Salt is something so commonplace that we all feel like we know it well, and many people try to avoid it. Interestingly, there is more than one variety of salt, and one type may offer some benefits for your fertility.

I have known women who gave up all their beauty routines for the sake of their babies-to-be. I was not one of them, but I was really careful and found some safe (or at least safer) products, especially for hair coloring.

Royal jelly is the special food made by bees and fed to developing bee larvae, but the ones destined to become queens are fed the jelly longer. It is very nutrient-dense, and obviously, it helps a bee to become fertile, so what can it do for humans?

I think every woman worries about the risk of birth defects when she is pregnant. What happens during conception to cause birth defects?

Rice has more to it than carbs--that is, if you eat something other than white rice. Black rice has the ancient reputation of helping with conception, so let's examine that idea.

Sometimes it might feel like you must have done something wrong because you can't get pregnant when everyone else can. Is there some divine retribution that rewards some women and penalizes others?

Red Clover has many uses, not just to us humans.

Raw foods have their fans, but why? What is so great about not cooking (or minimally cooking) your food that makes it better for you? And what effect does that have for conception?

Men are part of the conception equation, too, although we tend to focus on the women. Even though men don't really have an end to their fertile life, they can have sperm problems and need some help. Pycnogenol is an antioxidant that has been proven to help improve sperm morphology in a small stud

From time to time, you need to take a break and have a little fun when you're trying to conceive. Here is a fun psychic test with infants' pictures.