Highlights FEMALE BLEND: Made with key ingredients to maintain and support Egg Function [Zinc, Selenium], Ovarian Reserve [CoQ10], Regular Menstrual Cycle [Chaste Tree Berry], Early Fetal Development [Folate]. MALE BLEND: Made with key ingredients to maintain and support Sperm Health [Folate, B12], Sperm Function [CoQ10], Sperm Structure [Zinc, Vitamin C], Testosterone Levels [Ashwagandha, Fenugreek]. HOW IT WORKS: A curated blend to kickstart your babymaking journey - whether you're bringing eggs or sperm to the party. DEVELOPED WITH: Fertility Specialists MADE WITH: No Preservatives, No Gluten, Non GMO and Vegetarian CONTENTS: Each bottle is filled with 60 capsules, 30-day supply MADE IN the USA: Locally and globally sourced ingredients Description The Frida Fertility Pre-Conception Supplement Set contains a curated blend to kickstart your babymaking journey - whether you're bringing eggs or sperm to the party. Developed with Fertility Specialists, these two-a-day supplements combine all the key ingredients you need to tag team the trying from the get-go. Made without preservatives, gluten, non GMO and vegetarian.
It’s natural to have questions when trying to conceive. Keep reading to find answers from experts to embarrassing, but frequently asked babymaking questions.
Brand: Frida FertilityColor: WhiteFeatures: HOW IT WORKS: Test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window (aka LH surge) is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No more hacks or guesswork required.WTF IS LH?: Cause you might not know... When the Luteinizing Hormone [LH] in your body begins to rise, it signals to your brain that it’s time to release an egg. Because the timing is different for everyone, tracking your LH levels helps detect your 24-48 hour most fertile window.TEST 101: Detect in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy and use our easy tracking system to find your 2 most fertile days.SIMPLE AS: Pee, Dip 10s, Wait 3m, Match, Track.CONTENTS: 60 Ovulation Test Strips [LH detection], 2 LH Color Guide [easy interpretation], 2 Tracker Card [simple tracking], 1 Tracker Case [discreet convenience]Details: The Frida Fertility Ovulation Prediction Test is a reimagined daily tracking system, designed with the discretion, accuracy and simplicity that you need + want while TTC. So you can test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No downloading of an app required.Package Dimensions: 67x195x275UPC: 810028774049
Holy moly, folks, we're less than 20 days away from leavin' on a jet plane and attempting to smuggle back the best souvenir of all time!!! (No, not a jeroboam of Mount Gay Rum, though that WOULD make one hell of a stocking stuffer at Christmas....) Jaime keeps joking about me smuggling a baby home-- reaching over and patting my belly and making jokes about contraband. I'm going to have to break of him of that habit before we get anywhere NEAR the airport, lest some TSA person overhear and subject me to an invasive bodily probing session. (Hmmmm.... ya know.... if I time this right, maybe I could just have THEM do the transvaginal ultrasound!! "Hey, while you're diggin' around in there....") Here's a peek at to do list from last week: (Barbados Rum will be our #1 gift we're planning on bringing back for people, so finding out how much we're allowed to bring back is TOTALLY pertinent, so spare me your dirty looks.) The list quickly morphed into looking like this after several days (with rum import quantities still unknown!): Since I've checked off MOST items, I've already got a new list started. Don't judge me, folks, I gotta stay organized SOMEHOW, and lists are just what does it for me. So, for starters, I needed to find out some more information about what exactly "self-catering" meant for our hotel. I had some ideas, but wanted to clarify (since it's not really a common thing in the US), and emailed Sandi at Santa Neta and asked away, even the more indelicate ones such as "Will we be providing our own Toilet Tissue". Like every interaction so far, she responded back quickly and graciously. They will provide beach towels, bath towels, hand towels, but no washcloths. They'll start us off with a bar of bath soap and a roll of toilet paper, but we'll need to provide our own after the initial stuff. (Good to know, since we can totally throw that in our bags when we fly out!) She said there is a convenience store right next door, so we won't have far to search if we need to find anything. There's a phone in the room, and we can make free local calls and receive calls as well. (Nice!!!) We'll need to bring our own shampoos, etc. The kitchenette will have a toaster, microwave, fridge, freezer, and oven. I saw those in pictures, but wanted to make sure ALL the rooms have those same items. WHEW. The freezer will be important for my ice packs-- icing down my belly before shots REALLY helps with the stinging (and also avoiding bruising. See picture below.) Since I'll bring my collapsible bowls etc. I'm not terribly worried about if the dishes end up being plastic, since I'll have my own things to eat from if necessary. I'll be bringing tinfoil and those toaster bags, so even if the pots/pans are non-stick (bad for hidden gluten!!) I'll be able to cook. We'll be bringing our own little bottle of dish soap, and maybe a laundry line and some oxyclean to use