Trying To Conceive

  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    Women are using toothpaste as a pregnancy test

    *But read this before you pee on your toothbrush*

  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    Could your job be affecting your fertility?

    Could your job be lowering your fertility? New research has revealed that heavy lifting and working night shifts has been linked to poor fertility in women. The study, published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found that a physically demanding jobs or work schedules outside normal office hours could take it’s toll on a woman’s fertility.

  • NewsDevon Scoble

    Why you should be wary of online fertility forums

    Like any modern couple, our efforts in the bedroom were augmented by the Internet – but not in a sexy way.  While we were TTC (or, trying to conceive), my obsessive internet searches were filled with questions like, “signs of pregnancy at nine days past ovulation,” “bloated and tired at 11 days past ovulation,” or simply, “am I pregnant?” These often led me to a variety of online fertility forums including TwoWeekWait.com, so named for the two-week eternity between a woman’s ovulation and the da