Conception 101

When you’re trying to make a baby, timing is everything. There are just a few days each month when your body is ready to conceive. That’s why it’s important — whether you’ve been trying to get pregnant for a few months or you’re just starting out — to learn how...

Making a baby isn’t always easy, but trying to conceive when you have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) can feel like the hurdles you have to overcome are especially high. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a common condition that affects around 10% of people with cycles. With PCOS, small cysts form on the...

How to Track Your Fertile Window for Home Insemination Tracking your fertility, also referred to as tracking your ovulation, is an important part of the trying to conceive journey. The importance of identifying the fertile days, also known as the fertile window cannot be understated when trying to conceive. Thanks to...

What does a positive ovulation test mean? If you get a positive on an ovulation test this indicates that your luteinizing hormone (LH) is having a surge. This hormone, made by your pituitary gland, is produced when the body is ready to release an egg from the ovaries.

If you’re trying to get pregnant you may have heard that your lifestyle affects fertility. But understanding why that is and how your lifestyle influences your fertility can be tricky. To put it simply, anything that affects our hormones affects ovulation and in turn, fertility, because you can’t get pregnant without ovulating! Our lifestyles affect our hormones in a myriad of ways, from the medications we take to what we eat. So to get you started, here are 5 ways lifestyle affects ovulation.

Your body is amazing - and if you know what signs to look for, it can tell you when you are most fertile. First, let's start with that goo you have going down there, otherwise known as your cervical mucus - and how it can play a part in letting...

During a woman’s cycle, she will experience different stages and amounts of cervical fluid. The amount varies from woman to woman, but the type and consistency of the fluid is relatively similar across the board. Here are three ways to confirm what type of fluid you are producing on any...

Our periods are important to track when trying to conceive. Your "cycle" is from the beginning of your period to the beginning of the next period. During this cycle your body should release an egg, typically around cycle day 14. When it releases the egg and a few days prior...

Many people find it helpful to track their cycle by charting their changes, and the most common thing to chart is your basal body temperature (or BBT — see our glossary for more fertility acronyms).  If you are into data, this might be your thing. Your BBT is your temperature when you have...

First, don’t be surprised, or ashamed at how much you don’t know. For many of us, the Mosie team included, it’s only when you start trying to get pregnant that you realize you don’t know as much as you thought about your body and how conception actually works. Let’s start with a...

If you are like me, and I consider myself like most women, you probably have no idea where your cervix is located. I have to admit, before trying to conceive (aka TTC — see our glossary for common fertility acronyms), I truly had no idea what was inside my vagina. In no...

Checking your temperature to monitor your cycle is frequently called "charting" your cycle. You do this by checking your temperature every morning as soon as your rise, before you get out of bed. This is known as your Basal Body Temperature. As you go through your cycle your temperature will...