Category: Getting Pregnant

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Fertility

Understand Your Fertility Tests

When trying to get pregnant and maintain an healthy pregnancy, there are key things to know about your reproductive system and your partners’. But it

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Birth Control Pills, Patches & Devices

Withdrawal Method as Birth Control

The withdrawal method as a means of birth control requires removing the penis from the vagina prior to ejaculation. The goal of the withdrawal method

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Fertility

Fertility Window Calculator

How to Determine Your Fertility Window Before we talk about how to calculate your fertility window, it might be helpful to briefly review the stages

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Fertility

Male Fertility Testing

When a couple has not been able to conceive over the course of at least one year, both partners need to proceed with a comprehensive

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Pregnancy Loss

Chemical Pregnancy

What is a chemical pregnancy? A chemical pregnancy is an early miscarriage that usually happens before the pregnancy reaches five weeks and before most women

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Pregnancy Loss

What is a Rainbow Baby?

Rainbow baby is a healthy baby born after losing a baby due to miscarriage, infant loss, stillbirth, or neonatal death. Rainbow babies are considered ‘miracle’

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Getting Pregnant

What is HCG?

HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) is often called the pregnancy hormone because it is made by cells formed in the placenta, which nourishes the egg after