Many women (and men) in the midst of trying to conceive and having some trouble will start to avoid social situations where they know they will encounter pregnant women or babies. While these sights don’t usually bother me, I can understand how seeing others who have something you want so badly but don’t have (yet) can spark feelings of envy, longing, even worse, doubts about your own self worth.
But Fully Fertile: A Holistic 12-Week Plan for Optimal Fertility points out that this aversion could be counterproductive to your own efforts at reproduction.
Just like laughter and optimism tend to be contagious, …read more

I’d like to think that every post at Fertility Notes is fascinating, scintillating, thought-provoking…but this week, the Health and Wellness channel has asked us to pick our top five. So here are mine – a combination of my favorite, your favorite, most commented, most viewed:

Breaking News: Teens Can Get Pregnant After Having Sex – Thank you, Miss Jamie Lynn Spears for making this one of my most viewed posts. But there’s more to the post than that. You should read it to find out what.
Does It Bother You to See Other People’s Babies? I said no, not so much. Most …read more