http://getpregnant.org Tips from a Pregnancy Researcher Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:39:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Troubled with low sperm count, viability, motility or morphology? A recent study published in the Journal of Andrology from the American Society of Andrology cites FertilAid supplements for men may improve sperm dynamics for some men. Recently, a 90 day blind study was conducted to determine if treatment with FertilAid improved ... http://getpregnant.org/featured-right/new-study-links-higher-sperm-count-to-vitamin/ [caption id="attachment_492" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Yin Yang Huo aka Horny Goat Weed"][/caption] Albeit a funny name; don’t let the name dissuade you. Horny Goat Weed has been used medicinally for thousands of years. A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the all natural botanical has been used to remedy kidney and liver disorders and ... http://getpregnant.org/featured-right/studies-link-horny-goat-weed-to-increased-sperm-count/ With so many couples encountering fertility issues these days, one place they can go to seek comfort and information is in the stories of successful fertility treatments for the women of Hollywood, the runways, the media, the music industry and even politics. Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross and her rep announced ... http://getpregnant.org/pregnancy-over-40/celebs-open-up-about-fertility-treatments/ For couples who have experienced recurrent miscarriages, unsuccessful IVF cycles or unexplained infertility; as well as women of advanced maternal age; new procedures are available in the form of a genetic diagnosis program designed to help achieve a successful pregnancy. The Center for Preimplantation Genetics Diagnosis offers a high-tech procedure that ... http://getpregnant.org/conception-articles/475/ The average male sperm count ranges between 20 million to more than 100 million sperm per milliliter of semen. According to the Mayo Clinic, less than half the men with sperm counts between 12.5 and 25 million sperm per milliliter are able to get their partner pregnant and less than one-quarter ... http://getpregnant.org/health-articles/how-to-raise-sperm-count/ According to a study from SeonAe Yeo, Ph.D, an associate professor with a specialty in women’s health at the UNC School of Nursing at Chapel Hill, for some women, preeclampsia risks may be lowered by following a simple 40 minute, 5 times a week, stretching routine during pregnancy. Researchers at the ... http://getpregnant.org/health-articles/how-to-lower-risk-of-preeclampsia-in-pregnancy/ For those women needing to put off pregnancy due to illness, work, not having a partner or other personal or medical reasons, but desirous of young healthy eggs to fertilize when motherhood beckons them, consider egg preservation. In 1953 the first (fowl) sperm cryopreservation was reported. In 1986, Australian fertility specialist ... http://getpregnant.org/health-articles/breakthrough-egg-freezing-process-offers-new-hope/ Unhappy with your last birthing experience at the hospital? Disappointed with the amount of meds pumped into your system? Feel like you lost control of the birth and were at the mercy of the numerous directives from medical personnel being forced upon you without your considerations? Not to mention the ... http://getpregnant.org/health-articles/freebirthing-the-latest-trend-in-delivering-a-baby/ To sustain a healthy pregnancy, women must maintain healthy levels of progesterone at all times. As a woman’s body prepares for ovulation, progesterone levels go up. The corpus luteum can stimulate the production of progesterone for about two weeks and if a conception occurs, the pregnancy itself takes over the stimulation ... http://getpregnant.org/health-articles/should-women-take-prometrium-to-ward-off-miscarriage/ Shelves at the local Barnes & Noble and Borders stores are overflowing with paperbacks and guides on how to get pregnant but many women are turning to a quicker more convenient way to obtain the same information in the form of eBooks online, sometimes at 1/2 the cost. While Google, Bing ... http://getpregnant.org/health-articles/how-to-get-pregnant-the-top-3-ebooks/