When sperm meets egg—voilà!—conception happens. But, even though it takes two to conceive, it’s easy for women to shoulder all the responsibility of getting pregnant. Realistically, you and your egg are half the equation, and dad and his sperm are the equally important other half. Global estimates suggest that male factor infertility is about as [...]
In 2018, 31 year-old Lena Dunham (writer and creator of the show Girls) revealed that she had a hysterectomy to end her painful struggle with endometriosis. Dunham’s decision—which also makes her infertile—was highly controversial. She explained that while saddened to give up her fertility, she was confident in her decision because the unbearable chronic pain [...]
Getting pregnant is all about having sex during the fertile window. For the most part, if you know roughly when you ovulate, and you have sex in the days before that, it's hard to mess things up. But if you spend any time doing research about getting pregnant on the internet, you'll see that there [...]
Vitex has been used for more than 2,500 years to treat a variety of gynecologic conditions, and it remains popular today as an herbal remedy for a wide variety of menstrual issues. In medieval Europe, it was popular among celibate clergymen for its purported ability to reduce libido [1.Czygan FC, Mayer JG. Vitex agnus-castus L, der [...]
Lots of women who are trying to get pregnant wonder if there are any implantation symptoms they should be looking for. If you are really attuned to your body during the two week wait, is it possible to pick up on early signs of pregnancy—like twinges, cramps, or spotting—that might be related to a nascent [...]
If you're having trouble conceiving, one of the hormones your doctor may want to test is progesterone. The conventional wisdom is that your progesterone levels should be at their highest on day 21 of your cycle. It turns out that this conventional wisdom is sometimes wrong. Testing hormone levels on day 21 of your cycle only [...]
The luteal phase is the second half of your cycle, beginning after ovulation and ending when you get your next period. It's something most women don't pay much attention to unless they're having trouble getting pregnant (a short luteal phase is associated with difficulty conceiving and early pregnancy loss/chemical pregnancy). But the luteal phase is an [...]
When you first started thinking about having a baby, the phrase "LH surge" probably didn't cross your mind. But if you've been trying to get pregnant for a few months, you start paying a lot closer attention to the vagaries of your hormone patterns each month. And luteinizing hormone, or LH, as it's commonly referred to, is [...]
What's hypothalamic amenorrhea? Here's what it looks like: You’re the picture of health, a dedicated morning runner or an every-day-after-work Cross Fit enthusiast. You follow the vicissitudes of nutritional consensus on gluten the way some people follow basketball or the primaries. You look great in a tank top—healthy, strong, and slender. But there’s one problem, [...]
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