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Sandra likes having a way to track all of the information related to her menstrual cycle.  This helps her to understand  the rhythms of her body and predict her most fertile days. She is a visual person, and artistic, and enjoys being creative.  An Ovulation Calendar is perfect for her. The best way is to […]

Lisa wants to know, when are her most fertile days? They are the days just before and during ovulation. You can recognize that ovulation is coming by noting the presence of fertile cervical mucus, and testing for a positive LH surge. You will know that ovulation has passed when your basal body temperature rises. These basic three things will help you increase your chances of getting pregnant in this cycle.

Choosing to eat a special fertility diet is critically important. What you eat and the nutrition it provides may be the most important factor of all for your health and fertility. The most important factors are to eat plenty of foods that contain fat-soluble vitamins and minerals, and avoid processed foods and soy products. Eat raw dairy products, organ meats, shellfish and fish, egg yolks, grass-fed animal products and plants from mineral rich soils.

Good nutrition is absolutely important, but it does not necessarily come from prenatal vitamins. Supplements should never be taken to compensate for a poor diet. The nutrients to include in a fertility diet include the fat-soluble vitamins, folic acid and other B vitamins, vitamin C, minerals and the essential fatty acids.

The mind n body are very powerful. What is known as the placebo effect influences all drug trials, making them essentially invalid. Once you know what a drug is being tested for, the expectation that it will be effective influences the result. The presence of side-effects assures that the person knows they are on the actual drug, eliminating the blinding that is supposed to be present. The only way around this is to not tell the person what condition or symptom the drug is even intended to treat.

Chris had a vasectomy while in a previous marriage, and now he and Tammy want children.  They have decided to proceed with a vasectomy reversal, assuming that it will be successful and they will get the family they dream of.  But Chris is wondering what is involved, and is not looking forward to it. Can […]

Personal care products, including shampoo, are a multi billion dollar industry.  Each company is trying to seduce you into choosing their products, promising beauty and stronger, shinier, healthier hair.  These products are advertised using glitzy packaging and beautiful and often famous women.  But beware, as there are thousands of chemicals used in personal care products […]