The answer to this question is both “yes” and “no.” If you tend to spot right before getting your period, you are not alone. Doctors say that as long as your spotting occurs after 10 or more days of elevated temperatures, you shouldn’t worry. However, if this isn’t the case, you may want to check […]
Category Archives: Cycle Irregularity, Hormone Imbalance, & Other Challenges
Here we look at some of the most common challenges that may impact your fertility.
Getting Pregnant After The Pill The advent of the birth control pill ushered in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s – and to this day, the pill is a leading method in keeping fertility “in check” until the time is right to conceive a baby. The pill functions by affecting female hormonal balance […]
Getting Pregnant After Age 35: Concerns about Conceiving in our Mid-to-Late 30s (& beyond) Today, more and more couples are electing to have a baby (or start having babies) later in life. It would take an army of sociologists to chart out all the reasons for this phenomenon, but suffice it to say that the world […]
Cycle Irregularity, Hormone Imbalance, & Other Challenges, Fairhaven Health Library, Fertility
Beating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with the Rule of 5
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Beating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with the Rule of 5 Feeling tired, bloated, and depressed, with zero sex drive? To top it all off, that huge bowl of mac and cheese you had for a midnight snack didn’t even begin to make you feel full? An acne outbreak has made your face look like a moonscape, […]
Women are born with a finite quantity of eggs, a number which steadily declines with age. A baby girl is born with approximately one to two million eggs, but only 300,000 remain by the time she hits puberty. Throughout her reproductive lifetime, she will only ovulate 300 to 400 eggs. Since your ovarian reserve is […]