Ovulating multiple eggs at once? Yes! Ovulating twice in one cycle? Nope! We’re not talking about ovulating multiple eggs at once. Fraternal twins are all the proof you need for that ;). We’re talking about ovulating on a certain day in your cycle, and ovulating AGAIN a couple of days later. This is such a […]
OPKs can be confusing… but they don’t have to be! OPKs measure the hormone called LH which is always present in our bodies. That means that you’ll always see a bit of a line regardless of when you test. But right before ovulation, your LH levels start to surge. It’s the final step needed for
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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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You’re a few days late for your period. You tested, and it’s negative! What’s going on? Is the test not sensitive enough? Can I still be pregnant even though my test says I’m not? Well, yes, it’s possible. To understand why, you need to know about the two phases of your cycle. Menstrual Cycle Phases
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Most women think the average day of ovulation is 14 days after the start of your cycle. But that would be wrong! Days until ovulation is probably a lot longer than you think! A recent study of over 100,000 women (and >600,000 cycles tracked) showed that the average number of days until ovulation was close
A recently published study shows Vitamin D may actually help to increase the odds of getting pregnant. Vitamin D and… Margarine?! Researchers in Denmark looked at a very large group of women who had trouble getting pregnant. They found that during a period of time where margarine (yes, margarine!) was supplemented with Vitamin D (which
Can Lubricants Affect Fertility? Well… When it comes to olive oil, all I can say is: great to cook with, not great as a lube when you’re trying to conceive! Unlike some other oils which are OK (canola oil and mustard oil, for example), olive oil negatively affects sperm motility (which means, how
Let’s talk about cervical mucus (CM). Yay! (said no one ever) If you’ve been trying to conceive (TTC) for a while, you probably know that right before ovulation, your CM changes in both quantity (much more) as well as quality (wet/slippery). The most fertile CM is what is often referred to as egg white
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Are you reading this is the future and you’re wondering what the heck this is all about? Then for starters, let me be the first to tell you: “hello from the past!”. This post was written in the spring of 2020, peak time for Coronavirus-panic! But what I’m about to say applies for more situations
