When you are trying to get pregnant, the two-week wait can seem like a long time. However, once you have passed the date, you can take an early pregnancy test to see what your results were. Some of my patients get a faint line on their test and wonder what it means. To that end,...
Category: Dr. Daniel Potter
Post
What Overseas Patients Should Know about Gender Selection
More couples are looking for balancing their families through the use of gender selection with in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States every year. Because gender selection is legal here, many patients travel from overseas to use the assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment to choose the gender of their child. Determining the sex of...
Post
Why Your BMI Might Be Affecting Your Fertility
When it comes to fertility, your BMI (body mass index) means more than you might have originally thought. Conception is a challenge for people of all body types, but especially for those whose BMI range has reached 25 percent or higher. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, your BMI is a...
Post
Why Omega-3s Are Important and Where to Get More of Them
Women who are trying to conceive with fertility treatments are well-advised to adopt some natural strategies to get their reproductive health at its best. One of the changes many women can make easily is to adopt a more friendly fertility diet, including one that is rich in fertility-boosting omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids have...
Post
Egg Freezing: What You Might Not Realize About Your Fertility Age
When the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) lifted the “experimental” label from egg freezing recently, many women considered the possibilities this procedure afforded them in their family-planning efforts. Egg freezing gives women the unique opportunity to delay childbearing to a better time in their life when they can conceive using their egg and the...
Post
Some Women Might Benefit From Taking an Aspirin a Day While TTC
If you are the average woman trying to conceive and want to know if taking a low-dose aspirin every day is a reliable fertility booster, then the answer is simple: not really. There is, however, a small group of women who might experience a fertility boost as a result of taking a daily low-dose aspirin....
Post
Women’s Adult Eggs are Different Than the Earlier Versions
A woman’s fertility is tied to her ovarian reserve. A recent study published in Human Molecular Genetics this year discovered that all eggs are not created equal. This new study, headed by Professor Kui Liu from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicated that women’s eggs come in two waves: the first wave and the adult...