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Alternative Medicine
From Traditional Chinese Medicine to massage, various types of alternative therapies might help your fertility journey move a little more smoothly.

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Rubbed the Right Way: Fertility Massage

For couples looking for an edge in dealing with fertility—or just a way to relax while “trying”—there are...

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The Road Less Traveled: Alternative Fertility Treatments

Can alternative medicine help you get pregnant?

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Asian Bodywork for Fertility

These three types of Asian bodywork techniques—chi nei tsang, shiatsu, and tui na—aim to bring the body into...

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Feng Shui For Fertility

Ever wonder if your home might be affecting your chances for conception?  An ancient Chinese art offers simple...

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Asian Fertility Wisdom: Cycling Chinese Style

Think you know everything about your menstrual cycle? Take a look from another perspective. A leading acupuncturist and...



Get Pregnant

Basal Body Temperature is Key to Determining Ovulation

Basal body temperature (BBT) is your morning body temperature before you get out of bed....

How to Decide You're Ready to Have a Baby

Five questions to ask yourself—and your partner—to be sure that you’ve picked the right time—and...

From Partners to Parents: How Couples Can Prepare for Pregnancy

Growing from a couple into a family is a big transition, and while it’s mostly...

Planning a Pre-Pregnancy Trip: 4 Steps to a Relaxing Vacation

Whether you’re off to the big city, an island resort, or the great outdoors, use...

Boost Your Fertility

9 Ways to Boost Your Fertility

Think fertility is a “you’ve-got-it-or-you-don’t” kind of thing? Think again. There are some simple...

It's Kitchen Time: Recipes from Cooking to Conceive

Conceive’s newest book aims to boost your fertility with healthy recipes that were developed based...

Vitamins to Take Before Getting Pregnant

Ordinary one-a-day type or women’s specialty? Prenatal or multi? Prescription or not? When you’re trying...

7 Exercises to Prepare Your Body For Pregnancy

Get a fit pre-pregnancy body that will benefit you throughout your nine months, childbirth, and...

Fertility Concerns

Your Thyroid Gland, Your Fertility

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck. You probably don’t even know it’s...

High FSH (also referred to as diminished ovarian reserve)

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AIDS

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Unexplained Infertility

For a significant number of infertile couples, even the experts don’t know why they can't...

Infertility

How to Be the Best Fertility Patient

You’ve got a lot invested in your quest to be a parent: time, money, and...

Fertility Treatment Options for Military Families

Between armed forces regulations and frequent travel, military families lead a different lifestyle than many...

Stress and IVF Success

There’s nothing more annoying to a woman trying to conceive than to be told to...

The 7 Most Common Fertility Drugs

By now you’ve probably heard of Clomid, the most commonly-used fertility drug in the...