Conception Advice AU

Getting pregnant

Congratulations! If you’re here, then you’re probably thinking about getting pregnant in the near future. Or perhaps you’ve thrown out your contraception, started to record your ovulation timing and you and your partner are already having lots of fun trying for a baby.

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Getting pregnant

Best positions for getting pregnant

When you’re trying to conceive a baby it is worth giving anything a go which you think will boost your chances.

Getting pregnant

Best time to get pregnant

Getting pregnant has a lot to do with timing.

Getting pregnant

How to conceive a boy

Some couples are almost desperate to conceive a baby of one particular gender.

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Am I pregnant

Well, you’ve waited and waited, your body feels like it’s changing already (or perhaps it doesn’t) and you are dying to find out whether that sneaking suspicion is actually correct. So you ask yourself, am I pregnant? A lot of women planning to become pregnant keep a stash of home pregnancy tests – and that’s not a bad idea, these days they are pretty accurate when used correctly.

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Am I pregnant

What are pregnancy tests?

Well, you’ve waited and waited, your body feels like it’s changing already (or perhaps it doesn’t) and you are dying to find out whether that sneaking suspicion that you might be pregnant is actually correct.

Am I pregnant

What do positive pregnancy tests mean?

Those five minutes between taking a pregnancy test and finding the result can feel like the longest five minutes of your life.

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Am I Pregnant?

If you’re starting to wonder, ‘Am I pregnant?’, then the best way to be sure is by doing a pregnancy test at around the time that your period would normally be due.

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Ovulation

Your time of ovulation is one of the most important things to understand because ovulation is a key factor in getting pregnant.

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Ovulation

The Ovulation cycle

If you’re planning to get pregnant, one thing that will really help you is having a good understanding of the ovulation cycle.

Ovulation

Ovulation pain

Around one in five women experience a noticeable pain every month at the time of ovulation – and about half of all women are thought to have experienced ovulation pain at least once.

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Symptoms of Ovulation

Once you start paying attention to your body, it s amazing how many hints it delivers about the various stages in your cycle and ovulation symptoms can be quite noticeable and easy to detect once you learn what to look for.

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Assisted Pregnancy - IVF

In our instant-gratification world, conceiving a baby is still something that often requires patience, optimism and a lot of waiting.

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Assisted Pregnancy - IVF

Age and Fertility

Fertility is closely related to age in both women and men.

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Fertility clinics for conception

With an estimated 15 percent of Australian couples experiencing a fertility problem, and huge advances in our understanding and treatment of fertility issues, fertility clinics have been a medical growth industry for some years.

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Understanding your fertility cycle

Fertility awareness – that is, having a good understanding of your own fertility cycle – can make a significant difference to the amount of time it takes a couple to get pregnant.

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Conceiving Twins, Triplets or Quadruplets

Twins account for around 90% of multiple births and far outnumber triplets or quads in the multiple birth stakes. Currently in Australia almost 2% of all the babies born come in multiples.

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Conceiving Twins, Triplets or Quadruplets

Quadruplets

Multiple births always attract attention and there is generally a great deal of fascination about the concept of more than one baby being born at the same time.