http://fixinfertilitytips.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:28:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don’t know about you but I get so confused with the difference between signs and symptoms – it’s so easy to get mixed up yourself when people use them interchangeably.  Officially symptoms are what you experience – if you go to the doctor with your list of complaints and ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/signs-of-infertility/ Endometriosis – that’s a pretty big word!  Even though there are links between endometriosis and infertility, if you do have it you’d probably know about it way before you try to have kids.  That’s ‘cause one of the symptoms of endometriosis is incredibly painful periods.  You see, what happens is ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/endometriosis-and-infertility/ Being diagnosed with infertility is quite traumatic.  One of the first things that go through your mind is the question: ‘Why?  Why me?  What are the reasons for infertility?’  Basically, you want to know why you are infertile.  On a cosmic scale, I don’t think anyone could give you a ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/reasons-for-infertility/ Dealing with infertility stress The relationship between stress and infertility has been quite controversial:  first, the doctors said that infertility was largely a result of stress, then they said it had very little to do with stress, and now they’re starting to acknowledge that stress and infertility are linked.  Whatever the ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/infertility-stress/ Now that you’re looking at the whole issue of infertility, you’ve probably heard a bunch of words bandied about and you’re thinking to yourself, ‘What is infertility really?’  It can get quite confusing if you thought you were infertile, and then someone tells you you’re sub-fertile or hypo-fertile and your ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/what-is-infertility/ I know you were dreading that visit to the doctor, but at least now you know what the problem is!  So now you can get some idea of what treatment you’ll need and, as much as I hate to bring up finance, what it’s going to cost.  I’ve heard that ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/infertility-costs/ So you guys still aren’t pregnant yet?  I’m guessing it’s not for lack of trying but have you been checked for PCOS?  That’s short for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.  It’s a pretty complicated condition – all to do with the metabolism and hormonal imbalances and the like – but it can ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/pcos-and-infertility/ I normally get worried when people start spouting numbers to prove a point; it reminds me of those fishing stories where the guppy evolves into a shark as the story is retold.  Did you know that 85.43% of statistics are made up on the spot, and that smoking is the ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/infertility-statistics/ These days you can get insurance for anything!  Your house, your health, your pets, your baby toenail, anything really!  So it only makes sense that you can get infertility insurance too.  You can understand why though.  Having a baby the old-fashioned way is costly enough as it is; when you ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/infertility-insurance/ I heard you and the hubby were having a tough time getting pregnant.  I’m a big believer in the value of information, in this case infertility information.  When you have a name for the problem it just seems to make things easier to deal with – weird isn’t it?  Once you ... http://fixinfertilitytips.com/infertility-information/