Though it’s a good idea to avoid colouring your hair during the first trimester, it’s okay for expectant mothers to touch up their roots or experiment with a new colour during the later months of their pregnancy.

An online nationwide questionnaire discovered that 55 percent of Americans believed that miscarriages only happened in rare cases, citing that only around 5 percent of all pregnancies ended in a miscarriage.

Blood tests are done in a doctor's office. They can pick up hCG earlier in a pregnancy than urine tests can. Blood tests can tell if you are pregnant about six to eight days after you ovulate.

As your pregnancy progresses and your baby grows, your body will produce more urine but your bladder will shrink. Even when your bladder is empty, the pressure on it can make it feel full.

An older woman's eggs aren't fertilized as easily as a younger woman's eggs — and might not develop normally even after fertilization occurs.

Antibiotic treatment may cure an infection of the reproductive tract, but doesn't always restore fertility. Your doctor may recommend hormone replacement or medication in cases where infertility is caused by high or low levels of certain hormones or problems with the way the body uses hormones. A varicocele can often be surgically corrected or an obstructed vas deferens repaired.