Did you know the typical male produces 60 million to 100 million sperm in a single ejaculation? It obviously only takes one sperm and one egg to make a baby, but all that biological redundancy is directly tied to the odds of a successful fertilization. For couples dealing with male factor infertility, low sperm counts (anything less than fewer than 20 million sperm per milliliter of semen) can make it difficult or impossible to conceive a child without medical intervention.

However, imagine a situation in which the man produced no sperm whatsoever—and yet he was still able to father a child. At Cleveland Clinic IVF, one couple recently celebrated their daughter's birth, thanks to a groundbreaking technique the thrilled parents are describing as a modern miracle.

Do you know the real reason so many moms are staying home for a quiet New Year’s Eve? It’s not because they are “too tired” or “don’t have babysitters." It's because they're at home, gettin’ some. Research shows it's true: 9 percent of conception in the United States takes place in December, specifically between Christmas and New Years. 

It makes sense -- there's drinking, holiday joy, and hopefulness. And because it's cold and flu and sinus season, more people are taking antibiotics, which can render birth control useless. Of course we all get pregnant in December.

But, take it from me, December is not the month you want to conceive.

So there I was, finally married, settled down into my very own home with my five-year old and my new husband and it was TIME. Time to get pregnant. Really, it was all I'd been working toward, what with my new nursing degree and stability.

I figured that after I'd gotten pregnant with my first son while on birth control, I'd be knocked up again in no time.

I was so beyond wrong.

As far as we've come in the area of sex education over the years, it appears most of us still don't really know how the birds and the bees actually work. Oh, we know the mechanics, but when it comes to how to actually produce a baby, most of us have no clue. It's called "fertility math," and most us are flunking.

The Today show recently highlighted a survey by RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association, that showed just how ignorant we are. They found that less than half of women between the age of 25-35 could answer 7 out of 10 questions correctly when it came to fertility. Most errors involved how long it takes to get pregnant and how dramatically fertility declines with age.

Melinda Arnold, 34, was born without a womb. For years she and her husband have tried to fulfill their dream of becoming parents through IVF, adoption, and three surrogate attempts to no avail. Instead of giving up, she's instead planning to undergo a groundbreaking procedure in which her own mother's womb will be transplanted into her body.

The nurse from Melbourne, Australia, will be the country's first woman to undergo such a procedure and one of the first few in the world. It's planned for early next year in Sweden and isn't without risk or controversy, but is driven by love.

It's amazing to think that the very womb one came from could be used to birth one's own child. What a beautiful testament of a mother's devotion. We all say we would put down our lives for our kids, but would we be willing to undergo such a major surgery (her mother, Denise Allen, will have to undergo a full hysterectomy) to help them fulfill one of their dreams?

When you're trying to conceive, it's not always about the sex (sadly). For some, it's really stressful ... and full of sadness. TTC can be a difficult time especially if traditional methods aren't working. But if you are in the early days of TTC, there are some natural ways to try to speed the process of getting pregnant along. 

Dating can be rough, no doubt, but increasingly it seems young women are giving up on men to get pregnant, and heading straight to a drama-free source when it comes to their need for a child -- sperm donors. The most surprising thing is just how young they are when they give up and go for it on their own. According to a British report, women as young as 18 are seeking sperm donors, and as many as 25 percent of users on some online sperm-seeking sites are younger than 25.

Maybe it's because my toddler daughter has been sick, and I haven't slept in three days, and my clothes have been soaked with vomit and snot, and I've had to miss work, and I can't imagine not having had my husband to help me during it all, but all I can think is: Are they crazy?

While co-hosting the Today show yesterday, Khloe Kardashian shared a simple fact that many people don't know: Getting pregnant can be hard. Your whole life you worry about it happening when you don't want it to if you so much as sit on a toilet seat wrong, but when it comes down to actually trying, it can be tough.

There's so much involved in actually making a baby, besides the actual act of baby making, that has to go right, and many women have no clue what all those things are despite all the biology classes and other sex-ed efforts we're exposed to throughout our lives. As Khloe told Hoda Kotb: