A New Kind of Prenatal Vitamin

No matter your age, doctors recommend a good multivitamin to ensure that you are taking in all the nutrients you need to be healthy....

10 Ways to Budget Before Baby

Photo Credit: Hinge Photography Y ou have gone off of birth control and you are enjoying the practice that goes into making a baby. However, you...

Now What? Coming Off Birth Control

Whether you think that now is the perfect time to start trying to conceive for a new family member, or you simply want to...

The Importance of Prenatal Vitamins: TTC through Breastfeeding Baby

Whether beginning to plan for baby #1 or deciding to add to your growing family, the importance of prenatal vitamins for mama and growing...

10 Facts About the Egg Donation Process You Didn’t Know

Are you considering donating your eggs? Or are you looking for an egg donor in the next step of your fertility journey? Then you’ll...

Best Books To Read Before Trying To Conceive

So you think you're ready to have a baby. At least, you and your partner agree that you're ready to begin trying to conceive....

Are You Ready For Baby #2?

It's starting to dawn on you that your baby isn't so much of a baby anymore and friends with children around their age are...

500,000 Less? Declining Birth Rate In The United States

The average birth rate in the United States is expected to decline for 2021. As Coronavirus continues to spread across much of the United...

5 TTC Apps that you need to check out

In a country where a majority of adults have smart phones and everyone who has one is ADDICTED, we all want to know which...

Fairhaven Fertility: Your TTC Resource

Photo Credit: Hinge Photography M y husband and I have been in the process of trying to conceive for 6 months and while I was charting...

Affordable Fertility Treatments are Finally Here

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage. Or so the saying goes. But sometimes life just isn't that simple....

When is Ovulation: Modern Fertility Tools for Tracking

Most women keep track of their periods and it is pretty noticeable when “aunt flo” arrives.  However, knowing when is ovulation will occur may...

Best Prenatal Vitamins: Tips for Considering Your Genetics in Prenatal Nutrition...

Bringing new life into the world is a profound and transformative experience, one that is filled with excitement, anticipation, and, of course, no shortage...

What To Expect At Your First Pregnancy Ultrasound

The waiting game to find out if you are pregnant can be a long two weeks.   The two weeks between ovulation and a...

Gestational Carriers: Your Baby, Her Body

When a couple is infertile they must choose from a variety of options on how to achieve their dream of having a child.There are...

Chart Topping Hits (AKA: Charting Your Cycle)

The land of trying to conceive is a tricky one. Some people are able to conceive the month they start having unprotected sex. Other...

15 THINGS TO NEVER SAY OR ASK A PREGNANT WOMAN

Being pregnant can stir-up a wide range of emotions. Oftentimes during pregnancy, those who are expecting are exposed to ignorant comments and questions that...

Lubricants and Conception

Should you toss the lube while trying to conceive? It may be a lingering question for many couples on the road to creating life. While some...

Everything You Need To Know About Being A Live Egg Donor

Many couples that are looking to expand their families are choosing to go with a live egg donation instead using a frozen ovum. In many cases,...

Can you choose your baby’s gender?

  Are you the mom of three boys and you are just dying to get that baby girl you've always dreamed of? Or, maybe you...

Talking Points for your Pre-Pregnancy Exam

If you and your partner have decided there is no time like the present to try to conceive a baby, the first step should...

BOOKS TO PREPARE AND GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE FOR LABOR

Birthing a baby, though obviously quite normal, seems to be complicated in today’s culture. From the moment you announce your pregnancy, people will have...

I tried Prenatal DNA Nutrition test by Genate and here is...

Before I was even pregnant with my first child 13 years ago, I was researching as much as I could about prenatal environments and...

COPING AFTER A MISCARRIAGE

Why did this happen? These are usually the first thoughts of a woman being given the news about one of the most horrible situations...

Symptoms of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and 3 Ways To Treat

If you are a woman who is struggling to get pregnant you may have heard of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). If not, you have...

Infertility Awareness Week

A s we enter Infertility Awareness Week, it is important to remember that not every woman experiences the same struggles with infertility. You likely know...

Conception on a Budget

The sad realization that you love peeing on test strips while trying to conceive can also go hand-in-hand with spending a pretty penny on...

Important Things To Consider Before TTC

You feel your biological clock ticking. Scratch that. It's all you hear, every second of every minute of every day. This ticking might have...

BOPPY BLOOM: NEW SKINCARE FOR EXPECTING AND NURSING MOMS

If you’re a nursing or soon-to-be mom, the changes your body has made throughout your pregnancy are surely making your skin suffer. Stretch marks,...

7 Things to Look for During Your Ultrasound

An ultrasound is sometimes called a sonogram because it is a piece of machinery that develops images using sound waves. In essence, the machine...

Is an IUD Right for You?: The IUD Pros and Cons...

An IUD (Intrauterine Device) is a long-term, reversible form of birth control. It is a small T-shaped device that is inserted into your uterus...

Should You Freeze Your Eggs?

Egg freezing is rapidly growing in popularity thanks to advances in technology and a greater awareness of the procedure. For many women, egg freezing...

What Ovulation Pain Means

Ovulation pain, also known as mittelschmerz pain, is pelvic and lower abdominal pain that some women may experience during the time they are ovulating....

10 Tips for Maximizing Your Fertility

  Growing up, sex education classes lead us to believe that we will get pregnant the first time we have unprotected sex. While this certainly can...

How to Know When You’ve Ovulated

After years of trying to not get pregnant, women who are starting down the path to trying to conceive (aka TTC) might be surprised...

Servicewomen & Miscarriage Causes: Toxic Exposure in the Military Can Affect...

Miscarriage causes are wide and varied, but servicewomen who have been exposed to toxins during their military service may have other causes to monitor....