Pathway 2 Pregnancy

A Guide to Get Pregnant Naturally

Need Help Getting Pregnant?

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Having a baby can be a great source of joy, however sometimes some people need help getting pregnant. Often it is often not as easy as they first thought it would be – especially if they have been trying for some time.  It’s ironic when you consider that we spend most of our adult lives trying not to get pregnant only to find that we need help getting pregnant. Because of this we often think that getting pregnant will be easy.

Surprisingly, 1 in 6 couples find it difficult to get pregnant. The thing is that our bodies are complex and needs to be optimized to be able to get pregnant.  Do a few things wrong and achieving a pregnancy can be illusive. If you are considering having a baby or feel you need help getting pregnant, you should start preparing both you and your partners bodies for conception beforehand.  Not only will this help you will have healthy baby and prevent birth defects, it will also significantly boost your fertility.

If you are experiencing difficulty achieving conception and feel you need help getting pregnant, you must follow some techniques and strategies like avoiding toxins, eating the right foods, having the right nutritional supplements and knowing when and often you should try to conceive. Surprisingly, do any one thing wrong and you could seriously impact your chances of conception. [Read more…]

3 Month Conception Countdown

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increase chances of conceptionThinking of trying to conceive and want to increase chances of conception? To maximise your chances of having a healthy baby, start planning for conception at least 3 months beforehand.  Not only will this make conception easier, it will also help you have a healthy baby with no birth defects. Some good ideas to get started are listed below.  Following some of the tips here will help ensure you have a healthy baby and reduce the chances of any birth defects.

See your GP for Advice to Increase Chances of Conception:

  • Have a pap smear
  • Explore getting immunized against chicken pox. Contracting chicken pox not only puts you at risk during pregnancy, it can also cause serious birth defects.
  • Get your immunity for Rubella checked. While most women where immunised against Rubella at school, by the time you decide to have a baby your immunity might be low. Your GP can check this by doing a simple blood test and immunise you again if you need it.  However, if you have had a rubella shot, you should wait at least 3 months before conceiving.

Increase chances of conception by:

  • Stopping smoking – both you and your partner
  • Reduce your alcohol intake
  • Adopt some natural holistic treatments to prime your body for conception

Take Vitamin Supplements:

  • Take at least 500mg of folic acid a day.  This is particularly important in the 12 weeks leading up to conception as well as the 12 weeks following conception. Why?  Folic Acid reduces the risks of  developing neural tube defects that could affect the development of your baby’s brain and spine.  Folic acid can also be found in brocoli and in green leafy vegetables such as spinach.
  • Start charting your your menstrual cycle so you start to understand the most likely times when you are ovulating.

See your dentist:

  • Have your much needed check-up befor you start trying to conceive.  Remember, x-rays are not advised when you are pregnant so why not get checked out sooner rather than later.

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Your Fertility Cycle and Conception

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Once of the first steps in knowing how to get pregnant is to understand your fertility cycle.  This sounds like a simple thing but it is amazing how many women do not really understand their menstrual cycle. The reason for this of course is that most of us spend many years trying to avoid getting pregnant.  So when we finally decide to try to conceive, we are often surprised to find that it is complex process that needs perfect timing!

Length of Fertility Cycle

Generally, a woman’s menstrual cycle lasts about 28-29 days. The cycle starts on the first day of  their menstrual flow. In a textbook case, ovulation usually occurs on day 14  of the cycle.  However, this can vary depending on how long your cycle is. Therefore if a woman has a 35 day cycle, she’ll generally be ovulating on day 21.

However, not all women work like a textbook so it is therefore a good idea to keep a record of your menstural cycle and record any bodily changes that may occur during your cycle.

Some things to make note of during your fertility cycle are:

  • Changes in body temperature – rises in body temperature indicate that ovulation has occurred.
  • Amount, texture, colour and consistency of cervical mucus.  Mucus that has a raw egg white appearance that appears clear and slippery indicates that ovulation is imminent.
  • Position of cervix at different times of your menstrual cycle – a low position tends to indicate fertility
  • Changes in mood, libido, appetite or sleep patterns may also be a sign of ovulation
  • Ovulation test results if you are using any ovulation test strips or microscopes

Generally, once you chart your cycle for a few months you will start to develop a good idea of when you ovulate.  This pattern is generally consistent for each women, although from time to time ovulation may be delayed if you under undergoing stress.

