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Pregnancy planning: When the time is right, get the timing right
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Pregnancy planning: When the time is right, get the timing right
Saturday 1 October 2022, 01:15 AM
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SHYLA HAS BEEN COLLECTING her oral contraceptive from your pharmacy for the past four years, but this time, she tells you it will be her last prescription as she and her husband are going to try for a baby. She asks you how she can tell when she has ovulated as she has heard this is the best time to try to conceive.
Trying for a baby can be exciting and romantic or very stressful and testing of a relationship. Chances are most couples won’t know which path they wi
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References
- US Department of Human and Health Services. National Institutes of Health. How common is infertility? https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/infertility/conditioninfo/common
- Fookes C (Tech Ed). Ovulation and Pregnancy Testing. Healthcare Handbook 2022–2023. Auckland, NZ: The Health Media Ltd; 2022.
- Your Fertility. Right time for sex. https://www.yourfertility.org.au/everyone/timing
- Pregnancy, Birth and Baby. Ovulation signs. https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/ovulation-signs#:~:text=The%205%20days%20before%20ovulation,for%2012%20to%2024%20hours
- Ovulation Tests New Zealand. https://www.ovulation-tests.co.nz/use-pregnancy-tests/
- Care Pharmaceuticals. Maybe Baby Easy Ovulation Tester. https://carepharmaceuticals.com.au/product/maybe-baby-easy-ovulation-tester/
- Fookes C (Tech Ed). Pregnancy and Pregnancy Supplements. Healthcare Handbook 2022–2023. Auckland, NZ: The Health Media Ltd; 2022.
- Health Navigator New Zealand. Home pregnancy tests FAQs. https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/health-a-z/p/pregnancy-tests-home-test-kits/
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