When you are trying to conceive (TTC) there are often many bumps in the road.  To maximize your chances, your partner may be taking Viagra to make sure he is able to bring his “A Game” to the bedroom. 

Sounds like a rhyming game, doesn’t it?

Instead, they are actually two different treatment options that couples have available to them if they are struggling to get pregnant.

GIFT  (Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer)   

Do you have three boys and are dreaming of adding a little girl to the family?  Or, do you have 3 girls and long to add a little boy to the brood?

I know that this is going to be THE year for all of us!!!  The one thing I like about the New Year is that is gives you a sense of closure with the past and gives you the opportunity to refocus for the near future.  When you’re trying to get pregnant, it is the time of rallying the troops and hitting it all head on.  So that is what I am going to do.

Have you ever wished there was just a magical herb or powder you could add to your soup to help with fertility?

If you have been taking the fertility drug Letrozole as part of your TTC (Trying to Conceive) action plan, you may want to talk with your doctor after hearing about a radical drug recall in India.

When we are ready for a baby, women tend to immediately start researching all of the things they can do to increase their chances of becoming pregnant.  By the time the first baby making opportunity rolls around, they have already learned about their cycle, when they most likely ovulate and all of the resources that are out there in case it doesn’t happen as quickly as

Hmmmm.....  I have always read that men should hold onto their sperm during the days before ovulation.  The recommendation was to have sex every 2-3 days so that there are plenty of sperm in reserve.

There is a new study that now refutes this common practice.

Have you ever wondered about the effects of your over the counter medicines on fertility?  If you are actively TTC (trying to conceive), here are a couple of medicines to try and avoid.

1.  Laxatives

It is an exciting but strange feeling the moment you toss out your birth control pills and jump on the baby making train.  You spend your youth trying NOT to get pregnant and then in a blink of an eye all that diligence is thrown out the window.  Then you start to wonder….