Once you can identify when you are most likely to ovulate, you can then start timing intercourse to occur every two to three days before ovulation. Ideally, you want the sperm to be waiting to meet the egg.  This is because an egg is believed to only live for about 12 hours while sperm can survive up to 5 days. Your chances of conception are higher if the sperm are waiting to meet the egg rather than have the egg waiting for the sperm – remember sperm often have to travel a long and difficult journey to get to the final destination. Therefore understanding your fertility cycle is critical. If you are having problems with your menstrual cycle and are finding it difficult to predict the best time for conception, there are some great tips to help you normalize your fertility cycle.

Positions to Get Pregnant

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Some simple guidelines about best positions to get pregnant when thinking about conception are:

1. Remember the law of gravity – help sperm swim up your fallopian tubes either by lifting your bottom or legs up in the air, or leaning your legs against the wall. Alternatively you could put your feet up against the bedhead and stick a pillow under your hips.
2. Accept the Mission – the missionary position enables deep penetration close to your cervix which actually gives sperm a little extra help when they swim for your egg.
3. Rest in bed – After your partner ejaculates, lie on your side and draw your knees to your stomach and stay in bed for as while. It’s a good idea not to fight gravity by getting out of bed straight away.
4. Have an orgasm – A post-coital study confirmed that women who had orgasms retained more sperm than those who didn’t. It’s all to do with the sperm-moving muscular contractions you experience during an orgasm.  A good excuse to get some extra special attention from your man.
5. Stay Behind – An alternative is to have intercourse with your partner behind you. This style is guaranteed to get your partner’s sperm to the cervix.  If this simply isn’t your style, laying side by side as you have intercourse is also another good position.

If you have tested these positions to get pregnant and have still had no luck, then it you need to consider making some lifestyle changes to help you conceive.

Tips on Getting Pregnant – Conception Countdown

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tips on getting pregnantIf you are thinking of having a baby, here are some tips on getting pregnant. Firstly, you should putt some planning into it before you actually conceive.  Some key considerations prior to getting pregnant are your general health, your relationship, and your finances.  By focusing on these aspects of your  life you may find everything runs a little smoother and you have a lot less stress later on.

Twelve Months Before

Start considering private health insurance.  If you go into the private health system, you will need to be insured for at lest 12 months before you actually get pregnant.

Six Months Before

If you are underweight, overweight or obese, you might want to start trying to achieve a healthy weight.  If you fall outside your healthy weight range, your ability to conceive may be hindered.

You should also start thinking about the risks associated with getting pregnant – particularly if you are older.  Having a baby at age 40 means you have a one in ninety chance of having a baby with Down Syndrome while at age 35 the risk decreases to one in 355.

There is also a risk that you could be one of the 15% of couples who have trouble conceiving.  Talk to your partner about how you both might handle that if it this were to occur.

Money pressures can also be a major source of stress in relationships.  It is therefore a good idea to discuss how you’ll both manage with less money.  Perhaps it is worth saving some money for the future.

It also worth considering if you both want to have a child together at the same time. Often, one person might want a child sooner than the other so its essential to ensure you both on the same page.

The irony is that usually you spend years trying to avoid a pregnancy only to find that it doesn’t always happen as quickly as you first imagined.  As you continue down this path, the efforts you both take towards trying to achieve pregnancy can be stressful.

Finally, in the six months leading up to your planned conception attempts, its a good idea to have a check up.  Tell your doctor about your plans and any possible health problems, your own or hereditary, that may affect your ability to conceive or achieve a pregnancy.

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An Overview of the Causes of Infertility

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causes of infertilityThe causes of infertility can be complex but are more common that what one might think. It is estimated that one in six couples experience infertility. Infertility is defined as the failure to conceive after having had regular unprotected intercourse over 12 months. The causes of infertility are varied but studies have found that around 40% of the problems related to infertility are related to the female, 40% to the male, while 20% of cases are unexplained.

The irony of infertility is that most people spend the better part of their lives trying to avoid getting pregnant, only to find out later that there may be problems in trying to conceive.

