Getting Pregnant

Have a question about getting pregnant? Concerned about your chances of getting pregnant? Pregnancy-Info has everything you need to know about improving your chances of conceiving.  Learn more about the best times for trying to conceive, how to know when you are ovulating and what to do to prepare your body for pregnancy before you even start trying for a baby.  Also find out more about the many signs and symptoms of pregnancy so that you will know how to recognize that you might be carrying a baby.

Preparing for pregnancy

If you and your partner have been experiencing difficulty getting pregnant, our trying to get pregnant section provides tips on improving your chances of conception, including information on fertility supplements, how your diet can be affecting fertility, as well as recommended products that can help you conceive.

Of course, there are many tools you can use to improve your chances of conceiving. We have information on how to calculate ovulation as well as how to figure out your basal body temperature (BBT), both of which can help you determine when you’re most fertile.  Also learn more about cervical mucus and what it can tell you about ovulation and read up on ovulation test kits that you can use at home.

Pregnancy preparation is also essential to improving your chances of getting pregnant. Ensuring that you and your partner are prepared physically and financially for the challenges of pregnancy and parenthood are essential.  Learn more about the importance of taking folic acid and prenatal vitamins even before you become pregnant.

Signs Of Pregnancy

Think you may be pregnant? Check out our Am I pregnant? section and learn about common pregnancy symptoms like tender breasts, a missed period, morning sickness, tiredness, and food cravings. Here, you can also calculate your due date and check out fun old wives tales to try to determine your baby’s sex.  Find out different tricks women do to try and determine if they are carrying a boy or a girl.  

Of course, proper preconception care is essential to both you and your baby’s health. Learn about how to stay fit and healthy during your pregnancy and what factors to avoid.  Find out about what food and drinks are no, nos during pregnancy and learn more about what foods are essential for staying healthy during pregnancy.

Finally, adoption can be an exciting and incredibly rewarding alternative to pregnancy. Learn about the adoption process and how to prepare yourself for this unique journey in our adoption section.  Learn more about types of adoption and about how to prepare yourself mentally for this new addition to your family.

 

 

 

 

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Niki estell
Please help me..so i was on birth control i started as instructed on day 1 of my cycle..my cycle days are 24d to be the shortest, 42d to be the longest and average is 30d always lasting 7d....i stopp bc on the 18th of spril 2015,on the 19th i had sex 2days after i caught my period (22nd) lasted 4days..didn't pay attetion to it because i got so tired of trying(btw i've been ttc for a year and some months) and i thaught it was the pills but then again even with the pill it lasted 7d...then may comes...the second week in may i got constipated up until now it is off and on...i had sex on the 3rd,13th,14th and 18th..i caught my period on the 20th (lasted 7d again)...Now it is june i had sex on the 4th and was expecting my period on the 19th but instead it came on the 15th (4d early) and only lasted 4.5d,it was lighter than my normal period,the first 2days it was a steady flow so just thought it was my period bt on the 3rd day it was off and on,and the rest was just spotting like brownish blood and this one was nothing like april...also my period bleed was'nt just blood flow but blood mix with curvix mucus....just wondering if maybe there is a possibility that i might be pregnant because after using a ton of diferrent website and there calculator all the answer was just a day ahead or behind for ovalation and inplantation...and for june ovalation was around the 2nd-6th and inplantation was between the 11th-15th...please help....
9 years ago
shawnta2003
Hi!! I am new here but I am feeling fluttering in my stomach I havent took a pregnancy test yet but could it be early signs of pregnancy help !!!!
9 years ago
sMichellew
I think I am pregnant, but like many other women my tests have been negative. I had a blood test done 2 weeks ago, and it too was negative. I am 4 weeks late now, and have never been this late. 2 days yes, but never 4 weeks!
9 years ago
Isabela Arribas
Hi.I really need your help I'm not the one who is feeling pregnant buti its my bestfriend,so here it is my bestfriend is just 19 years old and shes experiencing this brown stain in her underwear after she pee, shes really freaking out and dont know what to do so whaf advice can you give? and also she dont have her period yet this coming june 10 is the possible day that she will be having her period.I really hope for your advice so that I can help my friend.Thank you so much ill wait for your advice thank you again.
9 years ago
Amara.Herrera
Hello , I'm only 16 years old going to be 17 this year I am not on any type of birth control and me and my boyfriend have unprotected sex ALL the time we usually do the pull out method but it always happens to slip some in me an we got lucky several times , but recently I had sex and he came in me an another time while he was pulling out a little came got in me I missed my period for a month an I got worried an i was very moody an I tend to randomly feel dizzy like everything is spinning an I'll have to lay down or I'll randomly feel nauseous and I started just feeling odd I never felt this during my periods before an i sometimes have a irregular period an sunday 31of may I finally got my period an I had my last period April 28 now I'm on my period till this day but I still feel those symptoms is there a possibility that I maybe pregnant ? Should I take a test ?
9 years ago