Imagine being able to tell exactly when is the right time to conceive a child. In a twenty eight day menstrual cycle, there are only about four to six fertile days, in which you can conceive.

Knowing those days make it much easier to conceive. One of the best days to do this is to have a fertility calendar, which can be done in several ways in order to know exactly when is the right time for conception.
A basic calendar is one in which you document your periods and nothing else. Day 1 is the first day of your menstrual period and, in the calendar, you write down the number corresponding to each day of the cycle until you reach the end of the cycle.

When you get your period again, you begin at Day 1 all over again. Do this for three or so months to determine when your period is likely to happen. If you have twenty eight day cycles, the time of ovulation, when you are most likely to get pregnant, is about day 14. You can get pregnant from about day 10 to day 15.

If your cycles are longer than twenty eight days but are still regular, you need only to back down from the first day of your expected next menstrual period by 14 days and you have the day of ovulation. This is because the time of ovulation until the time of your menstrual period is relatively stable and is about 14 days. Longer cycles just take longer to ovulate.

If your periods are irregular, you need to combine a fertility calendar with basal body temperature measurements. With basal body temperature measurements, you take your temperature before arising every morning and document when your temperature rises. When your temperature rises, it means you have ovulated and your best day to have gotten pregnant was the day before the temperature rise.

Often the temperature drops a bit on the day of ovulation, which can be a clue as to when you are most fertile. This method lets you know that you are, in fact, ovulating and can get pregnant even with irregular cycles. Finally, an ovulation test kit can help you, along with a fertility calendar, to determine the days you are most likely to get pregnant.

You use the test kit, which can be a 9-day kit or can come in individual sticks in which you use as many as you want, in order to find the days you are most likely to conceive. The test is a urine test for luteinizing hormone, which is released at the time of ovulation.

You begin to take the test at around days 10-12 depending on how long your cycles are and try to get pregnant when the test kit turns color or otherwise indicates that you have an LH surge, just before ovulation. When the test goes back to negative, you can no longer get pregnant and your temperature will be up as well.

If you are serious about a fertility calendar, you will do all the things necessary to determine when you can get pregnant. If that doesn’t work and you don’t get pregnant, see your doctor about what else could be the problem.

All over the web, you can find one or more ancient Chinese conception charts, which are purportedly based on an ancient Chinese chart found in a 700 year old Chinese tomb near Beijing.   The original chart is supposedly kept in the Institute of Science in Beijing.

It is said that the chart can predict the gender of the child based on the month of conception and the mother’s age at the time of the conception.  It is said to be accurate to 93 percent.  Some are based on the mother’s calendar age, while others make an extra calculation and base the gender on the woman’s Chinese lunar age.  Interestingly, the answers may be different depending on which calendar you use, so you need to decide whether or not you want to use the lunar age or the actual age.

The idea behind the chart is to determine whether or not you are having a boy or a girl.  The basic chart has the age of the mother along one axis and the month of the year on the other axis.  In the middle of the chart is a “M” for male and an “F” for female.  The calculation based on lunar age, asks for the mother’s age at the time of the conception and asks for the actual date of conception and the time zone the conception occurred in.  The mother’s lunar age is calculated and the rest is the same as the basic chart.

Such charts can, if you believe in them, tell you when to conceive if you want a boy or a girl.  Simply plug in your age and figure out which month to conceive your baby in.  If you are already pregnant, put in the age at the time of conception and the month you conceived in and you can determine whether you are having a boy or a girl.   Again, the chart is said to be 93 percent accurate.

It is of special interest in Chinese culture, where there is a “one child only” policy.  Women want to have a boy as a means of carrying on the family name.  It appears the chart works because women in China have a boy: girl ratio of up to 130:100 in rural areas as opposed to a ratio of 104:107 in other countries who do not use the conception chart.

The conception chart can be used to select the gender of the children you have.  For example, if you want a boy first and then a girl, use the chart to first select the proper month of conception for a boy based on your age and then select the proper month of conception for a girl the next time around.  While the results are not a hundred percent accurate, they can perhaps give you a better than average chance of having the gender of child you’ve been hoping for.

Ancient Chinese conception charts can be found anywhere on the web and it is up to you to decide if you want to use a chart based on your Chinese lunar age or your actual age.

Progesterone is an important hormone in the female reproductive cycle and is vital in maintaining a pregnancy in the last half of the menstrual cycle as well as throughout the pregnancy.

After conception, it is the progesterone produced by the corpus luteum (the cyst left over when the egg is released) that maintains the pregnancy until the minute placenta takes over and begins to secrete the progesterone that helps the pregnancy go on.

Progesterone is important in creating a fertile and warm environment inside the womb, helping the new embryo (fertilized egg divided) grow through a healthy implantation.  It also strengthens and maintains the secretory endometrium that the new embryo imbeds itself in.  It prevents the premature shedding of the secretory endometrium in menstruation.

