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Antidepressants and Miscarriages: Should Pregnant Women Continue with Anti-Depression Medications?

Antidepressants and Miscarriages: Should Pregnant Women Continue with Anti-Depression Medications?

People are very ignorant when linking pregnancy, depression and antidepressants calling mothers to be that are on anti-depression medications while pregnant selfish, bad mothers, weak etc. Antidepressants are not just a happy pill and depression is something that can be kicked away by the willpower. There is a big struggle going on when a woman [...]

5 Teenagers Got Pregnant from Playing ‘the Sun’ or ‘the Star’ Game with Their School Mates

Okay, this is a bit hard core news … especially since it comes from Poland, a land known have high rate of Christians and a country known to be opposing ‘modern’ fertility treatments because of God-related reasons. Anyway, here come the story.. and to be honest, I was sick to my stomach when I first [...]

Chances of Getting Pregnant on the Pill

Chances of Getting Pregnant on the Pill

Some women trying to conceive and on the pill will wonder if it harms fertility and the answer is no.  Birth control pills are used to prevent pregnancy, but once discontinued most females are able to become pregnant within 6-12 months with little to no other effort than simple sexual intercourse during the time of [...]

Chances of Getting Pregnant with One Fallopian Tube

When a woman has only one fallopian tube and is trying to conceive, it is normal to be worried and have several questions.  Many women only have one functioning fallopian tube and it does not seem to present difficulty when trying to conceive and get pregnant.  Though statistically speaking one fallopian tube decreases the chances [...]

Chances of Getting Pregnant with an IUD (Mirena)

For a woman with an IUD, there will be a question or she may wonder about whether or not  and how to get pregnant while the device is in place.  An intrauterine device or IUD, like Mirena, is 99% effective at pregnancy prevention.  If you have talked about getting an IUD with your medical practitioner, [...]

Chances of Getting Pregnant with Endometriosis

Chances of Getting Pregnant with Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a painful disorder in which the lining of the uterus grows in other areas of the female body.  The chronic disease currently affects 5.5 million women and young females all across the United States and Canada and is the leading cause behind infertility.  Endometrial tissue can grow within the pelvic region, wrap around [...]

Chances of Getting Pregnant with One Ovary

For a woman dealing with impaired fertility having one ovary could pose a problem when it comes to conceiving.  Having only one ovary could make it very hard for a woman to become pregnant, but it is not entirely impossible.  As long as the one ovary is healthy and functioning normally, a healthy conception and [...]

Chances of Getting Pregnant with One Fallopian Tube Blocked

Chances of Getting Pregnant with One Fallopian Tube Blocked

Women may face many different problems when trying to conceive and get pregnant, for some it happens naturally and for others there are obstacles that must be overcome.  One problem that could prevent a woman from conceiving is having one fallopian tube that is blocked.  To understand what blocked fallopian tubes are, a person first [...]

Chances of Getting Pregnant with One Testicle

When thinking about infertility, most people believe the problems to be strictly related to female issues.  However, there are a number of different reasons why a couple may be experiencing infertility and the reasons could have absolutely nothing to do with the woman, but male factor infertility could also be causing the problem.  The most [...]

One Fourth of US Women are Not Trying to Conceive, But are Comfortable if They Do

A study that was conducted by US leading sociology professor Julia McQuillana at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln suggests that one fourth of US women in childbearing years have not yet decided whether they want to have children or not.