Fertility: Information, Advice & Resources - Essential Baby

Your psychological state can affect your fertility and hormones.

Understanding the psychology of fertility

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Holly Maitland is petitioning the government for changes.

Mum of three denied tubal ligation because she's 'too young'

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Jennifer Aniston at an event in LA.

How so many of us can relate to Jennifer Aniston

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"Every month that we weren't pregnant felt like a loss" ... Zoey Martin

Coping with secondary infertility

Although it's not as common as primary infertility, it's estimated that as many as one in 10 couples experience secondary infertility.

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Trying to conceive

Ovulation

Understanding ovulation signs, symptoms & your cycle.

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Can meditation help a woman trying to conceive?

Meditation for fertility: one woman's story

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acupuncture

Can acupuncture boost fertility?

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Not pregnant

The cold, hard facts on getting pregnant after 35

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Should fertility checks become the norm?

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Sophie Jennison with her husband Simon Ngui.

Couple overwhelmed by offers of egg donation

When Sophie Jennison went public with her fertility struggles, she did not expect the massive response she received.

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New research suggests that cannabis can damage sperm's DNA, potentially increasing the risk of birth defects.

Does cannabis affect a man's sperm?

If you're pregnant or planning to be, tobacco and alcohol are high on the list of things not to use. But do we need an equally loud message about avoiding cannabis too?

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Experts warn there is insufficient evidence to recommend womb scratching to ordinary couples wanting to conceive naturally.

Womb scratching could double chances of a successful birth - but caution urged

Experts urged caution over new findings and stress that "endometrial scratch" was not a pleasant procedure.

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The Supreme Court ruled the testes and sperm were to be provided to an IVF organisation and stored pending a future ...

Dead man's testes removed after application by fiancee

A Toowoomba woman is one step closer to being able to have a baby fathered by her dead fiancé, after successfully applying to have his testes removed and stored.

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Debbie Savage has finally found out why she struggled with her weight for years.

For half her life, doctors told her to lose weight - but something else was going on

She wasn't sure what to make of her irregular menstrual periods, but doctors didn't seem concerned.

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Pregnancy after chemo may also be a possibility

Winding back the biological clock

A breakthrough has given scientists hope that older women will be better able to conceive.

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Is a vasectomy the most loving gift a man can give to his wife?

To snip or not to snip? When the decision is not clear cut

Jamie Oliver, who considered a vasectomy, is to be a father again. A fellow dad reflects on his own decision 11 years ago

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I cannot express the feeling of trying time and time again with no results.

'All my dreams of becoming a mother are slowly fading away'

I am over everyone asking me when we are going to have a baby, when we know it may not happen for us.

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Shocked dad Jamie.

Dad's emotional reaction to surprise pregnancy

Beth and Jamie Wilson had already travelled an emotional IVF journey to have their first child.

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Belly full: men need to shape up for pregnancy too.

Why men need to shape up for pregnancy too

What does a would-be father's waistline have to do with the health of his future children?

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Having a baby is still a dream for many women in their 40s.

My friends were popping out babies in their 40s - why couldn't I?

Was 43 too late to get pregnant? Celebrities like Halle Berry, Gwen Stefani and Geena Davis are doing it in their 40s. Couldn't I be next, I thought.

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