Various causes of infertility in women may include:

  • Ovulation disorders
  • Hormone imbalance
  • Endometriosis
  • Ovarian cysts
  • Blocked fallopian tubes
  • Fibroids or polyps
  • Scar tissue, adhesion’s or evidence of earlier infections
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
  • Low progesterone levels
  • Sexually transmitted diseases and pelvic infections
  • Hostile mucus
  • Ageing

Identifiable factors which may be causes of infertility in males include:

  • Abnormal sperm including low sperm count, poor sperm motility and poor sperm morphology
  • Anti-sperm antibodies
  • Vasectomy and vasectomy reversal
  • Sexually transmitted diseases
  • Damage to the testes
  • Ejaculation problems
  • Sperm blockage
  • Hormonal imbalance
  • Varicocele
  • Aging

Western Medicine

Western medicine can help overcome many of these problems. However, many treatments such as IVF or In Vitro Fertilization are quite expensive and may have side effects. In some cases, additional treatment may be required to cure the side effects.

In IVF and ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) eggs are collected from follicles in the ovary via surgical procedure. They are then transferred in-vitro (outside the womb) so that they can be fertilized by the sperm to form an embryo. Once successfully fertilised, the embryo is then transferred back inside the women’s uterus 2-5 days later.

IVF is often suggested when natural methods fail to give results. It should be noted that before extracting eggs, the woman generally takes several hormones to help stimulate the ovaries into producing and maturing more eggs than what would normally be released naturally. Although the IVF process aims to replicate nature, the process of taking eggs from the ovaries, fertilizing them in an outside laboratory and putting them back in the uterus is not natural and involves the use of artificial stimulants.

In the normal process, the human body helps pave the way for only the most healthiest of sperm to make their way to the egg and penetrate it but in the artificial process, the decision is made by an embryologist. Whilst a lot is known about sperm and what healthy sperm looks like, it does not mean that the sperm chosen will be the healthiest one that is picked. This is because scientists still have gaps in their knowledge about sperm and are still undertaking further research on this topic.

Alternative Therapies

Some alternative techniques are fast becoming popular in order to cure the problem of infertility. These techniques are often more preferred as they have less or no side effects at all. Acupuncture, for example, is very effective in cases where female infertility has been caused by some kind of malfunction of the ovary.

In the alternative treatment techniques, diet and lifestyle changes are very important. Regular intake of caffeine from beverages like coffee, chocolate, cocoa, green tea (containing caffeine), black tea and colored soft drinks is believed to have harmful effects on conception. According to a study, one and a half cups of coffee for a woman who is trying for pregnancy is likely to delay conception. Thus, it is recommended that coffee is avoided for people who suffer from infertility.

Good results for the treatment of infertility have also been reported through holistic approaches such as Chinese medicine, acupuncture and reflexology. These alternative approaches suggest that a natural remedy and a way of life that can really solve the problem as soon as the real cause is determined.

A. Anderson is a researcher and writer on infertility and IVF. She has in depth knowledge on the subject after having personally undergone IVF at a world leading clinic and having undertaken alternative methods such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Naturopathy and Acupuncture. To find out more information about holistic treatments check out Pregnancy Miracle.

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IVF, IUI and ICSI 3D Animated Videos

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If you have been actively Trying To Conceive for over a year with no success, your doctor has probably suggested some sort of fertility testing and treatment.  Your fertility specialist may even have recommended moving forward with IVF (In-Vitro Fertilization), an IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) or ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection).

When I first started IVF, my head was spinning what I was about to do.  I never expected to get to this point.  I didn’t want to do IVF so I started reading and researching on my own.

Here are few videos to add to your TTC toolbox resource kits.  They do a great job of explaining some of the IVF  procedures.  The presentations are straight forward and informative.

Have fun viewing!

IVF-   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeigYib39Rs

IUI-     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCdIiLLF0vw

ICSI-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= vGbIL9QWSsM


Help Getting Pregnant – 5 Top Tips On Getting Pregnant Fast

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Help Getting Pregnant – 5 Top Tips On Getting Pregnant Fast

Do you need help getting pregnant? Advice is always easy to give; no matter if you are trying to get pregnant or you just want to find out how to boost your fertility. But, the real question is, do you know how your body works?

