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 [...]
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 [...]
Spotting before your period is one of the most common times that women notice bleeding outside of their normal menstrual cycle. There are many different reasons why you might experience spotting, but when it happens in the week before your period is due (during what is called the luteal phase) it is usually related to fluctuations [...]
If you notice light blood in the days before your period is due, you may wonder if it's implantation bleeding. This light spotting is considered an early sign of pregnancy. It occurs during the implantation window (6 – 12 days after ovulation), and is said to be caused by the egg burrowing into the uterine wall[1.http://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/what-is-implantation-bleeding/]. [...]
Oh, the dreaded confusion between a positive pregnancy test and an evap line. If you've ever tossed a negative pregnancy test in the trash, only to dig it out hours later and be shocked by that second line, you know what we're talking about. In most cases, it's not a true positive, but rather a very [...]
Is there anything you can do during the two-week wait to prevent implantation? In most cases, no. Embryos are resilient little things, and there isn't much you can do to prevent a good one from implanting. If you're looking back over the last cycle wondering why you didn't get pregnant, it probably had nothing to do [...]
Implantation—the process of the egg implanting in the uterine wall—is the part of the conception process that feels like the true beginning of pregnancy. Even though your gynecologist considers the first day of your pregnancy the first day of your last menstrual period, your pregnancy isn't really "real" until the embryo has implanted in the uterine [...]
If you're trying to get pregnant, you've probably experienced the agony of wondering when to take a pregnancy test. Especially when you're experiencing potential early signs of pregnancy like nausea, headaches, and fatigue, it can be hard to resist testing early. Do you really need to wait until the first day of your missed period, or can you [...]
If you're wondering about early signs of pregnancy, you should know that it's very difficult to distinguish between true pregnancy symptoms and simple premenstrual symptoms. While a missed period is the most well-known and obvious sign of pregnancy, it's hard to resist symptom spotting during the two week wait. This post will teach you how [...]