The Affordable Care Act (ACA) changed the way many Americans receive healthcare. Many were hopeful that it would provide coverage for infertility and the related fertility treatments. Unfortunately, as it stands now, that is not the case. Patients who are considering assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI), will still...
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Preparing for IVF to Get Pregnant
You have much riding on your in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle, including time, money and hope. It’s only natural that you want to do everything you can to make it work and get pregnant. There are a few things you can do to prepare. Most of them are little to no cost, and all of...
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What Overseas Patients Should Know about Gender Selection
More couples are looking for balancing their families through the use of gender selection with in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States every year. Because gender selection is legal here, many patients travel from overseas to use the assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment to choose the gender of their child. Determining the sex of...
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Summer Bouquet: Colorful and Nutritious Recipes
Note: Frequently we address diet and wellness concerns with our patients, including those with the diagnosis of PCOS. Therefore, we are offering this article to help provide healthy AND tasty ideas for summer meals and snacks! Notice that many are made from ingredients that can be fresh from the garden! As a hint – when...
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Celebrating Father’s Day For The First Time Thanks To IVF
BY: Juli Auclair Lipof Marcus Passow has a lot to be thankful for this Father’s Day. For starters, 30 little fingers and 30 tiny toes. Not to mention his sensational wife, Julie, who brought Matias, Francesca and Luciana into the world on September 23, 2013. Yes, this will be Marcus’ very first Father’s Day! “I...
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From Heartache To Joy: A Mother’s Day Fertility Success Story
By: Juli Auclair Lipof For many, Mother’s day is a celebration of moms, special bonds and family. A day for breakfast in bed and little gifts, made with love by tiny hands. However, for women dealing with infertility it can be an excruciatingly painful reminder of loss and the baby they long for so deeply....
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A dream job offer!
Opportunity knocked- twice! A dream job offer began just as she found out that she was … pregnant! Two dreams but only one could be her focus. Stacie didn’t hesitate as she was pregnant and over the moon happy. She gracefully backed out of the job opportunity and set her sights on becoming a Mom!...
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Keeping a Blended Family Together Despite Infertility
by Jennifer Bright Reich 18 percent. According to the US Census Bureau, that’s the percentage of children with two parents living in a blended family. If “typical” families feel stressed on a daily basis then blending of two families can be stress X exponential factors! “People expect re-marriage and combining families to be a...
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Grab the Popcorn! Time for Videos!
Recently, HRC Fertility of Pasadena filmed a series of new fertility videos to supplement the already extensive catalog available to viewers via YouTube. New to our playlist are videos that discuss updates on current fertility technologies, introductions and a bit of “trivia” about our physicians, explanations about new treatments, plus so much more! We understand...