Each woman’s period of natural fertility is different, but in general it is about forty eight hours before ovulation and during the time she ovulates or releases her egg. Unfortunately the menstrual cycle is governed by the endocrinal system and hormones can be adversely affected by stress.

Stress can cause anovulation a condition which means that the ovaries do not produce an oocyte, and an oocyte is an immature female reproductive cell which will in time become an egg. Chronic anovulation leads to infertility.

Tip number 1 on getting pregnant fast – Positive Mental Attitude:

The first and most important tip to getting pregnant fast when you are having fertility issues is to remain positive. Too many couples are told that they can never have a baby; it is true in some cases, that infertility is a fact of life. However if you are your partner have a reproductive system that works then you can conceive a child.

Be careful what you wish for try not to have a negative attitude because you can convince your subconscious that you do not want a child. Any thoughts that you may never have a child of your own should be erased permanently from your brain.

Tip number 2 on getting pregnant fast – Be Aware of Your Body:

Become attuned your body and its natural cycle. Make sure that you know when you are ovulating because having sexual intercourse for a few days before ovulation and during ovulation will increase your chance of getting pregnant. Keep daily journals reporting how you feel so that you can become more attuned with your body.

Tip number 3 on getting pregnant fast – Watch Your Weight:

Make sure that both you and your partner are physically fit and the correct weight. You minimize your chances of getting pregnant if you are either obese or underweight. It is estimated that about twelve percent of fertility problems in women and men that have working reproductive parts is due to weight issues.

Try and remember that it is not just the female that has to be the correct weight. Obese men have a lower sperm count and they also are more likely to have a motility issue which makes their sperm sluggish and slow. Obesity means there is an extra layer of fat around the testicles which has the effect of raising body temperature. Even a miniscule increase in body temperature can mean that less sperm are produced. Excessive exercise can also increase the temperature of the testicles.

Tip number 4 on getting pregnant fast – Stop Smoking and Drinking:

Smoking tobacco has been linked to a lower sperm count and slower motility. Some medical studies have linked long term smoking of marijuana to abnormally developed sperm and a reduced sperm count. Excessive drinking also affects the production of healthy sperm.

Tip number 5 on getting pregnant fast – Investigate Different Sex Positions:

The missionary position with the male on top is regarded by some doctors as the most satisfactory position to get pregnant. It is physically possible to get pregnant in any position and there are no clinical studies about positions, however, it is widely accepted that those who have difficulty conceiving are more likely to get pregnant when they optimise the shortest route for the sperm to travel .

Do you face a problem getting pregnant? Do you have fertility problems or do you just want to ensure that it’s safe for you to become pregnant?

My name is Anna Davies and I love life. I am dedicated acupuncturist, and I research and write on many subjects including womens issues and health and well-being. For more tips and comprehensive information on Getting Pregnant Naturally also visit: http://www.NaturallyPregnant.info

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Help Get Pregnant Naturally

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Help Get Pregnant Naturally

It’s a sad fact that 92% of the women who use conventional treatments to increase their chances of conceiving fail to get pregnant and sometimes even end up worse than when they started. The reality is that current “help get pregnant” thinking is very focused on either drug related therapies and procedures or focuses purely on the physical side of the issue.

New research has now shown that to be in the successful 8% group it is essential to work synergistically on mental emotional and physical areas to maximise your chances of success. New thinking and discoveries on how your beliefs influence your reality, has led to a lot more focus on the emotional and mental side of the fertility issue, rather than just the physical.

Contrary to the conventional and usually drug based approach, by working with your body, eliminating the root cause of your specific infertility disorder (such as: ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, high FSH, PCOS etc.) while enhancing your mental, emotional and biological reproductive environment, you will greatly increase your chances of getting pregnant rapidly and giving birth to healthy children regardless of your age, how long you tried to get pregnant or how severe or chronic your infertility disorder is.

Reversing infertility can never be achieved by tackling one of the many factors responsible for infertility alone. If you’ve ever tried to tackle your Infertility using a one-dimensional treatment like hormone pills, sexual positions, or even changing your diet and failed it’s probably because you have tackled only one aspect of the condition. To really achieve results and help get pregnant the issue of infertility needs to be tackled holistically across the whole spectrum.