A low progesterone level can result in a period which is just a few days too early for the embryo to take hold so it is lost in menstruation. In normal menstruation, when no egg is fertilized, there is a precipitous drop in progesterone, triggering menses.

In a healthy pregnancy, progesterone increases rapidly at the time of ovulation to create a secretory-type endometrium, which is the kind of endometrium suitable for implantation.  The progesterone level remains high and goes exponentially higher as the pregnancy progresses.

In low progesterone infertility, the egg gets normally fertilized but cannot implant because the progesterone levels from the corpus luteum are too low or they fall off before implantation can take place, leading to a lost pregnancy from lack of implantation.

Women who suspect they have low progesterone infertility need to have one or more progesterone levels checked during the last part of the menstrual cycle to make sure the level is in the normal range.  If not, a woman can be supplemented with progesterone during the last half of her cycle in order to protect the pregnancy until such time that the pregnancy protects itself.

Another way to determine if the progesterone level is remaining high is to do basal body temperature charts throughout the menstrual cycle.  The time at which the temperature is elevated should be a full 12-14 days.

If it falls off ten or less days after the time of ovulation (the day before the rise in temperature), there may be a luteal phase deficiency, which is a low progesterone infertility syndrome. A period that is shorter than 28 days could be a result of an inadequate luteal phase.  In addition, a significant drop in progesterone during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy could indicate an impending miscarriage.

There are a couple of ways in which progesterone can be given in the latter half of the pregnancy.  Natural progesterone suppositories can be inserted vaginally for every day after ovulation and this will provide enough progesterone to maintain the pregnancy.

Women can also use natural progesterone cream which is especially designed to rub into the skin during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in order to support any potential pregnancy.  Natural progesterone cream or suppositories should only be used after one is sure that ovulation has taken place.

There are loads of folks who endure yeast infections and almost all women are going to have one at some time in their life that will need to be taken care of.

There are times, however, whenever yeast infections begin to recur regularly and they may even get to the point where they can be considered as a chronic yeast infection.What exactly makes a yeast infection get to this stage and what is there that we can do about it?Subsequently, a lot of us with chronic candida have merely given up on ever doing anything about them altogether.

In order to understand why we can get chronic yeast infections, you need to first understand why you get a yeast infection in the first place.Yeast is there all around us at all times and it's also in our body multiple times.Ususally, a healthful body is able to ward off the yeast by using some of the good bacteria that is present in it.

It is only whenever this bacteria begins to disappear from our body that the yeast is able to get a foothold.  This typically occurs whenever we experience long periods of sickness or perhaps when we are taking antibiotics for some kind of other infection.

What is the number one thing that most folks do when they get a yeast infection?  They run to the drugstore and get cream that promises to be able to take care of the problem within just a few days.Although it does a good job of helping us to feel more comfortable, it dosen't address the root cause of the problem.

How this works is that it reduces the amount of yeast in our body but it is leaving the stronger yeast behind.If it grows again, and it's likely that it will, it becomes a stronger infection that is much more tough to treat.For each consecutive yeast infection, it will get stronger still, until it becomes a super infection.

If you have reached this point, where your yeast infections are chronic, you can try treating the condition naturally.The simplest way is to apply 100% natural yogurt to the area and to eat yogurt on a daily basis.  You might also want to consider drinking some apple cider vinegar daily as well as eating a clove of garlic.These natural foods can help assist in bringing your body back into balance so that it is strong enough to fight the infection instead of you having to resort to drugs.

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Women have long been the ones who have been thought of as the cause of any infertility problem. This has been proven to be very untrue, as men are responsible for anywhere from 40% to 50% of the infertility issues that plague couples. If a couple tries to conceive and they are not able, then it will likely be the woman who will seek help for infertility and whatever the cause may be.

However, medical science is now aware that men are just as likely as women to be the cause of any infertility issues that come about. Now that we know this, it makes it easier to get right down to treatment instead of assigning blame.

There are many explanations for male infertility. They can be anything from lifestyle and family history to medical issues or testicular injuries. Some common problems associated with male fertility are hypogonadism and varicocele or azoopermia, which can typically be treated depending on the severity. Studies show males who smoke cigarettes or marijuana or consume large amounts of alcohol tend to have reduced sperm counts and a lower quality of sperm.

Another study suggests that males who have taken certain antidepressant drugs had lower sperm counts as well. There are also other studies that have linked obesity with reduced or lower sperm counts. Issues with family history can also cause infertility.

Yet another family related cause may be the use of certain medicines or drugs by the effected male's mother during her pregnancy with him. Some studies point towards environmental exposures, such as radiation exposure or excessive heat, as playing a role in reproductive health.

If corrections are needed, then the good news is that there are many surgical procedures and medications available to help with complications of infertility and trying to conceive. The male partner will usually be examined by a specialist and/or a urologist as well.

