Genetic Testing Can Help You Achieve a Healthy Pregnancy

About 10-25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. It's estimated that 40% to 75% of miscarriages are due to random genetic problems in the developing baby. One in eight couples will face infertility and may need to seek help from a fertility specialist in order to conceive. There is growing evidence that genetic abnormalities may be present in 10% of infertile... read more »

5 facts about Egg Freezing

We deserve it all, ladies: a lucrative career, the perfect guy, and two and a half kids by the time we hit age 30. But let’s face it, life doesn’t always go as planned. If Mr. Right has yet to knock, your career path delayed having children, or maybe timing just hasn’t been right, there are fertility preservations options that... read more »

Answers to Your Questions About Frozen Embryo Transfers

Did you know that global studies indicate that pregnancies resulting from in vitro fertilization after a frozen embryo transfer are closer to pregnancies from natural conception than from a fresh embryo transfer? In addition to increased implantation rates, there are also increased live birth rates and decreased miscarriage rates. Studies have also indicated that there is a lowered risk of... read more »

How Breast Cancer Awareness Can Help Your Fertility

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and is a good time to talk a little bit about how breast cancer can impact your fertility. For American women, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer, next to skin cancer. According to breastcancer.org, in the U.S. this year alone, it is estimated that 266,120 new cases of invasive breast cancer are... read more »

What Can You Do About Recurrent Pregnancy Loss?

One of the toughest fertility issues to cope with is spontaneous pregnancy loss. If you have experienced one, you are not alone. Doctors are familiar with this occurrence, seeing up to 15% of pregnancies ending in a misscarriage. This can be especially hard on prospective parents, particularly if more than one occurs. Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is where you have... read more »

Do You Have Questions About Intrauterine Insemination?

Intrauterine Inseminations, IUI, as it is commonly called, is a minimally invasive, relatively low-risk method of treating infertility through an insemination. This procedure uses sperm that has been washed, concentrated, and inserted into a woman's uterus with a thin catheter to result in fertilization. IUI is used to help the sperm more likely to make it to the fallopian tube... read more »

There Are Things You Can Do to Improve the Health and Quality of Your Sperm

If you are wanting to become a father, and are looking for ways to optimize your fertility, today's blog is for you. You might be surprised by all the nuances that can add up to boosting your sperm count, whether it's the things you consume or the things that you do. When you implement changes in your lifestyle, keep in... read more »

Have You Considered Using an Egg Donor to Conceive?

As a woman, when a doctor tells you that your eggs are of a poor quality to conceive or that you have no eggs to fertilize, you can still achieve your maternal dreams with the help of an egg donor. Using an egg donor to achieve fertilization is more common than ever before. This might have to do with the... read more »

How Ovulation Induction Can Help You Conceive

When a womans reproductive system fails to work as it was designed to, she may be engaged in an ongoing struggle to conceive naturally. This scenario may arise as the result of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), or irregular menstrual cycles which prevent the egg from maturing and releasing properly. Another viable option for dealing with infertility includes ovulation induction, which... read more »

Guest Blog: Father’s Day

I'm Tyler Parcell, and I'm the dad of almost 2-year-old boy/girl twins named Harris and Goldie. Coming up on my second Father's Day, I wanted to share my thoughts on the past two years since the babies were born and I became a dad. When a baby is born, a dad is born. I have wanted to become a father... read more »