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.

Mercury is a worrisome element when it comes to consuming fish and potential problems with pregnancy. However, a woman would need to consume an exorbitant amount of mercury for it to result in any damage to the foetus, which cannot be achieved through eating tuna fish alone. Though to be on the safer side, many women cut down on seafood for the duration of pregnancy because of the potential risks.

Women who use the technique, known as cervical mucus monitoring, were more than twice as likely to conceive than women who did not track their cervical mucus.

Medical conditions associated with delayed puberty or the absence of menstruation (amenorrhea), such as celiac disease, Cushing's disease, sickle cell disease, kidney disease or diabetes, can affect a woman's fertility.

While the follicle is developing, the cells around the egg produce the female hormone-estrogen. Each month oestrogen causes the lining of the uterus to grow and prepares the lining of the uterus (womb) to receive the fertilized egg.

Types of non-hormonal contraception that prevent pregnancy include diaphragms, caps and also copper-bearing intrauterine device (CU-IUD). Non-hormonal methods prevent pregnancy by preventing the sperm and egg from meeting.