THE FERTILITY CHANNEL

When it's just not working, the answer isn't always IVF

A healthy lifestyle is recommended prior to and during pregnancy. It is also important to maintain a suitable diet and exercise program to optimize your reproductive health. It is recommended that you discussing your own circumstances with your fertility specialist or...

Today we are continuing our series on conditions that can cause infertility, and in our last episode we discussed endometriosis.

So what if you have been diagnosed with endometriosis, but are not ready to be pregnant?

Well any assessment and management of your endometrio...

In this episode, we are starting on conditions that can cause infertility, and the first of these is endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus or womb, called the endometrium, grows outside of the uterus. Most commonly...

In the last two episodes we discussed when and where you should seek help, today we are going to talk about some of the reasons you might have problems falling pregnant.

As we have discussed previously, the first question is do you actually have a problem? If you are un...

Today we are going to talk about where to get help when you are having problems falling pregnant.

Not surprisingly, friends and family members are often the first you turn to when you're trying to get pregnant and it’s not quite happening the way you expected.  Unfortun...

Today we are going to talk about when to seek help when you are trying to fall pregnant.

Most couples – so that’s almost 9 out of 10 -  will get pregnant over a period of 12 months of unprotected intercourse. And, in fact, that is how we define infertility in most count...

Today we are going to debunk 7 myths and fairy tales around falling pregnant.

Number 1:  you need to stop the pill 3 months before you fall pregnant.

The truth is that the pill is out of your system within a few days. If your periods don’t come back normally, it has noth...

Today, we are going to discuss the birds and the bees, or, more accurately where do babies come from?

Men and women pursue two very different, but complimentary strategies for reproduction. The average ejaculate contains about 250million sperm – which means that a norma...

3 things you should do when trying to get pregnant:

 1 - Optimise your health.

Regardless of wether you are planning to conceive or you are already busy doing it, there are a couple of suggestions:

Look at the elements that allow you to fall pregnant: you, your partner an...