Infertility

When you're trying to get pregnant, it helps to be aware of lifestyle and medical factors that can affect your menstrual cycle. ...

Assisted Reproductive Techniques and Pregnancy The American Society for Reproductive Medicine estimates that about 6.1 million American women and their partners are infertile—that's 10 percent of the reproductive age population! If you or yo...

What's happening insideThis is an embryo at the 16-cell stage, when it has changed from a zygote into a morula. It is in the process of dividing into a hollow ball of cells-the blastocyst-which will eventually implant in the lining of the uterus....

Although the process of sperm-meets-egg is natural and easy for most couples, some couples who want to conceive a child struggle with infertility. According to the National Institutes of Health, 9 percent of men and 11 percent of women of reprodu...

Fertility Issues With a successful conception and pregnancy behind you, the thought of fertility issues may not have entered your mind. Your body obviously figured out what it was doing before. You got pregnant. You gave birth to your baby. That...

Infertility: Responding to Questions from Family and Friends When you are experiencing infertility, one of the most difficult challenges is communicating with family and friends about what may be a devastating life crisis. Even the most caring r...

What's happening insideWhen the two nuclei have pooled their genetic material to create a cell containing its full complement of 46 chromosomes-23 each from the mother and father-the cell can start dividing, shown here at the first division creat...

When it comes to screen time and kids, it isn't all bad news. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers guidelines on how to make screen time healthy and educational.