Naturally Getting Pregnant

How hard can it be to take a little break from the whole fertility topic?
Pretty damn hard if you have a post miscarriage check-up scheduled in which your gynecologist wants to discuss your fertility planning.
Originally I thought, I have to be there anyway so what’s a twenty minute fertility chat?
Oh, the ramifications.
I was on the [...]

“We need to talk tonight.”
“About what?”
“Reviewing our fertility plan.”
Silence. A sigh. “Yes, let’s do that.”
This is not how either my husband or I really wanted to spend our Monday night – settling into an oversized movie chair for Ron Howard’s new movie, Frost/Nixon, sounded way better. But we both know the effects of making and [...]

How can I get pregnant fast ?
I’ve asked myself this question so many times. And I know I’m not the only one.
Fast is relative, so let’s look at the two main options to facilitate conception (a.k.a. hurry up and get pregnant): natural treatments and conventional medicine.
Originally, I thought that conventional medicine would offer the fastest [...]

It has been a tough cycle. All 44 days of it.
Yes, my last cycle was 44 days long. Not good. And not something that makes one hoping to get pregnant smile.
In fact, a late period when you’re not pregnant, but hoping to be, is torture. Each day goes like this: Maybe I’m pregnant. Was that [...]