Glossary Abortion: the medical term for miscarriage. The various types include: Complete abortion: A miscarriage in which all of the products of conception have been expelled and the cervix is closed. Habitual abortion: A miscarriage occurring on two or more separate occasions. Incomplete abortion: A...
Ovulation -- Normal and Abnormal
Normal ovulation Normally, one of the ovaries releases a single mature egg every month, and this is called ovulation. Women may notice pain or abdominal discomfort at the time of ovulation and occasionally have some slight vaginal bleeding. The presence of regular periods, premenstrual tension...
One Unplanned Pregnancy Means Another? November 23, 2008, 8:30 pm
I came across an interesting article and study yesterday. It seems that women who experience an unplanned pregnancy (while young) are more likely than others to have another unplanned pregnancy. The study says that these women are more likely to have one within two years.
For me, that wasn't...
Paying Girls Not to Get Pregnant June 25, 2009, 7:55 am
A program is raising some eyebrows and questions with how they are "preventing" teen girls from having unplanned pregnancies. In short, they get paid to not get pregnant. No, really. The program is a slightly more complex than that, though not much.
Girls in the program attend 90-minute...
All Mothers are Clueless July 27, 2007, 5:00 am
A recent post by Sandy Cove Trail has had me pondering what advice I would give to a young expectant mother. I've always battled with this dilemma: how to share as much information as possible without scaring the mother or pushing her away by overly opinionated rants. I actually tend to shy away...
Basal Body Temperature (BBT) - Activity, Chart, Day, Fertile
Basal Body Temperature (BBT) At the start of every conception journey, women hear the term BBT. Just what is this all-important diagnostic tool?
Am I Ovulating? Your BBT - Change, Chart, Day, First, Give, One
Am I Ovulating? Your BBT. One of your very first assignments as a person trying to conceive will be to chart your Basal Body Temperature, or BBT.
Chart Your Basal Body Temperature - One, Chart, Cycle, First
Chart Your Basal Body Temperature. Keeping track of your monthly cycle via BBT is crucial to beginning infertility treatment or anytime you need to detect your ovulation.
Basal Body Temperature Charting
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Basal body temperature and cervical mucus | BabyCenter
Find out what basal body temperature and cervical mucus are, and how they can help you track your fertility for the best chance of getting pregnant.
Basal body temperature for natural family planning ...
Our weekly general interest e-newsletter keeps you up to date on a wide variety of health topics. The basal body temperature method is a type of natural family planning, also called fertility awareness-based methods. Your basal body temperature is your temperature when you're fully at rest
Basal body temperature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basal body temperature is the lowest temperature attained by the body during rest (usually during sleep). It is generally measured immediately after awakening and before any physical activity has been undertaken, although the temperature measured at that time is somewhat higher than the true ...