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    Getting Pregnant

    Want to get pregnant? Start here to learn about the optimal time for sex, possible fertility challenges and what you can do about them, symptoms of pregnancy, testing, and more.
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    Can Having an Abortion Affect Your Future Fertility?
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    Can I Take Mucinex While Breastfeeding?
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    Can I Sleep On My Back While Pregnant?
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    Best At-Home Paternity Test of 2022
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    How Much Does It Cost to Freeze Your Sperm?
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    I'm Not Ready for Kids. Should I Get a Fertility Test?
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    Welcome to Sperm 101
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    What Is Natural IVF?
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    How to Support Your Egg Quality
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    What to Know About Fertility in Your 20s, 30s, 40s, and Beyond
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    What to Expect at a Female Fertility Assessment
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    Male Fertility Assessment 101: What to Expect
    How to Freeze Sperm - Photo Illustration by Madelyn Goodnight
    Should You Freeze Your Sperm?
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    How to Cope on Mother's Day After Pregnancy Loss
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    What Is Male Infertility?
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    Perspectives: 7 Families Share Their Surrogacy Journey
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    How Reciprocal IVF Can Help LGBTQ+ Couples Have a Baby Together
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    What Are the Fertility Options for Transgender People?
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    What to Know About Testosterone Injections
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    What Does Ovulation Feel Like?
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    What Is an Obstetrician?
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    What Is Conception?
    False Pregnancy
    What Is a False or Phantom Pregnancy?
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    Is a Known, Anonymous, or Open Donor Arrangement Best?
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    Should You Offer to Be a Gestational Carrier for Your Infertile Friend?
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    Options for When You Can't Get Your Needed Fertility Treatments
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    How Many Ovarian and Antral Follicles You Should Have for Fertility?
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    Trying to Get Pregnant With PCOS? Here's How
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    The Endometrium and Its Role in Your Fertility
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    Which Kind of Fertility Doctor Is Best for You?
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    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Infections Need to Be Treated First
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    How the Hormone GnRH Works During IVF
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    How to Have a Baby and Build Your Family When You Identify as LGBTQ
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    Can Stress Be the Cause of Your Infertility?
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    Do Eating Disorders Cause Infertility?
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    How to Get Pregnant With Unexplained Infertility
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    What Every Fertility Patient Needs to Know About Natural Killer Cells
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    What Happens When Your Sperm Count Is Zero?
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    How Men's Underwear Choices May Impact Sperm Health
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    The Highs and Lows of Testosterone: What You Need to Know
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    What You Need to Know About Blocked Fallopian Tubes
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    Secondary Infertility Can Be Confusing and Difficult for Many Families
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    Getting Pregnant After Cervical Stenosis
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    When Doctors Don't Know Why You Can't Get Pregnant
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    How to Tell If You Have Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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    Does Age Affect Male Fertility?
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    Necrozoospermia Can Be a Cause of Male Infertility
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    Adhesions Can Cause Infertility for Many Women
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    The Truth About Infertility in Your 20s and Early 30s
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    Why Your Weight May Matter When You're Trying to Conceive
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    6 Signs That Your Period Cramps Are Not Normal
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    What Are Your Chances of Getting Pregnant After 35?
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    How to Know If You Have Irregular Periods
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    When to See a Fertility Doctor for Help
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    How Birth Control May Impact Your Fertility After You Stop Taking It
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    7 Ways Stress Can Make It Harder to Get Pregnant
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    Anovulation and Ovulatory Dysfunction
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    Pain During Sex: Causes and How It Impacts Fertility
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    The Possible Connection Between Painful Periods and Fertility
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    8 Healthy Habits That Boost Fertility