Most couples seek fertility treatment after trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant for a year, or six months if the woman is over age 35. There are a few things you should know before you visit a fertility specialist and choose your fertility clinic, however. Let’s take a look at a few of them: The first...
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Why Looking Great in Your 40s Doesn’t Help Fertility
Forty is the new thirty, some people say. And with the improvements in lifestyle choices (and the introduction of many easy plastic surgery options), looking great into your 40s is more of a norm than it might have been in the past. Looking great isn’t going to help you get pregnant, however. Not looking your...
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What She Needs to Know About Female Fertility
Female fertility is centered on regular and predictable ovulation. Many infertility issues for women stem from challenges surrounding the release of a healthy, mature egg for fertilization. However, female fertility has a lot of particulars, and when it comes to getting pregnant, women should be well-versed in them all. To that end, let’s explore some...
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When the Gym Makes Infertility Worse
My patients always want to know what they can do to boost their fertility and the chance at getting pregnant with fertility treatment. I usually advise them to improve their diet and get more regular exercise as part of our plan. However, too much exercise can be just as harmful to fertility as not enough....
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New Year, New Ways to Manage Infertility Stress
It’s a new year and a new chance to get pregnant. For many of my patients, this can be a difficult time of year. It represents another mile marker in their fertility journey with no definite end in sight. Unfortunately, stress and fertility are often constant companions, making for a difficult journey for my patients...
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Ring in the Chinese New Year With This Excellent TCM Fertility Treatment
The Chinese New Year in 2016 is Monday, Feb. 8. In celebration of this momentous holiday, let’s take a look at an excellent traditional Chinese medicine fertility treatment that might just help you get pregnant: acupuncture. If you are unfamiliar with acupuncture, it’s a treatment that uses thin needles that are inserted at different points...
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New Year’s Fertility Resolutions You Can Keep
The new year approaches and with it the chance to make a fresh start. For couples trying to become pregnant through fertility treatment, it’s an excellent opportunity to make a New Year’s resolution that will help them get pregnant. A couple of years ago, Forbes reported that only 8 percent of people achieve their New...
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The Different Options for Same-Sex Couples
Love comes in many forms, and not all of them are traditional. There are more options than ever before for same-sex couples to conceive biological children together. While conception takes a different course in these cases, assisted reproductive technology treatments open the door for all the forms of love to start a family together. For...
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Want to Conceive a Boy? Want to Conceive a Girl? Here’s How.
Many couples want to conceive a boy. Many other couples want to conceive a girl. They all have their reasons for wanting gender selection as an option for their family — some that most would understand and some that most people would condemn. But whatever the reason behind it, there is a way to conceive...
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You Know Those Infertility Highs and Lows? They’re Worth It!
Carrie and Steve tried to conceive for four years before choosing to work with HRC and Dr. Jane Frederick. Their long journey to parenthood had many emotional highs and lows, but Carrie said feeling overwhelmed wasn’t one of them. “With HRC, you are assigned a coordinator who is always available via text or phone. Whenever...