It is not uncommon for women who have had tubal ligations to change their minds about having more children. They may have regrets about their decision or have remarried or found a new partner and want children with these individuals. They may find themselves at a crossroads between deciding if a tubal ligation reversal or...
At the end of each year, many people start planning their resolutions for the coming one. They vow to lose weight, stop smoking, become better organized, read more books or achieve another type of admirable goal. Those trying to have a baby, however, may be focused on only one New Year’s goal: to become a...
Author: Dr. Mickey Coffler Earlier this month, more than 200 infertility advocates (including many from California) and representatives from numerous veterans organization joined Resolve: the National Infertility Association and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Washington, D.C. They lobbied for bills that will pay for fertility treatment for wounded veterans. Located in Southern California...
Sarah and Dane were ready to have kids; they’d known each other for 11 years, been married five and all their friends were getting pregnant. Everything seemed to be on track—until it wasn’t. After undergoing treatment with Dr. Jeffrey Nelson, Sarah learned she had hyperprolactinemia, a condition where high levels of the hormone prolactin interfere...
Submit by Claire Perez Castillo Claire and Rod had one chance to get pregnant with in-vitro fertilization. One. Rod had a vasectomy before he met Claire, and rather than reversing it and hoping for a successful natural conception, the couple decided their best chance was with assisted reproductive technology and IVF. Claire credits Dr. David...
Experiencing a failure during in vitro fertilization (IVF), or even facing predictions that your IVF cycle has a high risk of failure, is disheartening. IVF is not cheap, financially or emotionally. Many couples hang a lot of hope on the success of these cycles. Depending on your fertility situation, one procedure your fertility specialist might...
Couples undergoing IVF treatment learn a lot on their journey: how to administer medication dosages; self-administer injections; manage multiple moving parts of a process; and, how to keep it together emotionally during the whole process—at a time when it might be easier to just fall apart. For those who have been through it, infertility treatment...
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are pregnant again with a baby boy. While the couple didn’t choose the gender of their second child, conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF), their announcement sparked a lot of interest in both gender selection and IVF. Their recent announcement shed some light on a technology that has been in...
With the advancement of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), there are many options for couples struggling with infertility when they are trying to conceive through fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF). One of many options is to get genetic counseling for themselves to assess any risk of passing on inherited disorders to their children. A...
When it comes to family building, many patients in infertility treatment wonder when to go for the next baby using one of their frozen embryos and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Depending on the case and other factors, that answer may vary. Here are some important questions you might consider while you make your decision: How...
