You’ve probably seen the frightening news reports of hundreds of babies born in Brazil 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...
Category: Dr. Jane Frederick
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HRC Fertility/OC Releases Live Birth Stats
HRC Fertility/Orange County recently announced it achieved a live birth rate per patient of 83.3 % for women under 35 in a fresh IVF cycle. According to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), national statistics were a 57% live birth rate per female patient with the same characteristics of being under 35 using their...
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Endometriosis is Coming Out of the Closet
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month Endometriosis, shortened to #endo in Twitter slang, is coming out of the closet. Celebrities like Padma Lakshmi, Jillian Michaels, and Lena Dunham have spoken out about their endo diagnoses and are spreading awareness about this gynecological condition that affects approximately 176 million women worldwide, including five to six million in...
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Dr. Frederick Featured on “Little Women: LA”
Tune in to Little Women: LA, on February 24th at 9pm PST and watch Dr. Frederick’s the meeting with Briana Renée on her infertility struggles and what to do next. The episode will air on Lifetime Network.
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New Year, New Ways to Manage Infertility Stress
It’s a new year and a new chance to get pregnant. For many of my patients, this can be a difficult time of year. It represents another mile marker in their fertility journey with no definite end in sight. Unfortunately, stress and fertility are often constant companions, making for a difficult journey for my patients...
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Jane Plus Two: How to Talk to Your 5-Year-Old Self
When thinking back about previous posts about my experience getting pregnant through in vitro fertilization, I realized that I took a tough-love approach in my fertility treatment advice. I thought there was a one-size-fits-all approach for infertility advice. But I now know tough love doesn’t fit anyone. My infertility was directly related to my advanced...
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Options for Surrogates and Intended Parents
When Robyn decided to become a surrogate, she looked into options that included going through an agency or doing it privately. She compared the earnings for a surrogate and the agencies, and researched how much intended parents were going to have to pay an agency. She gathered the same data going the private route. Robyn...
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New Year’s Fertility Resolutions You Can Keep
The new year approaches and with it the chance to make a fresh start. For couples trying to become pregnant through fertility treatment, it’s an excellent opportunity to make a New Year’s resolution that will help them get pregnant. A couple of years ago, Forbes reported that only 8 percent of people achieve their New...
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The Different Options for Same-Sex Couples
Love comes in many forms, and not all of them are traditional. There are more options than ever before for same-sex couples to conceive biological children together. While conception takes a different course in these cases, assisted reproductive technology treatments open the door for all the forms of love to start a family together. For...
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What to Do When Your Infertility Is Unexplained
There are many tests that your fertility specialist will perform to see what is causing your infertility and to find a fertility treatment option that will help you become pregnant. However, the tests don’t always reveal a clear answer, resulting in the dreaded diagnosis, unexplained infertility. This diagnosis can feel daunting, but it is important...