegal drug use can have a negative impact on a person’s life and wellbeing. In fact, the health implications are drastically increased with each use. Side effects can vary between users but most illegal drug use has documented profound implications – from addiction, lung problems (like emphysema and COPD), destruction of brain cells, learning disabilities, and even death. Unfortunately, for many trying to conceive, using illegal drugs could also bring on the difficulty in both getting pregnant and carrying a baby to term.   Marijuana and Your Fertility Marijuana can cause issues with fertility in any stage; from trying to conceive to carrying a healthy baby to full term.  Repeated usage of marijuana...

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What Is Evening Primrose Oil (EPO)? Evening primrose oil has been used to help women with fertility, and with menstrual issues, for hundreds of years. This oil has been cold-pressed from the seeds of the Oenothera biennis (evening primrose) plant, which is, strangely, not a primrose at all, but gets its name from the fact that the flower looks similar to English Primrose. Its healing properties were first discovered in Medieval Europe when it was called the “King’s cure-all” because it helped fight many ailments and illnesses. Currently, it is still used to help with a variety of physical issues - everything from eczema to high blood pressure to fertility issues and pre-menstrual syndrome. It is even used as a...

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  There are tons of old wives tales out there that you have most likely dismissed as being just a tale, like how the day of conception can determine a baby’s gender. If you want particular sex for your baby, the day of conception can help you to determine what sex your baby will be.  What Determines Gender? Your male partner’s sperm determines the gender of your baby. Each of his sperm has either male or female traits, and the one that reaches the egg first decides which sex the baby will become. In other words, if a sperm with male chromosomes reaches the egg first, a baby boy will be conceived. If the sperm with female chromosomes reaches the...

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Article discusses what a chemical pregnancy is, common reasons they happen, and the difference between a chemical pregnancy and a miscarriage.

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Cervical Mucus: What is It? Cervical mucus plays an important role in your ability to get pregnant. Your cervix secretes the mucus at the entrance to your uterus. The hormones in your body direct the changes to your cervical mucus. As your menstrual cycle progresses, you will find that the color and consistency of your cervical mucus will change. When you aren’t particularly fertile, your cervical mucus (CM) will be cloudy in color and very sticky. As you get closer to ovulation, your body produces more estrogen. The estrogen causes your cervical mucus to become more slick and clear. It will have the consistency of raw egg whites and is called fertile cervical mucus. What is the Importance of Cervical...

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Timing is everything when you are trying to get pregnant. Article discusses the various methods of determining when you are ovulating.

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