Birth Control
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Birth Control
Birth control: Hormone-based contraception
After birth, you can get pregnant even before your period returns! It's smart to plan ahead, and to research some methods of birth... -
Birth Control
Birth control : Vasectomy facts
If this is to be your last pregnancy, you and your partner may be considering forms of permanent birth control. Learn about... -
Birth Control
Birth control: Natural family planning
After birth, you can get pregnant even before your period returns! It's smart to plan ahead, and to research some methods of birth... -
Birth Control
Pregnancy rates for birth control methods
The following table provides estimates of the percent of women likely to become pregnant while using a particular contraceptive... -
Male fertility
The male factor: The low down on fertility sperm testing
About 30 to 40% of all infertility cases have a male factor as the main cause and 40-50% as a contributing cause. Bearing these... -
Birth Control
Chewable birth control pill approved
The US Food and Drug Administration in November 2003 approved Ovcon 35, an oral, spearmint-flavored contraceptive tablet that can be... -
TTC
The right time: When sperm and egg meet
You are so ready to have a baby that it makes you crazy -- but getting pregnant should be easy, right? Actually, getting that sperm...Max 5 stars88My Rating -
Infertility treatments
The ART of infertility
Three different procedures account for most of today's infertility treatments that use assisted reproductive technology (ART).... -
Infertility treatments
What is Clomid, and how does it work?
If you're facing infertility, you have probably heard about a number of different medications that are commonly used to help couples...Max 5 stars60My Rating -
Male fertility
Air dried sperm could allow home storage
A novel method of preserving sperm through air drying is showing initial promise and has the potential to revolutionize sperm... -
TTC
Testing, testing! The wait to take a pregnancy test
For many women, that first "Oh my gosh! I'm having a baby!" moment comes when they, as one mom put it so eloquently, pee on a stick... -
TTC
Preparing to be parents: Are you ready?
You have been preparing to be parents for what seems like forever. Think you'll be ready when the day comes? You may be surprised.... -
Infertility
The infertile couple
Infertility is commonly defined as the inability to conceive a child or carry a pregnancy to full term. It is one of the most severe... -
TTC
The stress of "trying"
It never fails: When you have a nice night out with your spouse, you end up fighting on the way home. Here is one woman's account of... -
TTC
Getting pregnant could be as easy as 1, 2!
U.S. and Italian fertility experts have discovered a simple way of determining on which days in a woman's menstrual cycle she is... -
TTC
TTC ABCs: Preconception acronyms
If you're TTC, you'll probably be looking for a CB while you're on the 2WW... and here's hoping that you don't get a BFN and AF... -
TTC
Preconception planning: Look before you [bleep]
Every woman should do the following to get her baby off to a healthy start even before she becomes pregnant. So says Robert... -
Male fertility
A twist in the tail � How sperm wriggle
In a discovery with far-reaching potential for advances in infertility treatment, scientists at the University of Leeds in England... -
Infertility
When to see a specialist
Making a baby can take a little more time than we might expect, so when do we know when it's time to seek help from a specialist?...
