Special fertility financing plans may be available through your fertility clinic or from an independent organization that structures financial products for the infertility market. There are often specific eligibility…

Most people have seen ads for sperm donors at some point: in a newspaper, online, billboards, or subway ads. Did you ever wonder exactly what happens when someone is interested or how accurate the promise of compensation is for…

a blog by Traci Shahan, RN, WHNP-BC, Doctor of Nursing, Albrecht Women’s Care: A Center for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility It seems like a split second ago, my husband and I were traversing the slippery slope of…

There has been much in the male infertility news lately about environmental risks and the role they play. The world around us also plays a significant role in female fertility, and a number of environmental risk factors are…

by Kristen Magnacca, December 6, 2010 – Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. Wayne Dyer So the holiday season is upon us and perhaps we feel as though we?re channeling Santa by making a list and…

Azoospermia is one condition that can cause male infertility. With azoospermia, a man produces no sperm, or very little sperm in his ejaculate, giving him a zero sperm count. Azoospermia can result from a problem with sperm…

by Nicole and Josh, Intended Parents; and submitted by Christine Rush, Case Manager, Northern California?, The Surrogacy SOURCE, December 4, 2010 – Any woman who has dreamed of having a child dreams of what it will be like to be…

I have a client who just completed her first IVF cycle. Everything seemed to go well. She had lots of eggs, great embryos, abundant hope. Two days before she was due to go in for her pregnancy test, she did a test at home. She…

As we head into the winter chill in the Midwest we know that we won?t be seeing the warm summer months for at least half a year! Something else that also vanishes is the ?sunshine vitamin? also known as vitamin D. From early…

by Gina Paoletti-Falcone, RN, BSN, Freedom Fertility Pharmacy, November 15, 2010 – Question: What strength does Lupron/leuprolide acetate come in and why do I need it in my IVF cycle? Nurse Gina Says: Lupron/Leuprolide acetate…