Experiencing a failure during in vitro fertilization (IVF), or even facing predictions that your IVF cycle has a high risk of failure, is disheartening. IVF is not cheap, financially or emotionally. Many couples hang a lot of hope on the success of these cycles. Depending on your fertility situation, one procedure your fertility specialist might...
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Want to Get Pregnant, Get off the Couch
Male infertility is a confirmed factor in 40 percent of all cases of infertility. Male fertility is measured by assessing the sperm count, the sperm shape and movement. For many men, a lower sperm count can contribute to infertility. When you are trying to get pregnant, however, it’s important to increase the sperm count to...
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The Key to Maximizing Male Fertility: Stay Cool
Male infertility accounts for up to one-third of infertility cases overall, by some estimates, even as high as 47 percent. Based on the sperm count, motility (movement) and shape (morphology), fertility specialists can determine whether male fertility is the factor in a couple’s fertility problems and inability to get pregnant on their own. While there...
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Gender Selection Isn’t Just for Kim and Kanye
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are pregnant again with a baby boy. While the couple didn’t choose the gender of their second child, conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF), their announcement sparked a lot of interest in both gender selection and IVF. Their recent announcement shed some light on a technology that has been in...
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Don’t Let Your Fertility Go Up in Smoke
For those couples that are working to get pregnant, there are a few things you can do to help your body achieve conception. One important thing is to quit some of your bad habits that keep you from regular ovulation and disrupt your hormone levels. One of these bad habits is smoking. Why Smoking Is...
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Explaining the Dangers of Chlamydia for Fertility
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD), and it has direct effects on fertility if left untreated. For any couple that is considering children or actively trying to conceive, understanding the link between STDs and infertility is essential. To that end, here is an explanation of the dangers of chlamydia for fertility. What...
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Is It Time for You to Seek a Fertility Specialist?
Millions of couples have problems getting pregnant naturally. For many of them that have been trying to conceive on their own unsuccessfully, they wonder, “Is it time for me to see a fertility specialist?” It’s a more common question than you probably think. There are more couples struggling with infertility than most people know. The...
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Should You Have Genetic Counseling?
With the advancement of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), there are many options for couples struggling with infertility when they are trying to conceive through fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF). One of many options is to get genetic counseling for themselves to assess any risk of passing on inherited disorders to their children. A...
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Safe Core Exercises When Trying to Conceive
Boosting fertility is usually in the back of the mind of most of my patients. When you are trying to conceive with fertility treatment, diet and exercise become important factors to get your fertility health at its absolute best. We advise our patients to eat a nutrient-dense diet of whole foods, with plenty of fruits...
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Can Acupuncture Help You Get Pregnant?
Many of my patients have tried acupuncture as part of their fertility treatment. Some of them ask if it will help them get pregnant. I always tell them there is no scientific evidence that convinces me it can. However, I also don’t think it can hurt. Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment that proponents...