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Fertility Tools
All of your trying-to-get-pregnant essentials.

downloads_sm Charts and Checklists
Track, monitor, chart, and check-off: four helpful downloads to get you through your getting-pregnant journey.
ovulation calculator Ovulation Calculator
Determine when you're most likely to conceive by calculating your menstrual cycle and ovulation days.
BMI calculator BMI Calculator
Measure your Body Mass Index (BMI) to see where your range falls—a key element for fertility.
video_sm Fertility Videos
Tired of just reading about fertility? Get up and move! We've got special exercises and massage moves designed by fitness and fertility experts to help you relax, get in shape, and prepare your body for pregnancy.
conceive-on-air Conceive On-Air Podcast
Conceive On-Air is a weekly podcast that offers information and emotional support to women contemplating starting or expanding their families, whether by natural conception, assisted reproductive technologies (ART), or adoption.
playlists-sm Fertility Playlists
Music can set the mood, help you relax, and make you feel happy—all things associated with trying to get pregnant. These playlists will help you through your journey to conceive, whether you need a pick-me-up during your two-week wait or something romantic for an evening with your partner.
contests-giveaways-small Contests & Giveaways
Register for a chance to win our web-exclusive giveaways. And don’t forget to check back for new contests that’ll help you score free fertility enhancing, family-building goodies.
50-best-sm Top 50 Companies 2010
Our third annual listing of the most fertility- and adoption-friendly workplaces in America.
 

Get Pregnant

From Partners to Parents: How Couples Can Prepare for Pregnancy

Growing from a couple into a family is a big transition, and while it’s mostly...

Boy or Girl: Can You Get Pregnant and Choose Your Baby's Sex?

Heads a girl, tails a boy.  For most couples, the odds of predicting the gender...

The Path to Getting Pregnant

From the blissful simplicity of spontaneous, unprotected sex to the scientific complexity of in vitro...

Timing is Everything When You're Trying to Conceive

What do women most want to know when they’re trying to conceive?

Boost Your Fertility

A Three-Month Guide to Getting Pregnant

Your three-month get-ready-to-get-pregnant guide.

9 Ways to Boost Your Fertility

Think fertility is a “you’ve-got-it-or-you-don’t” kind of thing? Think again. There are some simple...

Can You Drink When You're Trying?

It’s Christmas . . . or New Year’s . . . or Valentine’s Day, and...

Which Household Cleaners Could Hurt Your Fertility

The chemicals in some household cleaners may pose a fertility risk. But there are ways...

Fertility Concerns

Reversing Tubal Ligation, Restoring Fertility

According to a study done at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, approximately 700,000 women undergo surgical sterilization each year in...

Top 10 Myths About Men & Fertility

Find out the facts so these common misconceptions don’t keep you and your man from...

DES Exposure

Back to Fertility Diagnosis Reference Guide Quick Jump A B C D E F...

Internal Scars Could Be Threatening Your Fertility

Whether they’re a recent acquisition or left over from years ago, internal scars that you...

Infertility

Third Party Reproduction and the Law

Third-party reproduction dates back to at least the Old Testament, points out the American Fertility...

Getting Pregnant with Donor Eggs

If you’ve decided to use an egg donor, you’re not alone. More than 11 percent...

Surviving Infertility as a Couple: Tips for Facing Fertility Challenges Together

“…for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love...

IVF 101: In Vitro Fertilization Explained

As kids, we all learned about the birds and the bees. But we probably didn’t...