for cleaning up our clothes. There looks to be a laundromat a couple towns over, but if we can avoid that hassle, we'd rather just wash underpants in the sink. Besides, nothing says "special husband/wife boding time" like scrubbing out your skivvies in the bathtub and hanging them about the room like celebratory buntings, eh? Speaking of clothing... My sweet Jaime, being the delightful human being that he is, has a whole 'nother set of priorities in life, and decided that he needed to make a new wardrobe for going to Barbados. Yes, make. Granted, it's going to be hot and VERY sunny in Barbados, so it's a fantastic idea to have light, airy clothing that covers most of his freckled, tender skin. Unfortunately, at least convenience-wise, Jaime is a gigantic human being who has a hard time finding 'normal' clothing anyway, and, oh, of course, it's OCTOBER and no one on earth is selling anything other than plaid flannel shirts, pumpkin-spice flavored leggings, and fake Uggs. So we went off to Walmart to investigate fabrics, and after the painfully unenthusiastic counter-person cut our fabric choices, we ended up with some crispy linen materials, as well as some jersey knit stretchy materials. (I would just like to note that it takes a *LOT* for me to consider a retail person properly unenthusiastic enough to comment about. I've been there, folks, and it's so, so hard. But... this one had genuinely seemed to have lost the will to live, and it kinda hurt my heart.) In addition to all of his other fantastic qualities, Jaime is also a skilled seamstress. Seamstro? Sewer? That just looks wrong somehow, but.... anyway, he can kvetch at me if he doesn't like seamstress. Whatever, he's good at sewing. Here's a look at his first pair of finished pants!!! (Still need to be hemmed just a bit.) Not to shabby though, sir!! I'm curious to see how he'll do sewing stretchy fabrics. I'm sure they'll feel amazing when they're done, but... that's another level of tricky. My brain cannot quit thinking of the line from Nacho Libre where the little guy peeks in on Jack Black putting on his leggings, and he says "Sometimes, when you are a man... you wear stretchy pants... Just for fun." Spoiler alert, I will be repeating that to Jaime literally EVERY time he puts his new stretchy pants on. You know.... Just for fun. My adventures in sewing didn't turn out quite as attractively-- I was helping Jaime hem up his pants, and got a little too close to the hot iron. And as you can see, the bandage I used to cover the burn left behind almost as much damage as the initial owie!!! *As an update, this has continued to look grosser/scabbier/weepier by the day. THIS IS WHY WE DON'T MAKE OUR OWN CLOTHES, PEOPLE!!!! THEN, adding more injury to injury, I attempted to walk and talk at the same time, and rammed my belly right into our kitchen island. Thank God for rounded corners.... OW!!! In all reality, my tummy will likely be looking a lot like this after I start my shots, so I guess I'm just getting a jump on things. I've had really varying amounts of bruising on different cycles, so we'll see what my belly ends up looking like this next time around. I start shots in about 2 weeks, and will be doing three injections a night, so this likely won't be the worst look I'm rocking during the process. Thankfully (?) I ain't much of a bikini gal anyway, so that's at least one thing I won't lose sleep over. As I mentioned in my last post, other than our first appointment with BFC on Nov 9th, it's pretty up in the air when our appointments will be, so it's hard to plan anything that requires reservations. Jaime and I made up a list of the things we wanted to do, and I arranged the few things that did require pre-booking to be done in our first few days in Barbados. This post is already getting a bit long, so I'll stop here and start a new one with the info of what we've booked so far!! Cheers, folks, and watch out for those sneaky corners that jump out at you.
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Brand: Frida FertilityColor: WhiteFeatures: HOW IT WORKS: Test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window (aka LH surge) is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No more hacks or guesswork required.WTF IS LH?: Cause you might not know... When the Luteinizing Hormone [LH] in your body begins to rise, it signals to your brain that it’s time to release an egg. Because the timing is different for everyone, tracking your LH levels helps detect your 24-48 hour most fertile window.TEST 101: Detect in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy and use our easy tracking system to find your 2 most fertile days.SIMPLE AS: Pee, Dip 10s, Wait 3m, Match, Track.CONTENTS: 60 Ovulation Test Strips [LH detection], 2 LH Color Guide [easy interpretation], 2 Tracker Card [simple tracking], 1 Tracker Case [discreet convenience]Details: The Frida Fertility Ovulation Prediction Test is a reimagined daily tracking system, designed with the discretion, accuracy and simplicity that you need + want while TTC. So you can test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No downloading of an app required.Package Dimensions: 67x195x275UPC: 810028774049
he's so cute What a clever funny wee lad! #leeds #accent #doctor #uncle #chef #pancakes #thunderbirds #factory #babymaking #kidssaythefunniestthings...
