Are you losing one egg a month or millions? What's important for women in their late thirties and beyond to know about their pregnancy potential? Sandy Goodman, M.D., of Reproductive Medicine Group, Tampa, discusses everything from weight to current recommendations for treatment options in ...
By Daniel A. Potter, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
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It is estimated that up to 20% of couples experience infertility as defined as not achieving or maintaining a pregnancy after one year of unprotected intercourse.
Family history can be a factor in determining your fertility potential. One ...
This mother’s day I was reflecting on my infertility journey and how I became a mother. My daughter, Grace, was born because of the kindness of an egg donor. I will never be able to meet her or thank her because she was an anonymous donor. I thought a ...
For all too many women, the most dreaded day of the year is Mother's Day. On this particular Sunday the thought of attending Church, or even of spending time with one's own mother might seem to be an impossible task.
In the United States 12% of women of reproductive age, or roughly ...
I just read a beautiful and poignant blog written by a woman who had been unsuccessfully trying to conceive for years. She was writing about her decision to donate the baby clothes she had been saving for her unborn child. Letting go of those clothes meant she was ...
All children deserve to be born with secure parentage, but in New York State, that is not always the case. Despite the best intentions of their parents, many children conceived with the help of assistedreproductive technologies such as the use of donor eggs, sperm or with the help of a ...
In vitro fertilization (IVF), is a form of assisted reproductive technology. In IVF, sperm are combined with an egg or eggs in a Petri dish in an attempt to achieve fertilization. The embryos which result from this process are then either transferred into the uterus in the hopes of ...
Ever felt confused by the SART report? Dr. Samuel Pang of RSC of New England, discusses how to dicipher it in this short, educational video sponsored by Attain Fertility ...
by Corey Whelan
Today, I simply want to send baby dust to all my brave TTC and TTA girls.
Today, I want you to be bold
Be brave
Hold your head up
Dry your tears, or wear them proudly
March into your doctor's office like you own the place
March into your life like you own that, too. ...
By Madeline Licker Feingold, Ph.D., AFA Mental Health Advisory Council
Mental health professionals often are in the position of helping people build families with the help of egg or sperm donors. At times we see people who have been trying to get pregnant on their own, sometimes for years, and ...