generally had lower estrogen levels and produced fewer normally fertilized embryos -- pointing to potential reasons that obese women are less likely to have a baby via IVF. It's known that obesity can affect a woman's ability to conceive naturally.

After struggling with infertility for three years, Julia Grovenburg and her husband Todd had been trying so hard to conceive that she actually became pregnant while she was already pregnant. Grovenburg's pregnancy was eventually identified as

Is there any remedy in Ayurveda or alternative medicine? I am just married and want to conceive, but am concerned about it as the drugs I am taking may affect the baby. Will this lesion pass onto my baby? A. Calcified lesions in the brain at this age

If there's a chance you'll conceive, take 400 micrograms of folic acid daily to guard against preventable birth defects such as spina bifida. Also ask your doctor about getting vaccinations against chickenpox and rubella before you try to get pregnant.

They conceived another baby two and a half weeks later, odds of millions to one. She gave birth to both at the same time, even though technically they weren't twins. Julia, 33, became one of only 11 women ever reported to conceive while already