Explore how lifestyle choices like diet, exercise, stress management, and sleep habits influence fertility. In this section, we provide valuable insights and practical advice on optimizing your health and habits to improve your pregnancy chances. Learn how adopting a fertility-friendly lifestyle can boost your reproductive health naturally.
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone your body makes in early pregnancy. It is mainly made by tissue that will become the placenta after the fertilised egg has implanted in the uterus. Laboratories usually measure the beta part of hCG, so you will often see “beta hCG” on a blood test report. This is … Read more
Key points Conception means fertilisation near ovulation, not the day you had intercourse. The fertile window usually spans about six days and ends on ovulation day. Sperm can survive in the reproductive tract for up to about five days in the right cervical mucus, so intercourse before ovulation can still lead to conception later. Implantation … Read more
Ovulation “prediction” sounds straightforward, until you look at real cycles. Many popular apps lean on calendar maths, but ovulation varies by person and by month. If you already use an ovulation app or you are thinking about one, this guide brings together what studies and guidelines say, where app based predictions can go wrong, and … Read more