Megan Simpson always expected that she would be a mother to a daughter. She had grown up in a family of four sisters. She liked sewing, baking, and doing hair and makeup. She hoped one day to share these interests with a little girl whom she could dress in pink. Simpson, a labor and delivery...
By: Jeffrey Nelson, DO FACOOG It is no secret that fertility diminishes rapidly in your forties. USA Today ran an article this year stating that many women lack basic information about aging and fertility and mistakenly believe their fertility extends longer than it actually does. Unfortunately, after about age 35, a woman’s fertility starts to rapidly...
By: John Wilcox, MD FACOG Numerous factors lead couples to make the decision to balance their families using PGD, the gender selection technology. For some it may be the desire to raise a child of each sex and others may already have several children of the same gender and desire a child of the opposite sex to balance...
There are many different causes that could prevent a couple from achieving pregnancy so it is always best to check in with a specialist if you have been trying for six months to one year. Basic infertility work-ups can include a semen analysis for the male and initial blood work for the female. Below are...
Trying to get pregnant month after month is not fun for anyone. And after a few months of getting busy yet failing to see that positive pregnancy test, it’s only human to start wondering what could be preventing that egg from meeting up with that sperm. Today, Dr. Jane Frederick, a reproductive endocrinologist at HRC Fertility, shares...
a blog by Eric Levens, M.D., Shady Grove Fertility Center, July 16, 2010 – FertilityAuthority.com
a blog by Ellen S. Glazer, LICSW, June 25, 2010 – Your best friend is pregnant (and you are going through infertility). You are invited to a baby shower at work. You have to spend Thanksgiving with your four cousins all of…
