Understanding the role of body temperature as a sign of fertility and why ovulation predictor kits don’t work (by the time basal body temperature spikes the egg is typically already dead and gone).Awareness that ovulation doesn’t always occur on 14th day and normal cycles are not always 28 days.Tips for increasing your fertility include: It also discusses treatment options for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), hints for increasing fertility of sperm, an explanation of what hormone therapy can and can’t treat and an in depth discussion of unusual bleeding in your cycle. The book includes a review of various fertility tests and treatments including hormone blood tests, diagnostic procedures and steps for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). It can also help explain miscarriages and be an accurate aid to get the timing right on important fertility tests. Understanding FAM (something not taught in medical schools) can help you to help your doctor diagnose lack of ovulation, short luteal phases, infertile cervical fluid, hormonal imbalances and insuffucient progesterone levels. The reason why some nursing women do get pregnant and others don’t comes down to how they breastfeed, or more specifically, how intensively and how frequently.Įvery time a baby suckles at the breast, the mother releases prolactin and oxytocin, which in turn inhibits various ovulatory hormones, including luteinizing hormoneįor more reading about breastfeeding and fertility see Can You Get Pregnant While Breastfeeding? Taking Charge of Your Fertility explains why the return of fertility varies so widely between breastfeeding women:

I often get asked whether continuing to breastfeed will affect a mother’s chance of getting pregnant again. While women can get pregnant while breastfeeding, it may take up to a year or more to return to optimum fertility after the birth.

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