4 Tips for Safeguarding Mental Health During the Fertility Journey

With one in four couples experiencing infertility or miscarriage, there’s a good chance you know someone — or are someone — who understands the struggle all too well. As we move closer to National Infertility Awareness Week, we’re sharing four meaningful ways to show support through infertility or miscarriage.

When we aren’t on the baby train, we tend to get enough iron in our diets. But that all changes when there’s a pregnancy in the picture, and prenatals are all over the map when it comes to this important nutrient. Here’s what to know about prenatal vitamins and appropriate iron amounts.

Recently, we had the pleasure of featuring a fertility smoothie post from the one and only Lisa Mastela, founder of Bumpin Blends. We were lucky enough to share some of our own insight about the key nutrients you need when you're trying for a baby in a post published on the BB site, and we're sharing some of it with you right here.

There are a few things you can try to get pregnant faster, but they won’t work for everyone. Still, in the interest of positive thinking, we did some digging and came up with 5 obvious and not-so-obvious tips for getting pregnant faster.

While it’s true that pregnant women have truly enviable strands — ultra shiny and positively brimming with health — can we really chalk it up to their prenatal vitamins? We looked at the research and double checked with a fertility dietitian for the real deal on prenatal vitamins for hair growth.

There is evidence that women on the Pill have lower nutrient levels than those who don’t, and it’s a shortfall that can stick around. Here’s why you really should take prenatal vitamins while you're on birth control, and definitely afterward if you’re trying for a baby.