Conception 101

Fertility is gender ambivalent—yet so often it’s a burden that falls on the shoulders of cis-het women in couples, even when male fertility makes up half of the problem… and even when it comes to fitting baby-making sex around busy schedules. Lauren Berson, CEO and founder of the digital fertility...

You may have recently gotten the diagnosis of PCOS from your doctor or are exploring symptoms and trying to figure things out. You may be wondering, “What is PCOS anyways? Will it affect my chance to get pregnant?” Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) affects approximately 1 in 10 people with ovaries of reproductive age and is a leading cause of infertility.

Did you know that painful sex, also known as dyspareunia, can actually make it harder for you to get pregnant? If you are experiencing pain with intercourse, you’re not alone.

What does a positive ovulation test mean? If you get a positive on an ovulation test this indicates that your luteinizing hormone (LH) is having a surge. This hormone, made by your pituitary gland, is produced when the body is ready to release an egg from the ovaries.

Being newly pregnant brings so many emotions to the surface. Excitement, anticipation, and perhaps some anxiety. Whether growing your family was as easy as pie, or took your family many years to achieve, there is a lot to think about and plan for. Lucky for you, there are an immense number of experts out there to help you through the process.

If you’re trying to get pregnant you may have heard that your lifestyle affects fertility. But understanding why that is and how your lifestyle influences your fertility can be tricky. To put it simply, anything that affects our hormones affects ovulation and in turn, fertility, because you can’t get pregnant without ovulating! Our lifestyles affect our hormones in a myriad of ways, from the medications we take to what we eat. So to get you started, here are 5 ways lifestyle affects ovulation.

So you’ve decided to start trying. Yay! Or, maybe you stopped not trying a while ago, but haven’t gotten a Big Fat Positive (BFP) yet. Suddenly you’re getting unsolicited advice from family and friends, and you’re overwhelmed by all the information online. Where do you start? How do you prepare for this exciting and nerve-wracking stage of your life?

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We got answers to your most frequently asked questions about frozen sperm with Sanjay Kumar, CEO of Cryobank America. Cryobank America’s main goal is to create happy, healthy families by providing high-quality reproductive products to individuals and couples. They strive to set new industry standards in recruitment, screening, storage, and distribution of...

When my wife and I began trying to conceive, I was immediately sucked into the all-consuming world of “TTC” (trying to conceive) forums, peeing on sticks, and wondering if every hankering for a pickle was a very early pregnancy craving. It’s easy to become obsessive when you’re working on creating the biggest transition of your life and it feels like your success depends on your online research skills.

Many people wonder why they experience so much leakage after sex or an intracervical or intrauterine insemination. In this article you will learn everything you need to know about what leakage is, why it occurs, and why it is of no concern in regards to your chance of pregnancy.

Trying to conceive can be…well…trying. Too often our most well-laid plans backfire. Maybe we have fertility struggles. Maybe the donor we had our heart set on suddenly changes his mind. Maybe our relationship faces challenges because of it. In all the possible dilemmas we encounter while trying to conceive, one...