When you're having babies and life is crazy, it can be hard to focus on your marriage. But it IS possible--here's how to do that in a Christian marriage!
Brand: Frida FertilityColor: WhiteFeatures: HOW IT WORKS: Test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window (aka LH surge) is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No more hacks or guesswork required.WTF IS LH?: Cause you might not know... When the Luteinizing Hormone [LH] in your body begins to rise, it signals to your brain that it’s time to release an egg. Because the timing is different for everyone, tracking your LH levels helps detect your 24-48 hour most fertile window.TEST 101: Detect in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy and use our easy tracking system to find your 2 most fertile days.SIMPLE AS: Pee, Dip 10s, Wait 3m, Match, Track.CONTENTS: 60 Ovulation Test Strips [LH detection], 2 LH Color Guide [easy interpretation], 2 Tracker Card [simple tracking], 1 Tracker Case [discreet convenience]Details: The Frida Fertility Ovulation Prediction Test is a reimagined daily tracking system, designed with the discretion, accuracy and simplicity that you need + want while TTC. So you can test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No downloading of an app required.Package Dimensions: 67x195x275UPC: 810028774049
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If you're hoping to get pregnant, there are some signs you may want to pay attention to. Here's what signs experts say help you know if you're fertile.
Brand: Frida FertilityColor: WhiteFeatures: HOW IT WORKS: Test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window (aka LH surge) is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No more hacks or guesswork required.WTF IS LH?: Cause you might not know... When the Luteinizing Hormone [LH] in your body begins to rise, it signals to your brain that it’s time to release an egg. Because the timing is different for everyone, tracking your LH levels helps detect your 24-48 hour most fertile window.TEST 101: Detect in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy and use our easy tracking system to find your 2 most fertile days.SIMPLE AS: Pee, Dip 10s, Wait 3m, Match, Track.CONTENTS: 60 Ovulation Test Strips [LH detection], 2 LH Color Guide [easy interpretation], 2 Tracker Card [simple tracking], 1 Tracker Case [discreet convenience]Details: The Frida Fertility Ovulation Prediction Test is a reimagined daily tracking system, designed with the discretion, accuracy and simplicity that you need + want while TTC. So you can test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No downloading of an app required.Package Dimensions: 67x195x275UPC: 810028774049
Brand: Frida FertilityColor: WhiteFeatures: HOW IT WORKS: Test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window (aka LH surge) is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No more hacks or guesswork required.WTF IS LH?: Cause you might not know... When the Luteinizing Hormone [LH] in your body begins to rise, it signals to your brain that it’s time to release an egg. Because the timing is different for everyone, tracking your LH levels helps detect your 24-48 hour most fertile window.TEST 101: Detect in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy and use our easy tracking system to find your 2 most fertile days.SIMPLE AS: Pee, Dip 10s, Wait 3m, Match, Track.CONTENTS: 60 Ovulation Test Strips [LH detection], 2 LH Color Guide [easy interpretation], 2 Tracker Card [simple tracking], 1 Tracker Case [discreet convenience]Details: The Frida Fertility Ovulation Prediction Test is a reimagined daily tracking system, designed with the discretion, accuracy and simplicity that you need + want while TTC. So you can test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No downloading of an app required.Package Dimensions: 67x195x275UPC: 810028774049
Brand: Frida FertilityColor: WhiteFeatures: HOW IT WORKS: Test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window (aka LH surge) is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No more hacks or guesswork required.WTF IS LH?: Cause you might not know... When the Luteinizing Hormone [LH] in your body begins to rise, it signals to your brain that it’s time to release an egg. Because the timing is different for everyone, tracking your LH levels helps detect your 24-48 hour most fertile window.TEST 101: Detect in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy and use our easy tracking system to find your 2 most fertile days.SIMPLE AS: Pee, Dip 10s, Wait 3m, Match, Track.CONTENTS: 60 Ovulation Test Strips [LH detection], 2 LH Color Guide [easy interpretation], 2 Tracker Card [simple tracking], 1 Tracker Case [discreet convenience]Details: The Frida Fertility Ovulation Prediction Test is a reimagined daily tracking system, designed with the discretion, accuracy and simplicity that you need + want while TTC. So you can test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No downloading of an app required.Package Dimensions: 67x195x275UPC: 810028774049
This post has been medically reviewed by Dr. Sarah Mathis, D.O. Hi! I'm Anna and I struggled with infertility and miscarriage before doing ALL the things to get happy, healthy, and pregnant! I'm so glad
So, you wanna have a fourth baby, do ya? There's a lot of things to consider when deciding whether to have another baby, but the fourth is a particularly big shift in lifestyle. From one Mama of four to another potential Mama of four, here's a few things that will happen when you have your fourth
Brand: Frida FertilityColor: WhiteFeatures: HOW IT WORKS: Test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window (aka LH surge) is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No more hacks or guesswork required.WTF IS LH?: Cause you might not know... When the Luteinizing Hormone [LH] in your body begins to rise, it signals to your brain that it’s time to release an egg. Because the timing is different for everyone, tracking your LH levels helps detect your 24-48 hour most fertile window.TEST 101: Detect in 3 minutes with over 99% accuracy and use our easy tracking system to find your 2 most fertile days.SIMPLE AS: Pee, Dip 10s, Wait 3m, Match, Track.CONTENTS: 60 Ovulation Test Strips [LH detection], 2 LH Color Guide [easy interpretation], 2 Tracker Card [simple tracking], 1 Tracker Case [discreet convenience]Details: The Frida Fertility Ovulation Prediction Test is a reimagined daily tracking system, designed with the discretion, accuracy and simplicity that you need + want while TTC. So you can test and know when your 24-48 hour babymaking window is open to maximize your chances of conceiving. No downloading of an app required.Package Dimensions: 67x195x275UPC: 810028774049
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Like many mythical paradise isles, Avalon has captured the imagination of generations of writers since the island was first mentioned by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae or History of the Kings of Britain, written in 1136 AD.