Drugs, and invasive costly procedures such as IVF or IUI to treat infertility rarely work and the side effects of these procedures can be nasty. More and more infertility sufferers are learning how to treat their infertility from within and without ever using drugs, or painful surgical procedures.

More health professionals worldwide are turning to natural techniques involving nutrition, alternative therapies in order to help their patients conceive. These systems seem to work by repairing, purifying and optimizing your entire system – mind, body and ‘spirit’. These alternative techniques which are specifically designed for each patient) can positively affect the reproductive system, and help the client conceive naturally without the need of any surgical procedures such as IVF or IUI.

If you are one of those unlucky people who has been struggling to conceive naturally and wants to think outside the box of sometimes restrictive “medical thinking” I invite you to visit my website Help Get Pregnant Advice where you can find out more about the natural drug free alternatives to reversing fertility.

Adrian Ryder is an alternative health professional living and working in New Zealand.

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Help getting pregnant after 40 in 5 Possible Methods

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Help getting pregnant after 40 in 5 Possible Methods

Help getting pregnant after 40 is easy to accomplish and possible with much success.

Without spending your hard-earned savings on costly drugs, there is easy and quick ways to help getting pregnant after 40 without life-threatening surgery and no complicated treatment.

By using natural and simple methods you can conceive either a baby girl or boy. There are some women that discover it so difficult to get pregnant after 40 but also there are some women within 2 months in trying who believe the secret can to quickly, safely, naturally become pregnant after 40.

You need to learn the secret to renewing your mind if you are not fortunate to get pregnant after 40, restore your body and spirit even when your specialist has passed a statement of “it is not possible” on you.

To apply ancient and holistic secret to aid fertility, you have to determined and unwearied within 2 months. With a healthy pregnancy, you will be blessed. You might desire a short cut in spite of understanding the above-revealed facts.

There are tested and proven natural methods to assist you out of your problem; even there is no short cut to get pregnant after 40.

To successful in having a baby after 40, here are secret list that you well done some tips:

1.        Prayer and Relax

You should have a positive view of yourself, because it is hard to get abilities of your body to works optimally. Free from depression is important, try to learn in relaxing your mind and also your body.

When compared with women who did not have a history of depression, women with a history of depressive symptoms are two times more likely to experience infertility when trying to get pregnant.

2.        Lifestyle should be change

To improve the ability the help get pregnant after 40, change lifestyle is important to do, such as change to simple diet and good exercise. Suffer from amenorrhea is usually happened to most women with very low body fat.

Changes the high level of stress habit become a lower or no stress at all. To restore hormonal imbalance by eating healthy food that can boosting your fertility. Hate all junk food to increase your chances of getting pregnant fast.

3.        Your Basal Body temperature should be monitored

When you are completely at rest, this is your body’s temperature. By about one degree, your body temperature will increase slightly during ovulation.

Before your temperature rises, you will get pregnant easily during the 2-3 days. For 3 days or more, your body temperature has increased slightly, when you notice in most cases and ovulation has started when remains steady.

To monitor your basal body temperature, you can use an oral thermometer. Before you get out of bed, every morning ensure you measure your temperature. Always observe the changes by write down the readings on a notebook.

4.        Have Sex in Best Time

If you do not have sex in best time, you won’t be able to get pregnant after 40 fast. It is important to patience, determine, and understanding that having sex between days 10 and 18 of your menstrual cycle every other day (counting the first day as day 1of you period). Having a sex in best time will take place to get pregnant naturally.

5.        The Useful of Chinese Herbs

The usage of herb from Chinese to support fertility have been used to treat cases of infertility due to endometriosis, obstruction of the fallopian tubes, uterine fibroids, absence of ovulation, and amenorrhea, and other problem. There are varieties of form that you can choose, such as in the form of granule, pills, tea or tablets. Typically of the ingredients is derived from fruits, leaves, flowers, barks, flowers of different herbs. Depending on the cause, you may be required to use these kinds of herbs on periodically or a daily basis. There are some report said that several women who have used herbs from Chinese get pregnant in success in 3 – 6 months.

 

Keep in your mind that helps getting pregnant after 40 should be done in determination and serenity. Think positive that all will be come true soon. Good luck.

 

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