Fertility Concerns
Taking Fertility Drugs: Risks & Side Effects
Thousands of women across America are faced with the seemingly unending nightmare of infertility. This emotional roller coaster of trying and failing to conceive drive many women to try fertility drugs in order to help them bring ...
Coping With the Frustrations of Infertility
"So, when are you and your hubby going to have a baby?", "All right, how long do we have to wait for you to get pregnant?" Have you heard these questions before? If you have you may be one of the many women tha...
Common Side Effects of Fertility Drugs
Fertility drugs are primarily given to women with ovulation difficulties. Even when a couple has opted for in vitro fertilization, fertility drugs are a necessary part of the treatment. Clomid The most used fertility drug is Cl...
Health Conditions That Affect Fertility
Trying to conceive when you have a health condition can be challenging. Certain conditions can make it more difficult or can cause issues during the pregnancy. Your health care provider can supply you with important information ab...
Everyone is Pregnant--Except You. How to Cope
The phone rings, and your best friend tells you she's expecting. Again. You open your inbox to check your email and find an evite for another friend's baby shower. Meanwhile, your period just arrived right on time, and another hom...
Male Fertility Basics
When trying to conceive a child, usually the focus quickly becomes about the woman. However men can do a lot to help conception be a success usually with simple lifestyle changes. If after a year, pregnancy is not achieved consult...
Luteal Phase Defect and Your Fertility
When trying to conceive you can become an expert on body processes that before were mysteries to you. One example is understanding the meaning of luteal phase defect and how it affects your fertility. While a woman may be e...
Progesterone: Can It Help You Conceive?
Progesterone is an important hormone in a woman's life cycle. It is progesterone that is key in preparing the uterine lining for a fertilized egg. This hormone essentially prepares the nest for the growing baby, but if fertilizati...
Trying to Conceive: Endometrial Biopsy Explained
A common procedure for couples who are trying without success to conceive is the endometrial biopsy. This type of biopsy is also performed when specialists are trying to rule out conditions such as endometrial cancer, a specific t...
Trying to Conceive 12 Months or More: How to Cope
When you start the journey to expand your family, it's all dreams of pink and blue and baby faces. The excitement builds to near giddiness. However, as month slips to month and each cycle ends in disappointment, the joy turns sour...
Secondary Infertility: Why it Happens
Parents often assume if they had no trouble conceiving their first child, subsequent pregnancies should be as simple. After all, having a baby without any special treatments proves they have no fertility issues, right? Wrong. Sec...
Your First Fertility Doctor Appointment: What to Expect
After initial tries, disappointment and perhaps loss, you arrive at the decision that perhaps the stock needs an assist. You do some research, make some calls and find a fertility specialist to consult with. Exactly what should yo...
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, is an endocrine disorder that occurs in approximately one in every ten women who are of child-bearing age. This disease results in rare or non-existent ovulation and is the most common cause of ...
Fertility and Fibroids
Fibroids (also called leiomyoma or myoma) are non-cancerous growths that form on the inside or outside walls of the uterus. Depending on where they are located in the uterus, they may be called submucosal, subserosal or intramural...
Unexplained Infertility
Approximately 10% of all infertility cases are unexplained. Simply put, this means that there is no known physical or medical reason that conception has not happened. One of the possible reasons for unexplained infertility could b...
Q&A: Luteal Phase Defects and Miscarraige
Q I have a short luteal phase (approx 10 days), and had a miscarriage a few months ago. I have read that a short leutal phase can make it difficult to get and stay pregnant. Any suggestions? A An inadequate luteal phase occurs w...
Q&A: Could previous Ceserean-Sections interfere with trying to conceive
Q Could previous Ceserean-Sections interfere with trying to conceive? I guess what I am trying to ask is, could scar tissue from 2 previous sections prevent implantation from happening? I have been trying to conceive for 15 months...
Endometriosis and Trying to Conceive
The diagnosis of endometriosis does not mean permanent infertility. It is possible to conceive with endometriosis. The fact is endometriosis affects 5% of all child-bearing females. This means that there are a good number of endom...
Treatments for Infertility
Treatments for infertility can range from simple over-the-counter remedies to invasive procedures, such as surgery. This list covers the generalized treatments to infertility problems. Female Hormonal Imbalances Over-the-cou...
Symptoms of Infertility
The first obvious symptom of infertility is the inability to conceive. Unfortunately, most women or men won't discover their infertility until they have tried unsuccessfully to conceive for a period of time. Usually, it takes ma...
What is Endometriosis?
Definition Endometriosis is an abnormal growth of the endometrium (what normally grows every month inside the uterus, known as the uterine lining) on the outside of the uterus - in places such as the fallopian tubes, ovaries an...
Male Reproductive Concerns
AsthenospermiaThis occurs when the sperm move more slowly than normal, or not at all. AzoospermiaNo sperm in the semen - possibly due to a blockage. CryptorchidismOccurs when a testis is not in it's normal position in the ...
Female Reproductive Problems
Anovulation The absence of ovulation. Blocked or Scarred Fallopian Tubes If the fallopian tubes are blocked, it can cause an ectopic pregnancy or prevent conception from occurring altogether. Endometriosis A condition in...
Conception Troubles?
If you have been trying to conceive for a long time with no results, there could be a problem. Fertility problems can usually be corrected once they have been pinpointed. A lot of times, when the word infertility is mentioned, p...
Luteal Phase Defect
Luteal phase defect (LPD) is a luteal phase of less than ten days. The luteal phase is the time between ovulation and menstruation. It’s the progesterone production time in the cycle. Ideally, this needs to be around 12 to 14 day...
Anovulation
DefinitionAnovulation is a cycle in which a woman does not ovulate, or does not release an egg(s). Some women have many, or all, cycles in which they do not ovulate. Most of the time there is no menstrual bleeding, or if there i...
When To Consider Fertility Treaments
Wanting a baby and actually having a baby are often two very different things. There are a large number of women who suffer from infertitliy for one reason or another. Many of these women can find treatments to correct their infer...