Periconception and Preconception Care
Trying To Conceive

Preconception and periconception are the time periods around conception and they are an important period to improve your chances getting pregnant and your  pregnancy outcome.

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Taking folic acid before pregnancy has been shown to significantly decrease certain birth defects. Stopping to smoke before pregnancy will improve your chances getting pregnant and having a healthy baby. Losing weight to an optimal weight improves pregnancy outcome. Changing certain medications to safer ones improves the baby's health.

• After a Miscarriage: When is it safe to get pregnant again?
• Age & Fertility: How does age affect fertility?
• All Pregnancy Symptoms: Could I be pregnant?
• Am I pregnant: What are my chances?
• Amenorrhea-Causes: I had no period for 2 months. What can be the cause?
• Baby Aspirin and Miscarriage: Does it make a difference
• Bath and TTC: Water comes out of my vagina is that a problem
• Blood donation: Can I donate blood while we TTC?
• Boy or girl - Can I do something about it?: Can I do something to make my baby a boy or girl?
• Breastfeeding and Fertility: Can we still get pregnant
• Capacitation: What is it
• Chances of Conception: What can influence it
• DHEAS: What is it
• Diet and early pregnancy: Women trying to get pregnant and those already pregnant should take a prenatal vitamin supplement an a healthy balanced diet
• Different Blood groups: My husband and I have different blood groups
• Earliest Diagnosis of Embryo: When can the embryo first be seen on ultrasound
• Early Positive Pregnancy Test: What determines when a pregnancy test becomes positive?
• Egg Fertilization by the Sperm: The sperm fertilizes the egg which then moves down the fallopian tube into the uterus
• Egg Survival: How long does it live?
• Estradiol Elevated: What does it mean
• Estrogen: Estrogen surge/spike
• Fertility Myths: Myths and Misconceptions about TTC
• Fertilization: What is fertilization
• Fertilization: How does the sperm meet the egg?
• Folic Acid: What good does it do?
• Folic Acid and Fertility: Does folic acid increase fertility
• Folic Acid or Folate: What is the difference between folic acid and folate
• How a Fertility Microscope works: How does the fertility and ovulation microscope work?
• How Can We Make a Boy: Is there a way to make a boy
• Irregular menstrual cycles and ovulation: The magic word is ovulation when trying to conceive
• Laboratory Test Results: What are normal values
• Making a Girl or Boy with the Shettles method: The Shettles method is based on the premise that sperm carrying the X and Y chromosomes have different characteristics and that under different circumstances either X- or Y-chromosome-carrying sperm will be more likely to fertilize the egg.
• Maximize your chance getting pregnant: You can improve your chances getting pregnant by estimating the time of ovulation
• Metal Taste in Mouth: Could I be pregnant?
• Monthly Chances of Conceiving: What are my conception chances each month
• Norplant Removal and TTC: When after Norplant can I get pregnant
• Odds of Conceiving: What are my odds of conceiving?
• One Fallopian Tube: How can I get pregnant?
• One testis: Is one enough
• Ovulation Symptoms and Ovulation Signs from Babymed.com: This article describes typical ovulation symptoms and ovulation signs. Typical ovulation symptoms and ovulation signs include a positive OPK, elevated BBT fertility chart, and progesterone levels
• Preconception Counseling: Preconception counseling usually involves meeting with a doctor or another healthcare provider who is experienced in this specialty,
• Pregnancy Acronyms and Abbreviations - BabyMed.com: How to Understand Pregnancy Message Board Acronyms. Trying to conceive a child is a very exciting time in a couple's life. Frequently a woman will turn to the Internet for information about getting pregnant.
• Previous Abortions and Fertility: Do several abortions in the past affect fertility
• Problems Getting Pregnant - Husband OK?: My husband has an 8-year old daughter. Does that automatically mean he is OK?
• Robitussin and Fertility: Does it help
• Sore Breasts: Why would my breasts be sore and tingling after ovulation?
• Spotting: What are the possible causes?
• Spotting - Not pregnant: What could it be?
• Spotting After Chemical Pregnancy: Is that normal
• Spotting CD 11 - Pregnancy?: Does spotting on CD 11 mean that I could be pregnant
• Spotting With Positive HPT: What could it be?
• Stopping the Pill After 11 Years: Will there be a problem after I stop the pill?
• Take the Fertility Interview NOW: Helps you find out how to improve your chances
• The Five Fertility Factors: The five factors which determine when you get pregnant include ovulation, mother's age, sperm count, fallopian tube patency, and sex timing
• Three Months to a Healthy Pregnancy: How to achieve a healthy pregnancy
• Top 12 Tips How To Get Pregnant Faster and Healthier: Following these 12 tips will improve your chances getting pregnant and having a healthy baby
• Trying To Conceive Trying to Get Pregnant ttc: Trying to conceive and trying to get pregnant is not as easy as you think. BabyMed has all the answers
• TTC after IUD removal: Not pregnant after IUD removal
• TTC after the IUD: IUD removed 3 months ago
• TTC After Tubal Ligation: Tubal Reversal Surgery vs. IVF
• TTC and orgasm: Does it kill sperms?
• TTC for Four Months: We can't get pregnant
• TTC Trying To Get Pregnant List: This TTC list will improve your chances getting pregnant
• Vaginal spotting: What does vaginal bleeding shortly before menses mean?
• Vitamin Supplements: Are vitamin supplements really necessary in pregnancy
• What happens the weeks after fertilization:
• When to see the doctor after the pill: I haven't had my period since I stopped the pill four months ago
• Women's Hormone Levels: Normal and abnormal hormone levels for women