Conception without Communication

For the ones of you that keep up with Beth in Mental Health, she has a very interesting series about marriage currently running. In her story she tells of one couple that is married but rarely has sex. It seems that the wife refused her husband’s intimacy altogether until she was ovulating and ready to conceive. She then approached him with sex and got pregnant (this actually happened twice). Beth’s story continues and is still in the works with article three to come. If you have not checked it out, I suggest that you do. If you are interested in … Continue reading

When to Seek Help Getting Pregnant

If you’ve been trying to get pregnant without any luck, you may wonder when it is time to seek help. There is no easy answer to this question. The general statistics show that a woman has a 55% chance of getting pregnant within three months of trying to conceive. She has a 72% chance after six months and an 85% chance of conceiving within a year. Most healthy women under the age of thirty five are told to wait for a year before seeking help from an infertility specialist. If you are over thirty five, or closer to forty, you … Continue reading