Trying to conceive while sick with cold

Wading the waters of fertility is super complicated sometimes. There are a ton of factors to take into consideration from environment, finances, stability, and especially the one that is most out of your control, actually getting pregnant.

For some women, conception is fairly simple, but for many, it's anything but and requires more planning and tracking than ever imagined.

Having a cold during conception

So what happens when you throw in the flu on top of all the chaos? How does having the flu affect your chances of getting pregnant? Or does it not really have an effect at all?

The short — and brutally honest — answer is that yes, the flu can affect your chances of getting pregnant, but not necessarily in the ways that you might expect.

Registered nurse Emily Wegener explains that one way your bout with the flu could put a damper on your plans to conceive is "internal temperature being too high for fetal growth and development." Although it's still perfectly safe to continue having sex and trying to conceive while you have the f

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