Most fertility clinics include their success rates in their information about the clinic. A success rate is the percentage of successes in relation to the number of attempts. But what do those numbers mean? What does a success rate mean to you? First and foremost, it means different things depending on what the numbers are...
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Round Two
So here you are. Financially poorer and not pregnant after your fertility evaluation cycle. Perhaps your period started, or, like me, you took hourly home pregnancy tests long before the test could have picked up the tiniest…
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Today’s Video: What is a Semen Analysis?
Dr. Isaac Kligman, a New York fertility doctor with the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility in Manhattan, explains how a semen analysis is done and evaluated as part of a fertility workup.
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Wasted (Infertility-Related) Hours of My Life That I Want Back
So, what were we talking about? Oh right. How I’m perhaps a mite disproportionately bitter about the changing of the clocks/losing an hour sleep debacle … And how many infertile-related hours in our lives we would like to have…
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Am I Infertile?
Infertility is often defined as not being able to get pregnant after one year of steady, unprotected intercourse if a woman is under the age of 35; or six months if she is over 35. Infertility affects both men and women equally….
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How Much Sperm Is Enough?
So often in life we are told that more is better. Sometimes there is a sufficient number or size, but because of the ?bigger is better? philosophy we overlook this. read more
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The Egg Donor Connection
In order to set the stage for Part l of this story, I want to share a a bit of my personal background in order to describe my role working with both my donors and our intended parents. read more
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This Month in Celebrity Fertility
It’s been a busy fertile month in Celebrityland. Here are some of the highlights! First, it was rumored that Jennifer Aniston was pregnant with Gerard Butler’s baby. Then, she had a secret affair with Brad Pitt resulting in a…
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Fertility Success through Visualization
In my last blog post, I talked about how to try to control the elephant inside to make real and lasting changes that you desire. It takes an understanding of how our mind works and then taming the beast to be the CEO of your…
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Mini IVF – A Simpler In Vitro Fertilization
Mini-IVF and natural cycle IVF are potential alternatives for women who do poorly with conventional stimulation protocols and might otherwise be directed to egg donation. The value of using stimulated cycles for IVF is…