A woman’s body signals that it is ready to conceive and carry a foetus with the start of menstruation. Every month, the body gears itself for fertilisation by producing a mucous membrane lining inside ...

Getting your mind, body, and life ready for a pregnancy is a huge undertaking. From addressing health conditions, diet, medications, and other factors, you'll have a lot on your plate. Many people don ...

More than 65% of women in the U.S. between the ages of 15 and 49 used some form of contraception between 2017 and 2019, according to the most recent National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) analysis.

You can still get pregnant if you ovulate and have a period, regardless of whether your cycle is regular or irregular, as is common during perimenopause. Only after reaching menopause is natural ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated how to calculate pregnancy duration. It has since been updated. If you think there's a chance you might be pregnant, you want ...