Preconception,
Ovulation Prediction, and Fertility Guides
Keys to Fertility: Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle
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Understanding
Your Menstrual Cycle
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The
Dynamics of Conception and Fertility: What Happens During Ovulation?
. The
Luteal Phase
. Conception
and Pregnancy
. Creating
an Ovulation Calendar
. Fertility
Charting
. Ovulation
FAQ
. Mittelschmerz
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Implantation
Bleeding
.
Summary
of Natural Fertility Signs
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Spinnbarkeit
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Cord
Blood Banking and Cord Blood Stem Cells
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Ovarian
Reserve
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Reproductive
Hormones and Fertility
.
Cervical
Mucous and Fertility
.
Pre-Seed
EX Review
.
FertileCM
Review
.
Stages
and Phases of Ovulation
.
Common Questions
(and Key Tips) for O-Testing
.
Ovulation
Spotting
.
Complete
Guide to Signs of Ovulation: Primary and Secondary
.
Secondary
Fertility Signs: Buffing Out Your BBT Chart
.
Fertility
Philosophy
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Biological
Clock Ticking?
.
Conceiving
After Age 35
.
Timing
& Frequency of Intercourse
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What
Can My BBT Chart Tell Me?
.
What
is Ovulation? with Fertility Factoids...
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Short
Menstrual Cycles
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Progesterone
and Fertility
.
Progesterone
and Fertility
Learn about the role of the hormone progesterone in preventing miscarriage
and creating a healthy environment for implantation and the developing
embryo. Also, understand how natural
progesterone creams are used to support pregnancy.
Fertility Charting & Ovulation Prediction
Learn to predict
your most fertile days. Methods of ovulation prediction include
Basal Body Temperature Charting, Cervical Mucus Examination, Cervical
Position Examination, Ovulation Testing with Home Kits, and Calendrical
Fertility Charting.
| Basal
Body Temperature: The BBT method requires you to monitor
your temperature every morning. Thermal changes are due to the
increase of progesterone in your system. At the onset of ovulation,
your body temperature will rise between 0.4°F and 0.8°F.
The purpose of the temperature increase is to create a warmer,
more fertile environment for the fertilized egg. This temperature
increase will last from ovulation until your next period. |
| Observing
Cervical Position : During a woman's menstrual cycle, the
position and feel of the cervix undergoes several changes. By
observing these changes, you can predict when you will be most
fertile. |
| The
Cervical Mucus Method:
By examining changes in your cervical mucus - as well as the
increase and decrease of mucus present - you can predict your
fertility patterns and the general onset of ovulation. During
menstruation, the presence of cervical fluid will be decreased.
Prior to ovulation, cervical mucus will increase and become
clear and slippery - indicating fertility. |
| The
Calendar Method:
The calendar method allows you to chart your fertility and recognize
general patterns in fertile and infertile phases. The calendar
method involves keeping a written record and helps you predict
ovulation by understanding the history of your menstrual cycles.
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| Ovulation
Tests - or Ovulation
Predictor Kits - allow you to predict, with great accuracy,
your most fertile time of the month by detecting your LH Surge
- the hormone that facilitates ovulation. To learn about capturing
the surge, click here for advance tips: Capturing the Lh
Surge |
| TTC
Terminology: Definitions and keywords for conception, including
explanations of common TTC (Trying to Conceive) acronyms and
abbreviations. |
Taking
Charge of Your Fertility: The guidebook for couples who
are trying to conceive. Get a brief review of what's inside
this single-source, all in one support handbook. From fertility
charting to pregnancy health and everything in between. By Toni
Weschler.
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Creating
a Fertility Chart
.
Create
a Fertility Chart Once
you understand the methods of predicting ovulation, creating
a comprehensive fertility chart will help you maximize your
chances for pinpointing ovulation and conceiving a baby.
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TTC Checklist: Trying to Conceive Tips
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TTC
Checklist
The
TTC-Checklist is designed to improved fertility and increase your
chances of becoming pregnant - with a healthy baby, a healthy body,
a healthy mind and a healthy spirit. The TTC-checklist is based
on two principles: understanding your own body - its cycles and
fertility rhythms - and maximizing your fertility health.
. Ovulation
Calculator: Free online ovulation calendar. Just enter the dates
and see when might be fertile.
Fertility
Monitors
Fertility monitors,
devices that help you to pinpoint your optimal time for conceiving,
have become an increasingly common purchase for couples, though
they are more expensive than ovulation predictor kits. Although
there are a variety of brands of monitors on the market, the majority
can be grouped into two categories: Saliva-Based and Urine-Based
Fertility Monitors.
Ovulation
Monitors: Urine Fertility Monitors
Urine-based
fertility monitors work by detecting the levels of key hormones
present in urine which can indicate ovulation. Click here
to read about Fertility
Monitors. Click here to read a review of the ClearBlue
Fertility Monitor.
Ovulation
Monitors: Saliva Testing
When
a woman is on the verge of ovulating, her saliva begins to form
a distinct patterns that can be observed through a handheld microscope.
Click here
to read about Ovulation
Saliva Tests.
Complete
Testing Guide for Ovulation and Fertility
Learn about all the different fertility
tests - for women and men!
OPKs, Urine (LH) Ovulation Tests
Ovulation tests
- or ovulation predictor kits (OPKs) - are excellent tools for predicting
ovulation, a woman's most fertile time during her menstrual cycle.
Ovulation tests anticipate ovulation - not just confirm that
ovulation has taken place - making them invaluable for predicting
fertility.
Ovulation tests
work by detecting luteinizing hormone (LH) in a woman's urine. Just
preceding ovulation, women experience an "LH surge" -
a sudden, dramatic, and brief rise in the level of luteinizing hormone.
Ovulation tests detect the LH surge, allowing you to accurately
predict when you will ovulate. A positive result on an ovulation
test means that the woman will most likely become fertile over the
next three days - with peak fertility at 36 hours following the
LH surge...
To read more
about Ovulation
Predictor Kits or OPKs, click here.
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