Articles & Expert Guides on Planning for a Baby

Medically-reviewed expert guides, tips, real-life stories, and articles on Planning for a Baby

CoQ10 for Fertility: What It Does, How Much to Take & When to Start

Tassia O'Callaghan

How to Find Support When You’re Trying to Conceive: A Guide

Tricia Bowden

Don’t Know What Supplements You Should Be Taking? Expert Breakdown for Every Stage of Life.

Martha Kenny

Nesting 101: How to Prep for Baby (Without Losing Your Mind)

Phoebe Corcoran

How Many Eggs Does a Woman Have? Egg Count by Age Breakdown

Tassia O'Callaghan

Ozempic Babies: Are Weight-Loss Drugs Causing Surprise Pregnancies?

Tassia O'Callaghan

Positive Signs After Embryo Transfer (If You’re Symptom-Spotting)

Katie MIll

What is Cervidil & How Is It Used?

Katie Mill

At-Home Insemination Kits: How Do They Work?

Katie Mill

Signs of Pregnancy After Stopping Depo-Provera

Katie Mill

How Soon Can You Get Pregnant After an Abortion?

Katie Mill

Does Mucinex Help You Get Pregnant?

Katie Mill

6 Tips for Getting Pregnant in Your 30s

Katie Mill

What Are the Chances of Getting Pregnant Without Protection One Time?

Katie Mill

Can You Get Pregnant After a Tummy Tuck?

Katie Mill

IVF After Tubal Ligation: Is It Possible? Your Expert Guide

Navya Muralidhar

Does Fertility Tea Really Work?

Katie Mill

What Foods Should I Avoid While Taking Letrozole For Fertility?

Katie Mill

Does Matcha Cause Infertility?

Katie Mill

What is Antral Follicle Count? AFC in Fertility

Navya Muralidhar

From the community

I honestly can’t believe my husband right now. He flat out said that the fact that women who are getting older makes it more difficult to get pregnant makes it imperative to start trying to have kids (or more of them) if you want more, regardless of if if you are feeling ready for them because it’s more difficult every year

Would you allow a relative without any experience of looking after children to take your just turned 3 year old out without you?

For context, he is my brother, 30 years old and no kids or experience with kids. He has offered to take my son out so I can catch some rest while pregnant, but we don't see him regularly as he lives a couple hours away and is often busy. I don't know if it is pregnancy hormones but I feel anxious about him taking my kid out as I feel he doesn't understand enough about how to keep a toddler safe (roads, hazards, choking, etc).

Faint positive?

My period is due today, was negative at first glance then after a couple of mins I felt like I could see a line?? Could it be a faulty test / evaporation line or faint positive?

Positive or negative birth?

Hey everyone, this will be my first baby and I feel pretty anxious about the birth because it seems like the majority of women's experiences are negative. So I just wanted to check, is that really true?! Only gives me 4 boxes, add in comments any other answers ☺️

Collecting colostrum ?

Has anyone started to try and collect colostrum yet? If so have you been successful?

Baby 2 ttc?

How long did it take you to conceive baby 2? I. Currently 32 and baby 1 is 18 months old. Thinking about stopping preventing in a few months so that would be a minimum of 2.5 year gap if it happened straight away but ideally want a gap closer to 3 years for childcare costs but if it takes awhile I would also prefer a gap less than 4 years so thats my thoughts on starting earlier

Do you wish you realised when you had a 2nd child that family don’t like to look after both?

One no one talks about or none of these family members warned us about lol!

Both my family and in laws are so ‘woah wait’ when it comes to looking after both the kids. Don’t assume we palm them off our instances have been for medical appointments etc.

I just saw a woman pregnant with her 3rd like I’ve lost my village because she has 3 and again no one will look after more than 1 of the kids.

pos or neg?

hello im very confused. 9dpo and took a test but one line is extremely faint and narrow but still pink. is this a early pos? not an indent or evap as this was taken in the timeframe x

6 donor embryo failures

I had a baby a couple of years or so ago, first try, no drama. We tried assisted fertility right away due to me being early 40s and the advice of the fertility clinic. We tried for two years and nothing so we took the advice to move to donor eggs. We are on our 3rd donor. I’ve had 6 transfers which includes 1 blighted ovum, 1 miscarriage at 4+6wks and four failure. One of the failures is with a new donor and our first grade A we’ve ever got from donors. We paid for a larger cohort of eggs to get better than a grade B this time. It still failed. We’ve spent about £25k plus travel / accommodation etc overseas almost every month. I’m not working as a result of being away all the time.

I’ve just had an endometrium biopsy to see if I’ve picked up endometriosis bacterial due to miscarriage. I’ve also just paid for immunology blood tests. But what does it end? I obviously want answers - do I need more tests? Is it bad luck? The accumulative success rate is supportive be 98% after 4 transfers. I can’t believe I’m still in this fertility hole. Do I give up? Do I ask for something new? Can anyone help.., please? 🙏🏽