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TM Pregnancy Companion A doctor’s advice and pregnancy A doctor's tracking Pregnancy advice and pregnancy tools in the palm Companion tracking of your hand tools in the palm of your hand • Developed by Board Certified OB/GYN’s • Week-by-week status updates • Nutrition Guidelines & Calorie Tracker • Weight Tracker (Standard & Metric) • Hydration Counter • Appointment Calendar • Contraction Timer • Drug Safety • Acupressure Points • Developed by Board Certified OB/GYN's • Week-by-week status updates tools in the palm of your hand • Nutrition Guidelines & Calorie Tracker • Weight Tracker (Standard & Metric) • Hydration Counter • Appointment calendar • Drug Safety • Yoga Poses • Kick Counter Learn more at • Contraction • Developed Timer by Board Certified OB/GYN's • Baby • Week-by-week Names status updates • Acupressure • Nutrition Points Guidelines & Calorie Tracker • Weight Tracker (Standard Made for & Metric) • Yoga Poses • Kick Counter • Baby Names A doctor's advice and pregnancy tracking PregnancyCompanionApp.com iPod iPhone iPad TM
FEATURE | worldwide web of fertility FERTILITY ON THE WEB We’ve toured around the virtual world to showcase some of the best websites out there offering advice on all matters of fertility: • www.fertilityroad.com Our online supplement to the magazine you have in front of you. With additional features, comment pieces, forums, and up-to-theminute news. • www.fertilityfriend.com The internet can give us in-depth fertility education from others who have been there - often far more practical than impersonal advice in a book, and with an eye-opening international perspective. Renowned for its charting software that enables prospective mothers to plot accurately their fertile point in the month. Ad free, and free to join. • www.peeonastick.com A comprehensive collection of home pregnancy test and ovulation predictor kit information and images. The perfect back-up for home scientists! © Yuri Arcurs / iStockphoto.com “The kit had advised us to leave the semen to liquefy for 20 minutes in a sample pot before inserting it, but the GP stressed that as sperm die quickly, it should be kept warm and inserted as quickly as possible. He was completely matter of fact and supportive and even demonstrated how to release the syringe properly”, says Jane. Following the doctor’s advice, she and her partner conceived on her next fertile cycle. But the internet did also prove invaluable to her. At the last minute, she asked some fellow posters on a home insemination board who had conceived that way some questions: how long to leave the syringe in for, whether to orgasm after insemination, whether to lie on her back or turn over? Their candid answers, Jane feels, also helped her achieve success - and precisely what had worked for others was something her GP could not have told her. The internet can give us in-depth fertility education from others who have been there - often far more practical than impersonal advice in a book, and with an eye-opening international perspective. But equally, when we take advice from a site on the worldwide web, we are entrusting our health to strangers, many of whom are completely misinformed, and none of whom know our health or bear any responsibility towards us. The consequences, if you are desperate enough to follow a medically unqualified person’s advice to try a certain pill or potion, for example, can potentially be extremely dangerous. On balance, it is always advisable to take professional, personalised medical advice over that on any website, which is likely to be overly generalised, out-ofdate, or simply inaccurate. The information and opinions on websites suggest certain things are ‘normal’ and others not, which can be very frightening, whereas a doctor will often dismiss these fears as irrelevant. Most of the time, the doctor is right, but - and here’s what’s good about the worldwide web of fertility - there are also times when people who have been in your shoes really do know best. • www.twoweekwait.com The internet’s widest resource of clues, signs and symptoms, all user-submitted and in every part designed to help you understand the clues you body offers. • www.in-gender.com A brilliant resource for those looking to improve the odds of getting a certain gender, whilst dealing with the range of post-birth emotions. • www.mumsnet.com A prolific and mammoth resource, relevant along the whole timeline, from those looking to conceive to others adapting to the patter of not-so-tiny feet. www.fertilityroad.com 47
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Page 3 and 4: FERTILITY ROAD CONTENTS In this iss
Page 5 and 6: ISSUE 03 | NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2010
Page 7 and 8: FERTILITY ROAD NEWS The latest deve
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Page 16 and 17: FERTILITY ROAD FERTILITY FINDS The
Page 18 and 19: FEATURE | it’s my life WORDS | KE
Page 20 and 21: A Caring Approach to Egg Donation P
Page 22: FEATURE | it’s my life SO WHAT CA
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Page 28 and 29: INTERVIEW | Toni Weschler or ovulat
Page 30 and 31: FEATURE | fertility on ice FERTILIT
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Page 34 and 35: FEATURE | same-sex parenting
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Page 40 and 41: EGG DONOR PROGRAM no waiting lists
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