Are you and your significant other trying to start your family, but experiencing difficulties? It can be very frustrating for a couple that’s having trouble getting pregnant. If you’ve already undergone unsuccessful IVF treatment with your own eggs and are beginning to wonder if you’ll ever have a child of your own, comparing how much donor eggs cost in time, effort, … [Read more...]
Infertility Issues? Explore Using Donor Eggs
Are you and your significant other trying to start your family, but experiencing difficulties? It can be very frustrating for a couple that’s having trouble getting pregnant. If you’ve already undergone unsuccessful IVF treatment with your own eggs and are beginning to wonder if you’ll ever have a child of your own, comparing how much donor eggs cost in time, effort, … [Read more...]
Shannon Leach: Struggle With Infertility to Become a Fitness Coach & Mom of Five Kiddos
Shannon Leach wears many feathers in her cap, she is a mom of Five, wife, nurse practitioner, and an online Health and Fitness Coach. After qualifying for the Boston Marathon twice, once in 2008 during the Seattle Marathon and in 2012 at the Portland Marathon. She finished the Boston Marathon with a personal best on April 15, 2013. Today she is an inspiring mom of five along … [Read more...]
Updated Vaccine Guidelines for Female Infertility Patients: ASRM
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has issued new recommendations regarding vaccinations for women of reproductive ages to handle female infertility, updating previous guidelines issued in 2008.The new guidelines offer the gynecologist a reminder that they can hang on their wall, according to, Dr. Samantha Pfeifer, MD, who led the study and is … [Read more...]
Endometriosis: What The Experts Say.
Endometriosis is a female health disorder that occurs when cells from the lining of the womb (uterus) grow in other areas of the body. This can lead to pain, irregular bleeding, and problems getting pregnant. While some women with endometriosis remain asymptomatic, others experience dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, non-cyclical pelvic pain, and sub-fertility. According to … [Read more...]
Moderate Walking, Cycling, & Gardening Associated With Enhanced Fertility
According to Lauren Wise, a reproductive epidemiologist at Boston University and lead author of the study(4/5/2012) "Effect of physical activity on fertility varied by body mass index", it was found that moderate exercise, such as walking, cycling, or gardening, was associated with getting pregnant more quickly for all women, regardless of weight. Over the course of the study, … [Read more...]