by Lauren Manaker | Aug 23, 2019 | Fertility
Thinking back to that super-uncomfortable “birds and the bees” conversation you likely had when you were younger, it was very clear that it takes a sperm and an egg to create a baby. Yet when couples are trying to conceive unsuccessfully, often the “cause” is assumed...
by Shannon M. Clark | Aug 19, 2019 | Fertility
I’ve had to be strong my whole life. For the most part, it has served me well, but over the past several months my strength has been tested time and time again. Since April 2014, I have been through 2 hysteroscopies, 5 cycles of IVF, 2 attempted embryos transfers, and...
by Shannon M. Clark | Aug 17, 2019 | Fertility
By age 31, Jaime was newly married and in her second year of private practice as an OB/GYN. A year later, she and her husband Ted, a military family practice physician, decided to start trying for a new addition to their family. Jaime went off birth control and...
by Sharon Smith | Aug 13, 2019 | Fertility
People can be extremely judgmental when it comes to pregnancy and age! Judgmental if they think someone is too young and judgmental if they think someone is too old. As an IVF coordinator, I see patients of ALL ages. The youngest I’ve seen was 19 and the oldest...
by Valerie Landis | Aug 9, 2019 | 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...
