They say that time flies when you’re having fun. Our staff at HRC Fertility Rancho Cucamonga would like to add that time flies when you’re doing what you love – helping build families by making baby dreams come true! It’s incredible to think that we have been helping build families for a year. In honor...
Category: Rancho Cucamonga Blogs
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Exercise Tips to Improve Wellness
Do this.. Wait, No, do that! There are so many “do’s and don’ts” on exercise and fertility. Here are some general guidelines for you follow; editing out the myths, and simply offering sound information, while you are working on conception. We are always told ‘everything in moderation” for better health and nutrition. In this case,...
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Summer Bouquet: Colorful and Nutritious Recipes
Note: Frequently we address diet and wellness concerns with our patients, including those with the diagnosis of PCOS. Therefore, we are offering this article to help provide healthy AND tasty ideas for summer meals and snacks! Notice that many are made from ingredients that can be fresh from the garden! As a hint – when...
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The Challenge of Father’s Day with Infertility
If you’re a man with infertility, Father’s Day can be difficult. Here’s how to keep perspective on the good things in life. When popular movies, shows, and other media depict people pining to have a baby, and sad about the fact that they don’t have one, let’s face it — it’s most often a woman....
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Testicular Cancer and Fertility: Will I Still Be Able To Have Kids?
Testicular Cancer and Fertility: Will I Still Be Able To Have Kids? BY: JULI AUCLAIR LIPOF Coping with a diagnosis of Testicular Cancer can be difficult on many levels. There are numerous factors to consider including how to tell your family, choosing the right doctors, medical bills and what treatment option is best....
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How to Survive Mother’s Day
by Jennifer Bright Reich When you really want something in life, it’s hard not to think about it all of the time. If something isn’t going quite right, like trying to have a baby, you stare so hard at the empty hole in your life that you can’t see the “doughnut” of everything else...
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RESOLVE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING OF 2014 INCLUDING #NIAW
RESOLVE – the National Infertility Association has celebrated, educated and resolved to increase awareness about infertility for 25 years. This year, they are focusing on the educational component of their association during National Infertility Awareness Week – April 20-26th. RESOLVE has selected the theme – “Resolve to know more” in order to enlighten their audience...
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Keeping a Blended Family Together Despite Infertility
by Jennifer Bright Reich 18 percent. According to the US Census Bureau, that’s the percentage of children with two parents living in a blended family. If “typical” families feel stressed on a daily basis then blending of two families can be stress X exponential factors! “People expect re-marriage and combining families to be a...
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How to Survive Infertility’s Toll on Relationships –
An Interview with Dr. Wielenga, from The Counseling Kitchen by Jennifer Bright Reich It all sounded so simple in the playground song: “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Mommy with a baby carriage.” Back in those innocent days, we didn’t think about—let alone sing about—infertility. It catches us unaware, unprepared. Infertility causes...
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PART 2: HEARTBREAK & HEALING- BLESSED WITH A SECOND CHANCE
PART 2: HEARTBREAK & HEALING- BLESSED WITH A SECOND CHANCE Read Part One – https://www.havingbabies.com/blog-list/heartbreak-healing-a-story-of-late-term-pregnancy-loss/ By: Juli Auclair Lipof Making the decision to conceive again after a stillbirth can be very difficult. Some couples are ready to try immediately, while others need time to deal with the grief, intense emotional pain and physical challenges that can...