Motherhood - Page 1
1. Top 10 pregnancy signs
When you’re at the end of your 2WW (two week wait) it so hard not to over analyse everything to work out if you are pregnant or not. There are many forums that offer advice for women who may suspect that they are pregnant but not everyone gets the same symptoms to suspect early pregnancy. Here are just some of the most common tell...
2. Conception myths
When you decide to start a family one of the first things you do is research everything from how to conceive quickly and tips and tricks about conception and pregnancy. In reality there are no tricks to falling pregnant quickly and enhancing your chances of pregnancy. Having spent a lot of time on TTC boards I have come across them all,...
3. Egg freezing
Women nowadays are waiting to have children as many choose to have a successful career over starting a family. As the costs of childcare increases it makes sense to stay home and look after the kids than go to work just to pay the spiralling child care costs. Celebrities are also having children late; Nicole Kidman, Salam Hayek and...
4. Implantation bleeding
Women who are near the end of their 2ww (two week wait) will start to over analyse the signs that they may be pregnant. One of the most important signs that occur after ovulation is implantation. If implantation occurs then it usually means you will miss your next period and the fertilised egg has implanted itself within the womb...
5. Natural gender prediction
As you know when you are trying to conceive there is no way you can choose the sex of the baby. Unfortunately there is a 50/50 chance it will be a boy or a girl, saying this there are some tips out there that have worked for some couples choosing a specific sex.
Chinese gender prediction
An ancient way of predicting or planning the...
6. TTC using Mooncups
All ladies who are trying to conceive (TTC) will tell you that after a few months of TTC, you start to feel like there’s something wrong with you. TTC after any form of contraception can take some time but there are many lucky ladies out there that fall pregnant first time round. All our bodies are different and cycles can get very...
7. Ovualtion tests
After using a free ovulation calendar online, I decided that I should also find another method of tracking ovulation to make sure I’m having sex on the right days. I looked into a few methods of how to calculate ovulation and to be honest I’m too lazy to chart my temperature every morning and check my cervix etc. So I decided...
8. Ovulation - How to calculate and predict when you are fertile
If you remember sex education whilst at school, the teachers always said to use protection as you can fall pregnant any time you have sex. As you grow older and start to learn more about the menstrual cycle, you find out that this is not entirely true. I myself did not realise that there is only a small chance of being able to conceive...
