In October 1988, President Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This month is an occasion to recognize the grief and sorrow patients experience when they suffer a miscarriage, pregnancy loss, stillbirth or death of an infant. It also is a time to remember and celebrate the hopes and dreams parents...
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PCOS and Pregnancy
You’ve had irregular periods for years. Maybe you’ve experienced acne, weight gain and excess facial hair. Now you can’t get pregnant. But until you started trying to conceive, doctors never put two and two together to confirm you had polycystic ovary syndrome, also known as PCOS. PCOS is the most common form of female infertility....
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PCOS by the Numbers
September is designated as PCOS Awareness Month. PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome, is the most common female reproductive disorder. It can start affecting women from around the time they begin to menstruate, but generally subsides around menopause. If left untreated, PCOC can have long-term health repercussions throughout a woman’s life. To give you an overview of...
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Can Surgery Help Me Get Pregnant?
Surgery can sound scary. Thinking about anesthesia, recovery time and potential pain can send anyone into a full-fledged panic attack. For some infertility patients, however, we recommend surgical intervention as the best option for both the diagnosis and treatment of your condition. The good news is that side effects and recovery times have significantly improved...
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Eat Your Way to Improved Fertility
Patients often ask whether their eating habits are affecting their fertility. There is evidence to suggest that modifying your diet may be a natural, low-cost option to improve your chances of conceiving, especially if you have certain infertility diagnoses, such as irregular ovulation and PCOS, or are undergoing IVF. The Nurse’s Health Study (NHS), one...
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Unexplained Infertility Does Not Mean Untreatable
For couples who have been trying to get pregnant for month or even years, an unexplained infertility diagnosis can seem like a double blow–both physically and psychologically. They may be wondering how they will ever conceive if their doctor can’t figure out the case of their infertility. Here are several important points about unexplained that...
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Fresh Versus Frozen IVF Cycles
For more than 30 years, frozen embryo transfers (FETs) have been successfully utilized when patients have had excess frozen embryos remaining from a fresh cycle. But with older freezing methods, success rates were not as impressive. In recent years, however, several studies have demonstrated the increasing effectiveness of frozen IVF cycles. In fact, most IVF...
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Enrich Your Chances of IVF Success with Vitamin D
What if there was an easy and inexpensive way to improve your fertility, overall health, and perhaps, improve your chances of IVF success? You would probably jump at the chance to use it. No, there isn’t a magic pill with guaranteed success, but infertility specialists, including our physicians at HRC Fertility, have recognized the importance...
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The Zika Virus: What You Need to Know
You’ve probably seen the frightening news reports of hundreds of Brazilian babies with microcephaly, a serious birth defect characterized by abnormal smallness of the head and incomplete brain development. Infectious disease experts have attributed their condition to the Zika virus, carried by two species of mosquitoes as well as through sexual intercourse with an infected...
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Dr. Robert Boostanfar Lectures at Shanghai Fertility Conference
Dr. Robert Boostanfar spoke at an MSD-sponsored (Merck Pharmaceuticals in the U.S.) fertility conference in Shanghai. Dr. Boostanfar was part of an international contingent speaking to Chinese physicians about the latest in fertility research.