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There are a variety of factors affecting infertility, some of which are within your control. The more individuals and couples do to optimize fertility naturally, the more successful they’ll be when they’re ready to conceive at home or via fertility treatments. A Reminder About Age and Fertility: Before we go into how to boost fertility […]
National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) is just around the corner. This is a big week for those of us who work in the endocrinology and fertility treatment fields, as well as for our patients and anyone who’s gone through the infertility journey. In addition to helping us raise awareness about infertility and the need for […]
Perimenopause describes the years leading up to actual menopause, which is not confirmed until you have missed 12 consecutive periods in a row. The average age of menopause in the United States is 51, but the signs and symptoms of perimenopause can start as long as ten years prior due to subtle changes in a […]
In Vitro Fertilization: While everyone knows the process isn’t simple, it does seem fairly straightforward, right? You retrieve some eggs, fertilize them with sperm, transfer a healthy resulting embryo into the uterus and – if all goes well – a baby is conceived. There are, of course, a myriad of steps that comprise that “straightforward” […]
Embryo transfer day is a fertility treatment milestone, to be sure. By this point, you’ve successfully fertilized multiple embryos via the assistance of an embryology lab. Now, it’s time to take those sweet embryos and transfer them into the uterus where they will (fingers crossed and the universe-willing) implant into your primed uterine lining. While […]
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), also called artificial insemination, is a fertility treatment used to increase the chances of fertilizing a woman’s eggs. First, we wash the sperm sample in a special solution that separates healthy sperm from those that are misshapen or don’t “swim” as well. Then, we use a very small tube called a catheter […]
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