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So, what were we talking about? Oh right. How I’m perhaps a mite disproportionately bitter about the changing of the clocks/losing an hour sleep debacle … And how many infertile-related hours in our lives we would like to have…

Infertility is often defined as not being able to get pregnant after one year of steady, unprotected intercourse if a woman is under the age of 35; or six months if she is over 35. Infertility affects both men and women equally….

So often in life we are told that more is better. Sometimes there is a sufficient number or size, but because of the ?bigger is better? philosophy we overlook this. read more

In order to set the stage for Part l of this story, I want to share a a bit of my personal background in order to describe my role working with both my donors and our intended parents. read more

It’s been a busy fertile month in Celebrityland. Here are some of the highlights! First, it was rumored that Jennifer Aniston was pregnant with Gerard Butler’s baby. Then, she had a secret affair with Brad Pitt resulting in a…

a blog by Michelle Ottey, PhD, Director of Operations, Fairfax Cryobank and Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc., January 10, 2010 – I am a big fan of the show How I Met Your Mother and watched the most recent episode on Monday night. …

by Melodie Shank, Consultant, Fertility SOURCE Companies, January 11, 2011 – Infertility treatment possesses its own vernacular, and the same is true of third-party reproduction. After what is typically an emotionally challenging…

When you are trying to conceive, there are certain times in your menstrual cycle when you are more fertile than others. Fertile days occur around the time of ovulation, when your ovaries release a mature egg for fertilization….

Hypospadia is a birth defect in which the opening of the urethra, which is normally found on the tip of the penis, is located instead on its underside. This is important when trying to conceive, since the urethra carries semen…