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Ovulation calculator

Ovulation calculator

If you are trying to conceive our ovulation calculator could help you to work out when you may be at your most fertile and aid you in conceiving. First day of last menstrual period: Average length of your menstrual cycle: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35…

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Question: Hernia operation

Q: “I have just read the babyworld diary entry from the lady whose husband’s infertility was caused by a hernia operation as a child. My husband and I have been trying for a baby for six months, but he had a hernia operation when he was 18. Could this affect our chances?” A: Hernia operations…

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Question: Variations in due date

Q: ”I recently went for a dating scan, where I was told that I was 11 weeks 6 days pregnant and that my due date is 31st May 2000. This confuses me as the first day of my last period was 14th August 1999, which would give me a due date of 21st May 2000. I…

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Question: Conceiving after use of a coil and after laser treatment

Q: “I was fitted with a mini-coil at 17 and I have had a minor operation on my cervix to remove potentially precancerous cells – results negative. I am now 31 and am thinking about trying to conceive. I am a reasonably fit 31-year-old – are these likely to cause any problems with me trying to…

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Question: Miscarriage affecting conceiving

Q: “I have a daughter aged 26 months whom it took us 18 months to conceive. I fell pregnant with her straight away after having a laparoscopy. I had a miscarriage in November 2000 and we have been trying again since then, but have had no luck. I did not have a D&C as the…

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Question: Timing of ovulation of a 30-day cycle

Q: “My husband and I have been trying for a baby for five months now without any luck. I am 27 and have been using Persona for the last year and a half and have been ovulating each month around day 10-12 of a 29/30-day cycle. Everything I read says I should be ovulating on…

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Question: Periods becoming irregular

Q: “Three months ago I got my period on its due date. The next one started a week after the due date and lasted for two weeks on and off. My GP first diagnosed a prolonged period but when I went back a week later, when the bleeding was still there, he thought it might…

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Question: Starting periods after birth

Q: “I gave birth to my son eight and a half weeks ago. My husband and I are keen to have another baby as soon as possible so the age gap between the two is small I had my postnatal check at the hospital two and a half weeks ago, as I had an emergency…

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Medication to aid conception

Infertility Treatments : Ovulation Stimulation

Ovulation Stimulation The first step for many couples is a course of drugs to help stimulate and regularise ovulation. Clomiphene citrate (brand names are Clomid and Serophene) is a synthetic drug taken in tablet form, usually once a day between Days 2 and 6 of the woman’s cycle, with the aim of stimulating her ovaries into ovulation.…

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Helping women to conceive : Zita West

She has treated Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet and Davina McCall and moves between the NHS and her highly popular Harley St clinic helping women to conceive and have their babies as naturally as possible. babyworld meets midwife, author and natural health practitioner Zita West. There can’t be many trained midwife/acupuncturists – why this unusual combination, do you have…

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