Is egg freezing a good idea?

by Shannon M. Clark | Jul 9, 2017 | Preconception and Fertility

  From The Fertility Podcast by Natalie Silverman. Jemma Kennedy is a playwright who froze her eggs. However, she is sharing her views on how she feels she was treated, since it wasn’t the most positive experience. In contrast, Valerie Landis has been...

Gateway to IVF Success: The ABC’s of PGS (Preimplantation Genetic Screening)

by Ronald Feinberg | Jul 6, 2017 | Preconception and Fertility

  In a poignant New York Times interview in 2010 with the highly revered Dr. Howard Jones, he asserted, “Fertility investigators today should figure out which one embryo is likely to make a baby rather than transfer several. That will reduce costs, the number of...

The Ways Chronic Stress Can Affect Your Fertility: Part 3

by Chris Axelrad | Jul 4, 2017 | Preconception and Fertility

  OK, so if you read part one and two of this three-part series, “The 5 Ways Chronic Stress Can Impact Your Fertility”, you have a good understanding of THREE primary ways stress alters endocrine function via cortisol and sleep pathways. Here two more...

Family, Fertility, Future…

by Valerie Landis | Jul 3, 2017 | Preconception and Fertility

  Before the holidays, I visited my 90 year-old grandparents. As I sat around their kitchen table for lunch, I asked them to divulge all of their secrets and life hacks. Some of the history and stories I already knew, but I realized I had never asked these...

The “F” Word: My Personal Journey With Fibroids

by Jarita Hagans | Jul 2, 2017 | Preconception and Fertility

  As a recent medical school graduate, of course I had heard of fibroids. But I didn’t know about them until I was doubled over in pain in the hospital. I wasn’t a patient though; I was a second-year Family Practice resident sitting at a desk trying to write a...