~maintaining a healthy weight is very important because women under- or overweight have a low chance of success with the fertility procedures and risk to experience a fertility failure. They should eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other aliments low in fats.

~quit smoking because smoking rises the infertility risk for both partners and also puts a health risk on the unborn child.

~try to eliminate caffeine and alcohol from your diet as well as any unnecessary medications.

~altough exercise is good for your health, if it causes irregularity of the menstrual cycle then you shold avoid it.

~a study showed that woman who used electric blankets suffered a spontaneous abortion, so avoid electric blankets during the pregnancy.

The hormone levels oscillate depending on the time of day, the day or the month at both partners male and female. For example the level of hormone in men are highest in the morning and the sexual activity was very high in October. Studies show that sperm counts are lower in the summer than in the winter. Women have a higher fertility rate in months with the longest days. In order to establish the exact time of ovulation and implicitly of fertility the woman can take her body's temperature. The procedure is also known as monitoring basal body temperature. After monitoring the body's temperature for few months the couple knows the period of ovulation and depending on it they can plan their sexual activity.

There are also other methods to determine when the ovulation takes place. One of them is monitoring the estrogen level using a device called fertility tracker.

The frequence of intercourse is a question that's still debated. Some specialists consider that frequent intercourse lowers the sperm count, others think that having sex before and after ovulation once or several times a day increases the chances of pregnancy because, even though there's a low sperm count per ejaculation, there's a constant replenishment of semen and this way the chances of fertilizing an egg are bigger.

There is no assurance of success in the fertility procedures so the couple should be emotional prepaired for a potentional failure. Here are some advices to help you pass trough the emotional stress during and after the fertility procedures:

*Fertility treatments can be very expensive and many times they have to be repeated so you should decide before what kind of treatment is more appropriate for you.

*Alternative solution such as donor sperm or egg, adoption should be taken into consideration before the fertility procedures begins so that you could be more relaxed during the process knowing that in case of insuccess you remain with a backup solution.

*During the fertility treatment is very important that the woman receives support from her husband, family and friends.

*Studies show that the pregnancy rates are higher at women who attend cognitive-behavioral therapy in order to control stress and relax. In some cases they have become pregnant without a medical procedure.

*Acupuncture has proven to be helpful for women who undergo in vitro fertilization procedure.