I hear all the time that IVF is too expensive, but most people saying that have never actually asked the price. I will tell you the real story.

While the title is pennyroyal and conception, pennyroyal is not useful for conception. In fact, pennyroyal is an ancient herb used to cause miscarriage.

I was sent the book, "Doctor, are you listening? A couple's struggle to find the right infertility doctor," to review by the author, Dr. Masood Khatamee. His co-author, Linda Perelman Pohl, was an infertility patient herself decades ago, and she details her experiences.

Metformin (brand name Glucophage) is approved for type II diabetes. Like many drugs, though, it has found other uses besides that for which it is approved. One such use is for women with PCOS who wish to get pregnant.

Home pregnancy tests are very intimidating! They're for amateurs to use at home, but they are all different, and reading those lines can be so hard!

Some women have only one fallopian tube. Sometimes a tube has to be removed due to infection, endometriosis, or tubal pregnancy, and some women are born with only one. If this is your situation, don't worry too much--you can still get pregnant.

Cancer is a word you never want a doctor to say to you. When you're older, it's traumatic enough, but when you're young and still thinking about your whole life and future family, it is devastating.

Cholesterol is something routinely checked annually by your doctor. If your blood test comes back with a high cholesterol, what does that mean? What if you're trying to get pregnant?

Soy has the reputation for being healthy. Here is why it really is not, especially for women who are trying to conceive.

It can never be easy, can it? We have talked about B6 or pyridoxine before, but just taking B6 may not cut it for some women. How do you know if you are one of them?