LGBTQ and Wanting a Family
Studies have clearly demonstrated that children of same-sex parents are as well adjusted and happy as children of heterosexual parents. Same-sex parents have the ability and freedom to create parenting roles that are…
Infertility: Separating The Fact From The Fiction
Few diseases have as strange and unhappy a legacy of myths as infertility. In every culture around the world those of us coping with reproductive difficulties have to stare down the barrel of…
National Infertility Awareness Week: State of The ART
It’s impossible, the doctor said. You’ve got Kleinfelter’s Syndrome and you don’t have sperm. You’re too old and so are your eggs. I’m sorry , we don’t know why but you’ll never get…
IVF and Cancer?
On February 18th, Reuters reported a new study that is a relief to many patients struggling with infertility, and considering doing IVF. It is the concern that doing IVF could someday increase their…
Fertility Lifestyle Tip Sheet
So it’s your year to have a baby! Congratulations! How do you get started on getting your body ready for making a baby? Start with eating healthy foods, getting plenty of rest, and…
Infertility in Black Women
Minority Couples’ Infertility Issues As a fertility advocate, I get a lot of press releases. And sometimes, I really love them. Especially when they actually have more to tell me than why I…
Waiting For Pregnancy
We live in an instant society. We can get our movies on demand, pay our bills online, and there is an app for everything. We have lost our ability to wait. And the…
Fast Facts on Fertility and Age
Infertility is not solely a woman’s problem. In fact, infertility affects men and women equally. People are often surprised to learn that 35% of infertility cases are related to the male, and 35%…
Are You Stressing About Infertility?
I find the entire conversation about the links between stress and conceiving a baby – frankly very stressful. And the advice changes like the weather in San Francisco: if you don’t like it…
Tips on Eating For Fertility
When couples are having difficulty conceiving, they often feel like there is very little that they can control. After all, they can do “everything right” and still not achieve a pregnancy. It’s the…
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