Trying to conceive but forgetting about vitamin D? Great. I hate winter in Berlin and don’t see any reason why not to hate winter in Berlin. I could count over a dozen reasons for it and the first one is the fact that winter in Berlin lasts for about six months each year. And as…
The dream of having twins: What are the risks and what an IVF expert from a top fertility clinic told me We’ve discussed in the last post how many women, especially those older than 35 or undergoing IVF treatments, wish to get pregnant with twins and I promised to further elaborate on that. Is…
Fish or supplements? How to get enough omega-3 when TTC When it comes to getting pregnant, there is no magic food that will help turn a bad egg into a good embryo. However, there are types of nutrition that are beneficial and scientifically proven to increase pregnancy chances, such as the Mediterranean diet and…
What your mom’s menopause tells about your own fertility A tricky thing about determining how many eggs a woman has left is combining the findings from your blood work with medical history and physical examination to arrive at a complete picture. Although a simple measure of FSH on cycle day 3 in either a home test or…
My week at Dexeus, one of the top fertility-clinics in Europe My mother was born here. I was born here. My two daughters were born here, says Sofia Veiga, international manager at the Dexeus Clinic for Women’s Health with lots of emotion in her voice. This is how people normally talk about dear places from…
Menstrual pain sucks. Luckily, there are things that help. Here’s one. (In cooperation with PharmaNord) In this article from a few weeks ago I wrote about how women all over the world hate having periods and we’ve discussed the reasons why women bleed every month. Today, I would like us to look at one…
Don’t you hate periods? Why do women menstruate so often? I was 13 when I got my first period. I was alone at home with my mom on that day so it was a perfect occasion for her to have a conversation with me. In that conversation, she could have said, I love how…
Have PCOS? Lose weight to get pregnant faster Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a set of symptoms that arises due to elevated male hormone levels in women. Among signs pointing to PCOS are: 1) Irregular periods (mention this to your doctor if it happens more than twice within one year), 2) Higher androgen levels…
At which age should women start having children? Is that really a complicated question Biologically speaking, between the age of 18 and 25 is best to have a first child. That’s when eggs are in good shape and the whole reproductive system is at its peak. Young women of 18–25 are the least likely to…
