The Fertility Tracker is an excellent ovulation microscope. It works by taking a sample of first morning saliva and testing it on a slide. Seeing a ferning pattern indicates that ovulation is imminent.

If you are trying to conceive and charting your fertility signs, then using a saliva ovulation monitor is a good way to alert to impending ovulation. They can be used over and over and last for years. They can work as a form of natural birth control, when seeing the ferns, you can avoid possible pregnancy. (Nothing except sterilization is 100%)

I always use an ovulation monitor along with charting to help me stay on top of where I am in the reproduction cycle. To use properly, be sure to read all instructions.

Recently I was made aware of just how many lawsuits there are about birth control side effects and yaz birth control side effects lawsuits especially.

Here is some useful information:

If you are on birth control and spotting you might be interested in these articles and links from other sites.

There are so many birth control lawsuits for a reason.  That is because there are so many side effects, cancers and infertility issues related to birth control pills.

The reason is because of the fact that there isn’t enough proper follow up with doctors and what information you should be getting from them. For instance Yaz Birth Control Pills say that potassium levels should be checked after the first month but most women do not know this. May women are having heart attacks and strokes from birth control pills.

There are also YAZ birth control side effects lawsuits but here here are the articles and I’m including info about progestins:
YAZ birth control information and warning pages: If you don’t use Angeliq birth control pills or Yaz BCPs read about the one you DO use online.

http://www.yaz-us.com/

http://berlex.bayerhealthcare.com/html/products/pi/fhc/YAZ_PI.pdf?WT.mc_id=www.berlex.com

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drugs/yaz

Here are some articles that you might want to read about birth control:

http://beyondfertility.com/getting-pregnant-after-the-pill/

http://beyondfertility.com/abortifacients-and-carcinogens/

http://beyondfertility.com/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil/

These are my success hints and tips on how to improve fertility:

• Vitamin B6 – every day!

• Progesterone Cream – from ovulation to either menstruation or all through pregnancy.

• Water and Tea – every day.

• Other Supplements – prenatal vitamins, etc.

[WIDGET1]There are several other supplements that help aid in enhancing fertility. Of these are vitex which helps to regulate the hormones estrogen and progesterone, evening primrose oil which helps to increase the fertile quality cervical fluid, guaifenesin which helps to produce more cervical fluid.

Conception occurs within twenty-four hours of ovulation. Normally you will not know you are pregnant until your menstrual cycle is late. The average time to take a home pregnancy test is approximately two weeks after  ovulation or conception occurs. So realistically you are pregnant for two weeks before you confirm it. Is there any way of knowing if pregnancy has occurred during the two weeks – before the menstrual cycle is missed? Yes and no.

Some women will experience symptoms right from the very beginning while others will not experience any even after the confirmation from a pregnancy test.

Every woman is different in how her body will react to pregnancy. In fact, every pregnancy is different. In two of my three pregnancies I had early pregnancy symptoms. In one pregnancy I had no symptoms almost the entire time except, of course, for weight gain and quickening.

Answering the question:  “What is douching?  And is it safe?”[WIDGET1]

You’ve seen the commercials, the promise of freshness anytime. All contained in a box you can buy at your local store – and every woman should use them – after all, if you don’t then you are DIRTY.Well, I say DON’T believe everything a commercial tells you, especially in this area, especially if you are trying to conceive.

Douching can in fact be detrimental to the procreation act. I know, the commercial states that without their product you’ll not be quite as fresh or quite as clean. And they make it sound like you really need to use them especially after “that” time of the month.

But the truth is the vagina is self-cleaning. Unless you have a medical condition that requires douching (and if you do your doctor will have “prescribed” a douche for you) then you really don’t need to douche even after “that” time of the month. In fact simple daily bathing with soap and water is sufficient.

Douching can hurt your chances of conception by washing away all the good fertile quality cervical fluid and can dry out the vagina making penetration much more difficult; especially if you have a problem with not  producing enough fertile quality cervical fluid. And if you like to douche after intercourse you are washing away the sperm and that totally counter acts the act of conception.

Douching can also introduce bacteria to the vagina thus infecting the environment which is why douching should only be used when prescribed by a physician. Infections can hinder conception and cause uncomfortable symptoms.

Below are the definition of conception terms.

Basal body temperature – the temperature the body is at rest.[WIDGET1]  Basal Thermometers are sold separately or included in Fertility Kits can be found in our store.

Cervical fluid – fluid produced at the cervix. This fluid is essential for conception to occur.  (Test how well yours “works” with The Fertility Tracker or OvaCue fertility monitors.)

Cervical position – the position of the cervix. During the infertile times the cervix is low and firm. During the peak of fertile times it is high and soft and very wet.

Cervix – The opening to the uterus through which semen and fluid begin the journey from the vagina to the egg.

Conception – The act of intercourse that ends in the union of the sperm to the egg – thus creating a fertilized egg.

Corpus Luteum – the cyst that forms when the egg is released from the ovary.  This serves to release progesterone until either the fertilized egg prompts it to stay alive or till it simply dies, thus bringing on the menstrual bleeding.

Egg – The cell from the female in which becomes fertilized by a sperm.

Estrogen – The hormone produced before ovulation – is responsible for fertile quality cervical mucus.  (Consider having hormones tested with a saliva based hormone kit.)

Fallopian Tubes – These connect the ovaries to the uterus and serve as the vehicle in which the egg travels from the ovary to the uterus.

FSH – The hormone responsible for the maturation of the eggs.  (Consider having hormones tested with a saliva based hormone kit.)

HCG – the hormone produced when conception has occurred.

Hormones – Substances produces by glands in the body to prompt the body to do certain things. (Consider having hormones tested with a saliva based hormone kit.)

Implantation – The act of the fertilized egg implanting into the uterine wall at  about five to twelve days past ovulation.

LH – The hormone responsible for prompting the ovary to release the mature egg.

Luteal Phase – The time from ovulation to the day before menstruation.Luteal Phase Defect – A luteal phase less than ten days.

Menstruation – The beginning of a new cycle. The time in which the uterus sheds the lining, “bleeding.”

Mid-cycle Spotting – spotting of blood during ovulation.

Ovulation –When the ovaries release a mature egg into the fallopian tube.

Progesterone – The hormone produced after ovulation has taken place. This hormone is responsible for the thickening of the uterine lining and helps to maintain pregnancy.  Type in Progesterone into our search box and find many progesterone articles. (Consider having hormones tested with a saliva based hormone kit.)

Sperm– The cells from the male in which fertilizes the egg.

Thermal Shift – the upward shift in basal body temperature the day after ovulation occurs.

Uterus – The organ in which a fertilized egg implants – and in which houses the pregnancy (growing fetus).

Vagina – Also known as the birth canal. The place in which the penis deposits the sperm in order for pregnancy to occur.