The doctor will want to test the quality of the man's sperm to determine the sperm count and the rate of mobility. If there is some sort of a blockage, then that has a good chance of it being treated and fixed. In the case where sperm is not abundant in the semen, the doctor can actually go into the tubes and retrieve sperm through a medical procedure. There are other causes as well, but most can be solved with the use of fertility drugs.

As a society, we are becoming more and more aware of infertility and the causes, as well as more options for treatment. This is also taking the burden off of the woman and the assumption that she is the responsible partner when it comes to fertility and pregnancy. In about half of all cases, the problem lies within the male partner, allowing the couples to seek and therefore find the issue of infertility earlier.

Partners are now confronting the problem as a couple, rather than the woman taking responsibility. This is leading to a quicker diagnoses and less emotional distress, not to mention allowing the couple to get pregnant and conceive quicker.

If you haven't heard of morning sickness, then it's likely that you haven't been pregnant or around or near someone who has.It is a widespread condition, but it is not a disease.

Morning sickness is best described as nausea or the feeling of being ill in the stomach and is caused by pregnancy. Approximately half of all pregnant women will be affected by the symptoms.

Occurrences of vomiting and nausea are generally best described by the term morning sickness.  It is most likely to happen in the early morning hours in pregnant women, hence the name.

There are two pieces of good news associated with morning sickness.  The first is that you can't get sick while you are!  The second is that it is frequently a sign that your pregnancy is progressing normally, despite the fact that it can strike at any time.

Perhaps the most comforting fact about morning sickness is that it doesn’t last forever.

Morning Sickness Causes

There are several theories relating to the cause of morning sickness.  Generally, however, the exact cause is unknown.Having said that, the current belief today is the connection between morning sickness and the pregnancy hormone, gonadotropin.

Morning sickness is most prevalent in the first three to four months of pregnancy. Usually starting in the second month, some of the first signs can be vomiting and nausea.

Although common, symptoms surprisingly will only affect a small number of pregnant women (less than 10%), who have symptoms that continue beyond week 18 of pregnancy.

Morning Sickness Symptoms

The symptoms of morning sickness may vary widely with women experiencing a range of effects.The vomiting and nausea occur together.Symptoms include fatigue, sleepiness, constipation, back pain and food cravings.

Some expectant mothers may feel that their morning sickness is serious.  Usually however, there are no unfavourable effects on the mother and no negative effects which may harm the baby.

Recent research indicates that morning sickness is helpful for the foetus.  It is now generally agreed that morning sickness can be a positive sign because it means the placenta is in a healthy state of growth

Numerous studies have shown that a lower risk of miscarriage may be associated with morning sickness.

The term given to severe morning sickness is Hyperemesis gravidarum. This occurs when continual vomiting causes both dehydration and weight loss.  The statistics are low.This type of morning sickness can affect approximately one in one thousand pregnant women.

Women expecting multiple births may experience more severe symptoms of morning sickness.

Food & Morning Sickness

Morning sickness symptoms can be managed to some degree. Nausea tends to be at its worse on an empty stomach, so it is best to eat frequent, small meals.

Cold, simple foods comprising of seasonal produce are suggested.

Studies have proven that the consumption of ginger can help to relieve symptoms. It can be taken as ginger ale, ginger beer, ginger jam on toast, ginger drinks or even ginger cake or biscuits.

Lemons can help alleviate symptoms if eaten, sucked or used as a type of aromatherapy. It is worth remembering to drink liquids in between meals as opposed to an accompaniment to meals.

When one talks about ovarian cyst, the two most popular ideas for remedies that can pop up on anyone’s mind are drugs or medications and going under the knife or going through surgical procedure which is, of course, a natural reaction.

Well, you can’t blame a person who goes for surgery right away. They need to get rid of ailments like cancer or ovarian cysts fast. But although surgery can be the best option for an ovarian cyst treatment, it’s not the only one. Today, there are various different ways how to eliminate this woman health problem once and for all without even using any types of medications.

It seems that there is a great comeback for natural remedies and there are even those that are good for getting rid of ovarian cysts. Would you like to know how to remove ovarian cysts for good using only a natural treatment?

Actually, this kind of ovarian cyst removal treatment is not in a product form, it is not a herbal supplement nor it is not a medication but it is rather a book guide which is called “Natural Ovarian Cyst Relief Secrets”. Inside this guide are some secrets that doctors wouldn’t want you to know about and the reason is plain and simple and you are already aware about it, right?

Anyway, the secret that you can learn from this guide is a step-by-step plan to eliminate ovarian cysts within weeks that any woman with this problem can easily follow. You can also discover how to restore your natural hormonal balance using 100% natural substance which eventually can help eliminate all ovarian cysts problems.

You will also discover from here the seven things you should know about the food you eat and how they can help you with your problem and much, much more.

So, forget all the other remedies for ovarian cysts especially those that has adverse side-effects and has contra-indications. What you only need is this book guide and it is suitable for those who want to get rid of this ailment the DIY or no-doctors-please way.