Being pregnant isn't an excuse to binge on your favourite foods. In fact, doing so can be very unhealthy for both the expectant mother and her baby. Daily calorie requirements will only shift marginally, and increase by around 300 calories a day.

This is nothing, but an old wives tale. The severity of a woman’s morning sickness does not relate in any manner to the sex of a child.

A premature birth is a birth that takes place more than three weeks before the baby is due.

Reduced production of FSH will affect the numbers of sperm produced.

Hypothalamic amenorrhea occurs when the hypothalamus, a gland in the brain that regulates body processes, slows or stops releasing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), the hormone that starts the menstrual cycle.

You should swallow the pill at the same time every day, whether or not you have sex. If you miss one or more pills, or start a pill pack too late, you may need to use another method of birth control, like a condom.