If you’ve already had a child delivered via C-section, you are more than familiar with the procedure. While those who haven’t gone through it see it as merely “cutting you open to remove your baby”, you likely understand that…
Infertility is exhausting. It’s heartbreaking. It’s relationship-testing. It’s something you’d rather not deal with. Period. But it’s not insurmountable and many women have had success conceiving with the use of in-vitro fertilization, or IVF. The process of IVF seems…
PCOS – polycystic ovary syndrome – is a disorder that you’ll often hear associated with infertility. It’s a diagnosis many infertile women dread and one that doctors hate to deliver. But having PCOS doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll never have…
If you’ve been trying to get pregnant for more than a year (or less if you’re over 35) and it’s just not working, the next logical step is to submit to fertility testing. Female fertility testing can commence as…
So you think you have a problem with fertility? You’ve been trying to get pregnant and it just isn’t happening. You believe you’ve given yourself enough time to conceive naturally so you want to do a little more investigating…
Many women who have issues conceiving learn that they have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly known as PCOS. This disorder is common among women in their late teens, 20s, and 30s, and a diagnosis of PCOS can be disheartening for…
It isn’t an easy decision to pursue other ways to conceive aside from the natural way. But if you’ve been trying to get pregnant for more than a year and it’s just not happening, it’s a logical choice to…
Reproductive medicine has come a long way in 10, 20, 30 years. More and more couples and individuals are finding ways to have babies thanks to advances in treatments, which are forever evolving and improving. Advanced reproductive medicine has…
Being healthy certainly provides a good road to success with IVF. Someone who is fit and at a reasonable weight has a better chance of successful IVF than an individual who is overweight or has other medical issues. That's…
Women have long associated the female "cycle" with pain, at least some of the time. But most people might not realize that there's a specific pain or cramping during ovulation that is different than typical menstrual pain and which…