In this Article

• Fertility Awareness
• Charting your fertility pattern
• Basal body temperature method
• Calendar method
• Cervical mucus method
• Infertility
• Reasons for infertility
• Age
• Health Problems
• Treating infertility
• Tests
• Drugs and surgery
• Counseling and support groups
• Trying to Conceive Glossary
• Trying to Conceive Index

Counseling and Support Groups

If you've been having problems getting pregnant, you know how frustrating it can feel. Not being able to get pregnant can be one of the most stressful experiences a couple has. Both counseling and support groups can help you and your partner talk about your feelings, and to help you meet other couples like you in the same situation. You will learn that anger, grief, blame, guilt, and depression are all normal. Couples do survive infertility, and can become closer and stronger in the process. Ask your doctor for the names of counselors or therapists with an interest in fertility.

Source: National Women's Health Information Center, www.womenshealth.gov

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