Getting Pregnant

Pregnancy

Music to make love by: a Spotify baby-making playlist

It’s time to spice things up in the bedroom. That means John Legend and Norah Jones will be joining you STAT. 

Getting Pregnant

I’m ready for a baby, he’s not (yet)—7 steps to talk through it together

It can be frustrating—and maybe scary—when you’re ready to take the leap and he’s not. Here are 7 strategies to help.

Getting Pregnant

Want to get pregnant? Try an orgasm

Yes, it is true: regular, orgasmic sex can improve your odds of getting pregnant.

Life

6 OB-GYN-approved strategies to get pregnant fast

Because when you decide to get pregnant, you want it to happen as quickly as possible.

Pregnancy

9 essential questions to ask at your preconception checkup

Here's a printable discussion guide to bring to your OB-GYN or midwife.  

Getting Pregnant

Infertility from a Dad’s Point of View

How it feels to be a man struggling to get his partner pregnant.

Getting Pregnant

Anxiety & getting pregnant: 7 strategies for coping with the unknown

The uncertainty of trying to get pregnant won’t last forever. 

Pregnancy

What is the two-week wait? An OB-GYN shares what you need to know

Conception, fertilization, implantation: Our OB-GYN explains the biology of early pregnancy and your baby.

Pregnancy

Are you ever ‘ready’ to have a baby?

Motherhood isn’t about getting ready. Motherhood makes you ready as you live it.

Pregnancy

Talking to a Friend About Her Infertility

Tips and advice for supporting a friend or loved one through infertility

Getting Pregnant

Tracking Your Fertility Could Help You Get Pregnant Faster

4 tips to help you get started on the road to pregnancy.

Infertility

Coping with secondary infertility: 5 steps to take

What to do when you have trouble getting pregnant the second time around.

Pregnancy

Walking alongside a friend when she loses her baby

What do you say when nothing you say will fix it?

Miscarriage & Loss

The grief of due dates—remembering my miscarried baby

“It’s a really big club, but one I’d hoped you would never have had to join.”

Getting Pregnant

Porn Does Not Teach You How to Get Pregnant.

How even being a “Curator of Sex” didn’t prepare me for birth and motherhood.

Pregnancy

5 Things I Wish I’d Known About Infertility

HAVEABABY's filmmaker reveals her personal struggle with infertility.

Getting Pregnant

The Truth about Men’s Infertility

7 simple changes men can make to improve fertility.

Pregnancy

Pre-pregnancy bucket list: 10 things to do right now

5. Sleep in late. 

Getting Pregnant

5 facts every woman trying to have a baby should know

1. The overwhelming majority of women will be able to get pregnant

Getting Pregnant

Hey, Dad: Fertility is for men, too. Here are 5 ways you can help

Researchers are increasingly finding that a man’s health has a direct impact on his ability to make healthy babies.