Telling your friend you’re pregnant….when she wants to be.
I can remember wanting to be pregnant. Trying month after month and facing the bitter disappointment of yet another period, looking for the smallest sign that maybe this time we may be lucky and having...
View ArticleChestnuts – the festive ingredient for conception!
Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry, and for lots of couples with the new year ahead it’s a time when they decide to start trying for a baby. Whilst a diet of mince pies, mulled wine and copious...
View ArticleFertility myths and the truth behind them
Legs in the air! Drink cough syrup! No tight underwear! For generations we have been told a plethora of weird and wonderful tips to help us fall pregnant however, unfortunately on many occasions these...
View ArticleGetting pregnant in your late 30’s and 40’s
It’s a fact that on average women are waiting until later in life to become pregnant. If you’ve reached your late 30′s or 40′s and decided that now is the right time for you, how is that likely to...
View ArticleOysters, the food of love…and conception!
We don’t know about you, but when we think about oysters, we think of a food synonymous with romance and seduction, a seafood delicacy (perhaps a bit slimy for many of us) that may pave the way to a...
View ArticleFertility education: protecting our future generations from infertility
With more and more couples finding it harder and harder to conceive, what obstacles will our children face when they want to start their own families? Here, Professor Dr Geeta Nargund, Medical...
View ArticleUnderstanding Fibroids and heavy periods
In a recent study over half the women surveyed (52%) believe heavy periods are just part and parcel of being female, with 45% unaware that excessive menstrual bleeding is one of the main symptoms of...
View ArticleFibroids and fertility… how could you be affected?
Fibroids are something that you hear talked about, but what are they, how common are they and how might they affect you and your fertility? Uterine fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) lumps that...
View ArticleMale fertility: your questions answered
From the causes of fertility issues, to the likelihood of success –Helen Lyall, fertility expert and Consultant at Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital, answers some of the most common questions around...
View ArticleWhy stress could be affecting your fertility
Stress. We know it’s not conducive to conception, in fact it’s widely considered to be one of the main causes of ‘unexplained’ infertility. So, we need to find out what happens to make stress affect...
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