by soladmin | Jul 24, 2020 | Delayed Parenting, Infertility, IVF
How I Found Humor in My Fertility Treatments People often ask me how I found humor during my fertility treatments. They often accuse me of having rose-tinted lenses since I have children and now it is easy for me to see the humor because of my positive infertility...
by soladmin | Jul 22, 2020 | Delayed Parenting, Infertility, IVF
Getting pregnant isn’t always easy. About one in eight American couples suffer from infertility, or the inability to conceive despite having regular unprotected intercourse. Several methods exist to overcome fertility issues, ranging from medications to intrauterine...
by soladmin | Jul 13, 2020 | Delayed Parenting, Infertility, IVF
What is Effortless Reciprocal IVF? A fertility treatment called Effortless Reciprocal In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) lets two women carry the same baby, changing the game for same-sex couples everywhere. The procedure isn’t necessarily new, but it recently came into...
by soladmin | Jul 9, 2020 | Delayed Parenting, Infertility, IVF
What is Embryo Adoption? When undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), most couples store extra embryos for future use. These backups often aren’t needed, and the couple may donate the embryos to other people struggling to conceive. This process, called embryo...
by soladmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Delayed Parenting, Infertility, IVF
Usually around 8 p.m. I’d start the routine: Get out the ice packs, alcohol pads, and a washcloth to use as a sterile surface on my nightstand. Then I’d take out my shots—sometimes just one, other times as many as five. I’d lay everything out on the...
by soladmin | Jun 26, 2020 | Delayed Parenting, IVF
In Vitro Maturation (IVM): What To Know About This IVF Alternative Couples looking for assistance in the baby-making department but wary of hormone injections are exploring in vitro maturation (IVM), a procedure pioneered in the U.S. by fertility specialists Jin-Ho...