Infertility on Shine

Healthy Fats Make You Smarter

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Did you know your brain is about 60% fat? That your hormones are made from fat? 60% of your heart’s energy comes from burning fats. Your lungs need fat to work and keep them from collapsing. Fats help you absorb certain nutrients,…

Remembering Scarlet

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By Mama Michele, B arefoot & Pregnant I was doing some much needed cleaning in my home office today. I had stacks of paper and stuff…

I'm 38 and Want a Baby But He's Not Ready -- Should I Move On?

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Here at EMandLO.com we feel just awful that we can't answer every single advice question we get, but we figure that any answer is…

The Pursuit of Pregnancy

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She spent her 20s trying not to get knocked up. Now 36, as she begins the quest for her first pregnancy, the fear of regret is creeping up on her. By Joyce Bautista, Cookie's Managing Editor

If 36-year-old me could sit down for a drink with 21-year-old me,…

Secondary Infertility: One Woman's Story

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Trying to conceive is an exciting time in most women's lives, but when weeks become months or even years, the excitement quickly gets replaced with stress, fear and sadness. On

The Freak Factor of Secondary Infertility

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By Mama Michele, Barefoot & Pregnant

Not long after my daughter was born, I met two ladies in my neighborhood for coffee. All three of us had just delivered baby girls, but I was the only first-time Mommy in the…

How Stress Ruins Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

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Stress and Infertility: The Mom-Baby-Body Connection: Here’s the headline that grabbed my attention on Science Daily yesterday: Stress Puts Double Whammy On…

Friend or Foe: When Your BFF Goes MIA

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By Lucinda Rosenfeld

From Double X

Welcome to "Friend or Foe," a regular Double X advice column for your…

The return of the old-fashioned fertility treatment: Daily sex could be the key

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Remember back in the old days when the treatment for infertility was thought to be simply having a lot of sex? Those days seem to be back.

This time around, though, the reasoning is not just that the more you do it, the more sperm will make their way to the waiting egg, and the more likely you will be to conceive.

Do Resent Your Happily Pregnant Friends?

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Picture this: you've been trying to get pregnant for five years -- but the unwanted Aunt Flo barges in on time every month. Your best friend decided to have a baby two months ago -- and she's already pregnant! How do you get over the jealousy and bitterness, so you…