preconception

Follow these expert tips and you may be painting your nursery pink.

We illustrated each move, so you know exactly how to do it. You’re welcome.

Waiting to have a baby, but want to know how much time you have left before you should start trying to conceive? Learn about the AMH test.

Whether you’re just thinking about having a baby or have already started trying, it’s important to keep in mind that many factors affect the odds of your getting pregnant and becoming a parent. Some of these fertility factors are easy to control, others may require the help of a doctor or health-care professional. Read on […]

When you’re ready to start trying, the word “test” quickly works its way into your daily vocabulary. If you’re not taking pregnancy tests, you’re taking ovulation tests—and your emotions are tested to the max. Ovulation indicates your fertile time of the month; these are the days when you should be trying to conceive.

Have you been following my IVF story? If so, you’ll know that at this point in my trying-to-conceive adventure, almost two weeks had passed since my egg collection. 

Eggs and Embryos. If you’ve been following my IVF story, you’ll know I’m now at the point in trying to conceive, I’ve started the stimming medication, which is what we hoped would prompt my embryos to produce plenty of follicles, yielding a decent number of eggs to be fertilised into viable embryos.  

IVF begins! This part of my preconception story begins with me still in a state of shock at being told we could start so soon.

As you will recall if you’ve been following my preconception story, I was prescribed Clomid, to try for six months, in the hope it would result in pregnancy.