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title: "Fertility and trying to conceive: guides"
description: "The fertile window and ovulation, getting ready for pregnancy, when to get help, miscarriage, IVF basics, and why an estimate is never contraception."
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# Fertility and trying to conceive: guides

How the fertile window works, what tracking can and can’t show, when to ask for help, and support when things don’t go to plan.

- [After a miscarriage: recovery, your first period and trying again](https://myruva.co/learn/after-a-miscarriage-recovery-first-period-and-trying-again): How bleeding settles after an early miscarriage, when your period may return, contraception, and what UK and US sources say about trying again.
- [Ectopic pregnancy](https://myruva.co/learn/ectopic-pregnancy): Symptoms that need urgent care, how ectopic pregnancy is checked and treated, and support with recovery and future pregnancy.
- [Fertility and age](https://myruva.co/learn/fertility-and-age): How age affects eggs and sperm, what fertility figures can tell you, and why egg freezing can’t promise a future pregnancy.
- [Getting ready for pregnancy](https://myruva.co/learn/preconception-health): Folic acid, vaccines, medicines and everyday health: what to check before pregnancy, with UK and US advice explained. Includes when to get help.
- [Home pregnancy tests: when to test, faint lines and unclear results](https://myruva.co/learn/home-pregnancy-tests-when-and-how): When a home test gives a reliable answer, how to get a clear result, what a faint line or negative result can mean, and when to get help.
- [IVF, IUI and egg freezing: the basics](https://myruva.co/learn/ivf-iui-and-egg-freezing-basics): Compare the main fertility treatments, what they involve, costs and funding, donor options, and questions to ask a clinic.
- [Looking after yourself while trying to conceive](https://myruva.co/learn/coping-with-trying-to-conceive): Practical ways to make room for life, relationships and support while trying for a baby, without blaming yourself for stress.
- [Miscarriage: signs, care and support](https://myruva.co/learn/miscarriage): What miscarriage can look like, when to get urgent help, care options, and support for you and anyone close to you. Includes when to get help.
- [Recurrent miscarriage](https://myruva.co/learn/recurrent-miscarriage): How UK and US definitions differ, what tests may be offered, and where to find care and support after more than one loss.
- [Signs of ovulation and what they can tell you](https://myruva.co/learn/signs-of-ovulation): How cervical mucus, LH tests, temperature and ovulation pain can hint at ovulation, what each one can't tell you, and when to get help.
- [Sperm health and male fertility](https://myruva.co/learn/sperm-health): What affects sperm, why testosterone treatment needs a talk about fertility, and what to expect from a semen test. Includes when to get help.
- [Tracking ovulation: temperature and LH tests](https://myruva.co/learn/tracking-ovulation-bbt-and-lh-tests): What temperature charts and LH tests can tell you, where they fall short, and when to ask for help instead of tracking more.
- [Trying to conceive: when to get help](https://myruva.co/learn/trying-to-conceive-when-to-get-help): When to ask for fertility advice, how UK and US timings differ, and what a first fertility check may involve. Includes when to get help, with UK and US notes.
- [What a fertility window estimate can and can't tell you](https://myruva.co/learn/what-a-fertility-window-estimate-can-and-cant-tell-you): What an estimated fertile window can and can't tell you, and how it differs from a temperature reading, a test result or a prediction.
- [What is the fertile window?](https://myruva.co/learn/what-is-the-fertile-window): The fertile window includes days before ovulation. How long eggs and sperm survive, why the dates vary, and when to ask for advice.