Help me get knocked up 2008-style: woman seeks info and advice on getting pregnant non-traditionally. [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2008 - 19 answers

There are two different stories about how bowler hats came to Bolivia and Peru. [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me understand the methaphor/mythology behind female sci-fi characters losing their ovaries (slightly spoilery for Alias, X-Files, and S2 of Battlestar Galactica). [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2008 - 15 answers

About a year ago I was diagnosed with epidydimitis, which has become a chronic (but low-level) pain. I am now interested in having a child (to be precise: being a sperm donor for a close friend; not via a clinic). I know that there is some chance of decreased fertility with this disease, but is there any chance the sperm themselves will be weird, mutated, or otherwise unsuitable for fertilizing an egg? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 3 answers

Are there any gemstones/crystals that are traditionally tied to increasing fertility? [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - 9 answers

Hepatitis B causes mothers to give birth to fewer girls. Are there are any other diseases that affect births in a gender-specific way?
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 9 answers

What's your take on "Taking Charge of Your Fertility," especially to prevent pregnency without birth control?
posted on Apr 24, 2007 - 20 answers

Female fertility questions. I'm in my mid thirties and married within the last year. I want to know what my chances of having kids are, but everything I find on the web says you can go to a "fertility clinic" after you have tried to have kids for a while and not succeeded. That's not going to help me, because we're not ready to have kids RIGHT NOW. Also, what are fertility tests for women like? [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2006 - 17 answers

If you were a male in your 30's who wanted to father a child, how long before the 'project launch date' would you stop using marijuana? [more inside]
posted on Jun 7, 2006 - 16 answers

Help me write an ad to attract some potential gene donors. [more inside]
posted on Aug 22, 2005 - 23 answers

ShootingBlanksFilter: I'm a single male in my mid-twenties, whom after taking a long break from the opposite sex, is getting back into the game. However, reading about fertility control issues, and also having first-hand experience with this, I've come to realize that men do not have the same reproductive control options available to them that women do. So now I'm considering a vasectomy. [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2005 - 26 answers