Welcome to iVillage.co.uk! or Join our Community

Want more iVillage? Sign up for our NEWSLETTERS
iVillage logo
iVillageUK // Pregnancy & Baby // Fertility

Fertility

Pregnancy: does age really matter?

Pregnancy: does age really matter?

Some people believe that waiting until after the age of 35 to become pregnant may increase a woman's risk of complications. Is this true? Conceiving a baby at either extreme of reproductive life presents risks and challenges. Today, larger numbers of women are having babies at an older age, so...
No comments

Contraception after a baby

When you’re up to your elbows in newborn nappies, sex isn’t the first thing on...
No comments

Emergency contraception

In January 2001 the progestogen-only emergency pill became available over the counter to...
No comments

Emotional stress of fertility treatment

When you want a baby and it doesn’t happen, your relationship takes the strain....
No comments

Secondary infertility

Some couples who conceived easily when they started a family, find it more difficult when...
No comments

IVF treatment - an end to the postcode lottery

Whether you qualify for fertility treatment on the NHS depends on where live. National...
No comments
IVF ? what you need to know thumb

IVF ? what you need to know

A decade of IVF ‘miracle stories’ have created the impression that...
No comments

Fertility - what the future holds

In the future will women be able to freeze their eggs, choose the genetic make-up and the...
No comments

Fostering: what you need to know

Be warned: fostering is a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week job. Fostering should not be...
No comments

Preparing for pregnancy

Change your diet and lifestyle and ensure you’re in the peak of health for pregnancy...
No comments

Female sterilisation what it entails

If you're contemplating sterilisation - The Family Planning Association provide the...
3 comments

Fertility tests and treatments

Discover the treatments available if you're having problems getting pregnant, with...
No comments

Having a Vascetomy

www.fpa.org.uk or ring the FPA helpline on 0845 3101334
No comments
Lunar months and due date thumb

Lunar months and due date

Your baby’s development actually takes 10 lunar months. (Although generally,...
3 comments