Conception 101

Our periods are important to track when trying to conceive. Your "cycle" is from the beginning of your period to the beginning of the next period. During this cycle your body should release an egg, typically around cycle day 14. When it releases the egg and a few days prior...

Today we hear from Aysha and her family about their experiences building their family. This is the second story in our new series highlighting and celebrating family building with a known donor. We asked each family in the series the same four questions and left their voices and messages unfiltered...

It’s such an exciting time in your life when you first decide you’re ready to start a family. Maybe you’re ready to solo-parent, or maybe you and your partner look at each other one day and say, “Yes, let’s do this!”. You might expect to see a positive pregnancy test...

Today we hear from our first family in our new series to highlight and celebrate family building with a known donor. We asked each family in the series the same four questions and left their voices and messages unfiltered so you can hear directly from them. We hope you find...

When you’re trying to start a family, and it’s just not happening – month after month – some start to wonder: “Is there something wrong with me? Why is it so easy for everyone else?” The first thing to realize is that you aren’t the only one battling infertility right...

The world of fertility is full of confusing acronyms, science-y words, and jargon. Here are a few of the most commonly used terms and acronyms you may come across when TTC (trying to conceive), and what they mean in plain English. If you don’t find the word you’re looking for, please...

Whether you want to learn more about fertility or are looking for some tools and advice to help you during the conception process, the sheer amount of information and options can be overwhelming. Here are some books, apps, and tools that Team Mosie recommends. Courses Fertility Foundations Digital Course by Connecting...

Many people find it helpful to track their cycle by charting their changes, and the most common thing to chart is your basal body temperature (or BBT — see our glossary for more fertility acronyms).  If you are into data, this might be your thing. Your BBT is your temperature when you have...

First, don’t be surprised, or ashamed at how much you don’t know. For many of us, the Mosie team included, it’s only when you start trying to get pregnant that you realize you don’t know as much as you thought about your body and how conception actually works. Let’s start with a...

You might have had a weird or late lead up to a period and wondered, could I have been pregnant? Was that a chemical pregnancy? When trying to conceive, you’re most likely peeing on a lot of pregnancy tests! And you’re most likely doing it at the earliest possible time...

If you are like me, and I consider myself like most women, you probably have no idea where your cervix is located. I have to admit, before trying to conceive (aka TTC — see our glossary for common fertility acronyms), I truly had no idea what was inside my vagina. In no...

Checking your temperature to monitor your cycle is frequently called "charting" your cycle. You do this by checking your temperature every morning as soon as your rise, before you get out of bed. This is known as your Basal Body Temperature. As you go through your cycle your temperature will...