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How to boost your fertility
By Made For Mums on 15/06/2006 10:07:00
Planning a family? Here's what you need to know before you start...
If you’re trying to conceive, there are simple ways you can both boost your fertility to better your chance of having a baby.Here, Practical Parenting's nutritionist, Victoria Greaves, looks at:*What to do six months, four months and two months
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You’re 2 weeks pregnant
By Laura Lee Davies on 22/04/2009 11:04:57
Wahey! This is the point of actual conception – when your egg is fertilised by a sperm.
have already started to take folic acid, but once you are trying to conceive this should be a daily habit because folic acid has been found to benefit even the earliest foetal development. Make sure you’re taking a pre-pregnancy or pregnancy
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Trying Again After Miscarriage
By Laura Lee Davies on 24/04/2009 11:58:46
Reacting to miscarriage is a personal process, but if you want to try again for a baby, what should you consider and how long should you wait?
start trying again. In any given month, a couple with no potential fertility problems and who are having regular sex, only have a 30 per cent chance of getting pregnant. Your miscarriage will not have affected how long it takes for you to conceive
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Fertility tests – how well do they work?
By Daniella Delaney on 24/04/2009 11:04:24
Home fertility tests claim to tell you how easily you may be able to conceive. But how accurate are they and should you try one?
a confirmation reading should the first stick indicate that your FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) levels are raised, and you should try it a week after your first, if needed.Results are pretty much instantaneous, but I got a bit confused over how
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Smoking in pregnancy
By Laura Lee Davies on 22/04/2009 14:08:13
If you haven’t given up smoking already, pregnancy is a really important time in your life to ditch the cigarettes
Whilst having been a smoker in your past isn’t going to affect an unborn baby now, there’s evidence that smoking even when trying to conceive can have a harmful health effect and hamper your chances of conception. Even if you couldn’t manage to give
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Conception and your sexual health
By Susan Lee on 24/04/2009 10:32:37
What in your gynaecological history might affect your chances of getting pregnant?
-related worry for women trying to conceive or newly pregnant.Ovarian cystsOvarian cysts are very common, usually benign and nothing to worry about. In many cases women aren't even aware that they have a cyst and they may disappear and reappear with no impact
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Can when we have sex affect our child's gender?
By Laura Lee Davies on 24/04/2009 15:25:15
Having sex during your most fertile period is crucial but can the timing also determine if the sperm contains the X or Y chromosome?
absolutely scientific about this race to the egg is pretty tough!An egg will only live for 24 hours after it has been released during your cycle, unless it is fertilised, so although regular sex is recommended throughout the month when you are trying
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Folic acid in pregnancy
By on 23/04/2009 11:43:04
If you take just one supplement, make it a daily dose of folic acid in early pregnancy, key to good foetal development
Doctors recommend that if you're thinking about having a baby you should start taking a folic acid (vitamin B9) supplement of 400mcg per day – preferably for three months before you try to conceive. If you’ve become pregnant unexpectedly then you
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Quadruplets born after IVF
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 09/07/2009 10:56:14
Couple travelled to Turkey for controversial fertility treatment
complications occur.Do you think couples trying to conceive should be able to undergo fertility treatment abroad that wouldn’t be allowed in Britain? Let us know…
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“I hated being fat,” reveals Louise Redknapp
By Kyrsty Hazell on 16/09/2009 15:48:22
The thought of being pregnant again fills ex-pop star Louise with dread
on herself to lose the weight so she could pose for pictures – in her underwear! As the face of Triumph underwear, Louise set herself a goal to lose half a stone and succeeded.It took Louise four years to conceive her first baby, Charley, after battling
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