Trying to get pregnant when you have polycystic ovary syndrome, also known as PCOS, can be difficult. The cause of this condition, marked by higher than normal levels of male hormones, irregular menstrual bleeding and ovarian cysts, remains unknown, which makes treating PCOS tricky.

Women over the age of 40 can enhance fertility and increase the chances of conceiving a child. The March of Dimes recommends that any woman over 35 who cannot conceive a child should talk to her health care provider because many fertility problems are successfully treated.

If you've had your tubes tied, and you now want to have a child, you're not alone. According to Pregnancy Info, as many as 25 percent of women change their minds later in life about having more children. There's good news and bad news about conceiving after tubal ligation.

There is no natural method that can guarantee you will conceive a baby girl. Women always carry the X-chromosome in their eggs. Men carry both X-bearing (female) and Y-bearing (male) sperm. When X-bearing sperm penetrate the egg, the baby is a girl. If the Y-bearing sperm penetrate the egg, the baby is a boy.

Women often experience different skin symptoms when they pass 40 years old. Some of these are due to bodily changes while others are due to external factors. If a woman over 40 experiences facial blotches and redness, there is always a cause, and some are more serious than others.

Yes, it is possible to get pregnant naturally after age 40. Pregnancy may take longer to achieve at this age, and if a woman has already started skipping periods or has irregular cycles each month, her fertility may already be impaired. How can a woman over 40 maximize her chances of conceiving naturally?

According to the American Heart Association, 24.8 million Americans smoke cigarettes, a habit that causes more than 440,000 of the country's 2.4 million deaths per year, or more than 18 percent of the country's annual deaths. The AHA cites cigarettes as the leading preventable cause of death in the country.

Most women know that no form of birth control is 100 percent effective. For some who are on birth control pills, circumstances occasionally arise in which they have reason to wonder whether they might be pregnant.