Ever thought about asking Alexa (or Siri, or Google, or other smart assistant) TTC-related questions? Well, maybe you should try this one… Because if today is your ovulation, and you ask your smart assistant what date it is 266 days from now… you’ll get… Your baby’s due date! Did you know that it’s much more […]
How does anyone ever get pregnant and deliver a healthy baby?! There are SOOO many steps that need to happen in order for it to work. 😐 The 6 Steps After Ovulation… 1. Fertilization: The best time for the egg to get fertilized is right after ovulation, as the lifespan of the egg is
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No matter how bad your guy’s sense of direction is, there’s a good chance his sperm knows exactly where to go and how to get there in a short matter of time. Sperm is Fast… With a Bit of Help Several studies have found it only takes between 1 and 5 minutes for sperm to
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Can Your Heart Rate Predict Ovulation? Predicting your fertile window is pretty much one of the easiest things you can do to increase your chances of getting pregnant. I’m sure you’re familiar with using ovulation predictor kits (OPKs) or your cervical mucus to predict ovulation, and charting your basal body temperature (BBT) to
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The different types of BBT patterns If you’re charting your basal body temperature (BBT) you’re probably familiar with these three patterns: – Monophasic – Biphasic – Triphasic Monophasic (one-phase) charts show no shift in temperature comparing before and after ovulation. Monophasic charts often occur during cycles where you don’t ovulate (anovulatory cycles).
Pregnant or just PMS? Ah, the #1 pastime activity during the Two Week Wait (TWW): symptom spotting. We’ve all been there. We secretly KNOW it’s useless, but we do it anyway. And if not, you just haven’t been TTC-ing long enough :)! These symptoms are all due to that lovely luteal phase hormone called “Progesterone”. It
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Let’s say you ovulated a few days ago and you want to know if you could already be pregnant. Would that even be possible? The little eggs’ journey After you’ve ovulated, the egg has less than a day to get fertilized. So assuming that happened, your now fertilized egg goes on a journey that
The Infamous Two Week Wait (TWW) Ah, the Two Week Wait (TWW). Hated by many, loved by… no one? 😂 But did you know that the average luteal phase (the period between ovulation and the start of your next cycle) is shorter than the “two weeks” we’ve all been calling it? A recent study that
Is it implantation or just PMS? Did you get to this page because you were checking whether the symptoms you feel are due to you being pregnant? If so, welcome symptom spotter! Let me officially welcome you to the TTC-club. Because I truly believe that if you’re not symptom spotting, you’re not really trying to
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