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Fertility is the natural capability of giving life. As a measure, "Fertility Rate" is the number of children born per couple, person or population. This is different from fecundity, which is defined as the potential for reproduction (influenced by gamete production, fertilisation and carrying a pregnancy to term). ...read more from Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

• --Fertility depends on factors of nutrition, sexual behavior, endocrinology, timing, and emotions.
• --The most common causes of unexplained infertility in women is ovulatory dysfunction.
• --Women who smoke have a significantly smaller chance of conceiving a child, and smokers are more likely to suffer miscarriage.
• --Researchers found that couples who had sex every day had a 25% chance of conceiving, while couples who had sex every other day had a 22% chance.

5 Great Resources on Fertility

• American Fertility Association: Trying to Conceive
• Childbirth.org: Fertility Information
• Resolve: Demystifying Infertility
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine: Complete Guide to Fertility
• FertilityLifelines: Fertility Health 101

5 Latest Headlines on Fertility

• Fertility News from Topix

What is Fertility?

• Wikipedia: Fertility Information
• Fertility Community: IVF, TTC, PCOS, Causes, Fertility Treatment
• American Fertility Association: Understanding Your Most Fertile Time
• Taking Charge of Your Fertility: Fertility Myths
• eMedicine: Evaluation of the infertile couple

What Are The Symptoms of Fertility Issues?

• BabyCenter.com: Fertility Issues
• Health24: News, Fertility Problems
• iVillage: Conception and Fertility Problems
• IVF.com: Miracle Babies
• YouTube: At-Home Test Detects Fertility Trouble

What Are the Complications of Fertility Issues?

• WebMD: Fertility Problems: Causes
• Mass General Hospital: Fertility Options
• Alder Books: How to be a Successful Fertility Patient
• American Fertility: How Successful is Infertility Treatment
• BabyCenter: BabyCenter.com: Fertility Issues

What Are The Treatments and Medications for Fertility?

• FertilityLifelines.com: Fertility Treatment and Information
• BabyCenter.com: Getting Started With Fertility Treatment
• FertilityTreatmentCenter.com: Fertility Treatment Center
• American Fertility Association: Meet and Greet with Your Fertility Doctor
• American Fertility Association: Fertility Drugs: Clomiphene Citrate | Injectable Gonadotropins

What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Fertility?

• PositiveHealth.com: Holistic Approach to Infertility
• Holistic Health Network: A Holistic Look at Infertility
• Childbirthsolutions.com: A Holistic Approach to Fertility
• American Fertility Association: Over the Counter Intuition

What Are The Stages of Fertility?

• Ovulation-calculator.com: Phases and Stages in Fertility
• iVillage: Babymaking Basics: Everything You Need to Know About Your Fertility Cycle
• UpToDate: Effect of advanced paternal age on fertility and pregnancy
• DrSpock: Childbearing at Older Ages: Getting Pregnant
• American Pregnancy Association: Trying to Conceive After Age 35

Foundations and Support Groups on Fertility

• Fertile Hope: Support for cancer patients and survivors
• International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID): Infertility Basics
• American Pregnancy Association: Getting Pregnant
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine: Resources for Patients
• American Fertility Association: Reproduction and Sexuality
• MedHelp.org: Ask a Doctor Fertility Questions
• FertilityCommunity.com: Fertility Forums

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Fertility

• INCIID: Infertility - Support Forums and Bulletin Boards
• FertilityStories.com: Stories and Inspiration for Couples Dealing with Infertility
• American Fertility Association: Online Community
• iVillage: Trying to Conceive
• TryingToConceive: Discussion Boards

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Fertility

• PubMedCentral: Fertility Articles
• JAMA: Fertility Articles
• Google Scholar: Fertility Articles

Clinical Trials on Fertility

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Fertility Clinical Trials
• Centerwatch: Clinical Trials

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