As you navigate the rough waters of trying to conceive the appearance of a faint second line on a pregnancy test can take your breath away. If you have been trying to conceive for some time your first instinct is often to write it off as a fluke, throw the test away and try again later. You can fear to expect the best, only to …
Two months ago, after officially trying to conceive for about 6 months my doctor informed me that I was displaying some of the signs of low progesterone. He decided to run a test and sure enough, after a quick saliva test that I found out I had low progesterone levels – 4.8 ng/mL to be exact. At first I was in a state of panic. …
But who could blame them? Most people don’t fully understand how your hormones effect your body and very few know that using something as insignificant as progesterone cream twice a day could vastly improve your chances of conceiving, reduce your PMS symptoms and ease you through menopause. Progesterone is perhaps the most important of your fertility hormones. Low progesterone levels make it hard to …
Imagine you are trying to conceive. You’ve started eating a little healthier, tracking your cycle and timing sex for the most fertile time of the month. Everything seems to be going alright until you notice a light pink discharge staining your panties halfway through your cycle. Panic strikes! What does this mean? Does this mean that something is wrong with me? Will I be able …
You never imagined that this one innocent question come to dominate your life for a couple months did you? You even find so many ways to ask same question: When is the best time to have sex to conceive? When is my fertile window? How many days after my period do I ovulate? How do I know when I’m ovulating? How long does ovulation last …
Who knew that a few drops of blood could cause such panic? I certainly didn’t, until it happened to me. When I noticed those red splotches on my panties, a wave of panic raced through my veins. Midway through one of my cycles when my partner and I were trying to conceive, I noticed a few blood spots on my underwear. Alarm bells sounded. It …
