Pregnancy is a very exciting time for women, but it can also become stressful when you hear different information from other mothers. Misinformation spreads like wildfire and it is important to know what is true and what isn’t.

Considering the societal shift of recent years portraying reproduction as a milestone to hit after setting a career path leaves the question of whether delaying reproduction negatively affects fertility. In the past, the goal of parents was to have babies earlier on so that the chance of healthy pregnancy was higher. In those times, this was acceptable because fewer women were working full-time jobs, so it didn’t matter to reproduce at a younger age. Times have changed, and more and more women are working full time and are focused on building a career for themselves independent of their partner, resulting in a delay in reproduction. This shift has led many people to believe that ‘30 is the new 20’ when talking about reproduction. Age is one of the easiest ways to predict fertility, but it is not the only indicator. Let’s dive into the truth of the matter and see how much fertility rates by age can change and the biological evidence for when fertility can start to decline.

Pregnancy is a very exciting time for women, but it can also become stressful when you hear different information from other mothers. Before getting pregnant, it is important to know the truth about the best ways to prepare and have a healthy pregnancy.

Pregnancy is an exciting time for couples, but there are a lot of things you need to know and understand to have a successful conception. It can be overwhelming when you first learn about pregnancy planning but just know that starting early is the best way to ensure that you are prepared. Many of the topics covered here will help guide you to understand and balance your hormones. A successful and healthy pregnancy mostly relies on the state of your personal estrogen and progesterone levels. Without knowing how to track and balance these levels, it will take longer to achieve a successful pregnancy.

• Nutrition is important because many foods we eat contain anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects which help reduce stress during pregnancy planning. Some foods even contain the building blocks for our hormones aiding in the production of stable levels.

• Understanding ovulation is important because without ovulation you will not be able to conceive.

• Knowing how to track ovulation is important as well because you need to time your intercourse around this period so that the sperm and egg can actually meet.

Fertilization occurs when the sperm meets with the egg in the fallopian to result in pregnancy. This means that you are the most fertile during ovulation, the time when your egg spends in the fallopian tube. Because ovulation only lasts for 12-24 hours, it is hard to truly know the exact time it happens, and thus a fertile window was created to give a more broad time frame where ovulation can happen. The fertile window is usually a 6 day period, and the first 5 days are the days that lead up to ovulation and the sixth day is when ovulation occurs. It is possible to get pregnant at any point in the fertile window because, after intercourse, sperm can remain in the uterus for up to 6 days while it waits for the egg to enter the fallopian to then be fertilized. Here we will discuss how to identify the fertile window and ovulation.