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Fertility and Pregnancy Testing on a Budget
By Sarah Lawson on 16/01/2008 01:29:08
Fertility and pregnancy home-testing kits are selling more than ever. But do you really need to spend so much money on repeat testing?
Before you even get pregnant, having babies can be costly.Testing to see when you are at your most fertile, and home pregnancy testing kits can be extremely expensive, especially if, like many women, you get tempted to run a test every two weeks
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Review: Clearblue Fertility Monitor
By Sarah Lawson on 02/07/2008 00:30:30
An easy to follow way to regularly test your monthly hormonal changes and establish your best days for TTC
Clearblue Fertility Monitor Easy to use and non-invasiveNot much to fault, but it is quite expensive Features: Easy to read screen read-outPrice: RRP £99.99 (plus 20 sticks £19.90)Contact:Clearblue websiteLong before you get as far as Pregnancy
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Book review: Stay Fertile Longer
By Sarah Lawson on 02/03/2006 10:26:02
Mary Kittel's guide to healthy conception in your 20s, 30s and 40s, reviewed.
Stay Fertile Longer by Mary Kittel Well researched guide to health and well being for conception in your 20s, 30s and 40s.Buying a copy doesn't automatically guarantee you can put off successful pregnancy! Features: Carefully broken-down chapters
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Zita West's new TTC guide
By Sarah Lawson on 25/02/2008 01:30:30
Fertility and pregnancy expert Zita West has published a valuable book to inspire, reassure and support couples when they are trying for a baby
Zita West is a renowned expert who runs a clinic helping couples when they are trying for a baby. Even those who do not encounter any fertility problems often have many questions: the best odds for successful conception; ensuring the optimum chances
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Pre-Pregnancy Smoking
By Sarah Lawson on 23/10/2008 01:35:12
You know that smoking during pregnancy can affect your unborn child, but what about the smoking you did before you were pregnant?
.Long-term smoking has been found to increase a woman's chances of early menopause and, given that the fertile years drop off a long time before menopause begins, you may find this a factor in how easy or hard it is for you to get pregnant. However, if you
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Multiple Pregnancy after IVF
By Sarah Lawson on 11/11/2008 02:35:06
Why do doctors try to avoid you getting pregnant with twins or triplets if you have IVF treatment?
Carrying with more than one baby is the single biggest health risk for a woman undergoing fertility treatment (or assisted conception). Because of this, doctors now try to avoid creating a situation where this is more likely to happen.Why is a
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Survey Shows Celeb Baby Influence on Women
By Sarah Lawson on 26/06/2008 12:40:20
Pregnancy testing kit company Clearblue found that Brits are changing their ideas about when to have babies thanks to the personal stories of celebrities
that the best age at which to start a family was 25 years of age and more than half of those surveyed said that, having read these celeb stories, they worried that they themselves might have left it too late to get pregnant without experiencing some fertility
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67-year-old has twins
By Sarah Lawson on 31/12/2006 00:07:05
A new record has been set for the world's oldest mother, as a 67-year-old gives birth in Spain.
A woman in her late sixties, has given birth to twins at a hospital in Spain.She became pregnant after undergoing fertility treatment in South America, and has given birth by caesarian section, in Barcelona.The woman becomes the oldest person
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Call for single embryo transfer in IVF
By Sarah Lawson on 20/10/2006 01:55:43
The instance of multiple births from IVF treatment has caused the regulatory body to call for a change to standard embryo transfer practice.
of multiple births has massively increased in the UK.Because a pregnancy with more than one baby has many more possible complications, the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority is reviewing standard practice.The HFEA now want to see if a better process
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Can you Really Influence the Sex of Your Baby?
By Sarah Lawson on 09/11/2009 01:54:42
Boy or Girl? Some people believe you can deliberately affect the chances of having one of the other
around the two days before ovulation and within a few hours of ovulation is important. For more, read When Am I Fertile?. Be Ys – the male chromosomeSperm containing the Y chromosome swim faster than the X ones, but they do not live as long. Also
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