Trying to conceive can be difficult and emotionally draining, no matter who's making the attempt. For a queer couple like us, the process has been nothing short of excruciating.
I woke up today with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "The waiting is the hardest part" stuck in my head. Which may be one bit people don't realize about fertility cycles-- there is SO. MUCH. WAITING. In retrospect, it may feel like it went by in an absolute flash, but when you're in the midst of things, everything seem to creep along more slowly than a sloth on downers. Very much like my husband when we're getting ready to go literally anywhere. (Love you Jaime!!!!) On the surface, there is so much activity and appointments and things to DO. But then there's the 23 1/2 other hours of each day, and lots of days where there is just nothing. A plan is made, a schedule set up, tests ordered... but while you're in the thick of it all, the bulk of time is just waiting. You're all geared up and ready to start your birth control to regulate your cycle!! Then the day comes, and it's just another pill to take in the morning for the next 2-4 weeks. So you gear up for starting the stimulation medications!!! Then that first day comes, and it's just a quick shot or two in the belly every evening. Then you get pumped to get your first blood tests, and on and on and on. It's a weird feeling, leapfrogging from one unknown to the next. I'm currently waiting to get blood testing done. BFC's financial coordinator Rhonda emailed me a quote for the labs they wanted done. I will be having an NK Cell Inhibition Panel, NK Assay with Prednisolone, and the TH1/TH2 Intracellular Cytokine Ratio, Prednisolone. Say that five times fast. The total cost came to $863, paid directly to BFC (rather than the lab). A small part of me had hoped I could have the lab bill insurance, just to see if they'd pay for it on an off chance, but we went into this knowing we'd be paying out of pocket, so no real lingering disappointment. I called BFC using their toll free number, and Rhonda processed my credit card over the phone. I had called with my credit card late in the day, so Nurse Anna sent over the lab requisition the day after I paid for the labs. Since this is all new, I was a little confused with how the process would work. Since these blood tests are rather specialized, the blood will have to be sent to a lab in Chicago for processing. Anna initially mentioned FedEx, then talked about using a courier to pick up the samples, so I was a bit muddled on the actual step by step. I emailed Anna some questions about the process, and she was quite prompt with a response. She suggested I call the Chicago Lab (Rosalind Franklin University Clinical Immunology Laboratory), and they would send me a kit. I poked around and found some very helpful information on the lab's website, both about how the samples need to be handled/shipped (here) and a link to FedEx's requirements for sending clinical specimens (here). The lab's website also had detailed information about each test they would preform, so I was able to learn more about what each test entailed on their site (here). I called and talked to a very helpful woman named Lorraine at the lab, and she asked me to email her the requisition, along with my name, address and date of birth. She said they will mail me out a kit, which I can bring to my local lab to get the blood drawn, then ship the samples to them. I'll need to get blood drawn Monday through Wednesday, get four vials taken in green topped tubes, keep the samples at room temperature, wrap them according to FedEx's requirements, and send them overnight to the lab. Ooof, lots of steps. It's all a bit new and intense, since I've never had to do anything other than present my juicy veins and look away so I don't get lightheaded. (You'd think that after doing this over a hundred times, I'd be a pro at having blood taken, but newp! Still a total weenie.) It will all go just fine, but I'm unsure of what will be contained in the kit, and exactly how it'll all play out logistically. So until then, I guess I'll crank some Tom Petty and try to not get too stir crazy until the kit arrives!!
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Do you want to conceive as soon as possible? Learn the best ways to get pregnant quicker with these seven expert-approved tips.
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