How to Cope with Stress During Fertility Treatment For those that undergo fertility treatments on their journey to parenthood, there are a number of stressors that can potentially impact your outlook. If you are at this point, you’ve likely already experienced difficulty conceiving, you have a medical condition preventing natural conception, or you’re LGBTQ+, you and … [Read more...] about Coping with Stress During Fertility Treatments
National Infertility Awareness Week 2021
How do you plan to honor National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW)? Here at Fertility Solutions, we do our best to spread the word and encourage our patients and their families to do the same. This year, NIAW 2021 takes place from April 18 through April 24. The event is sponsored by RESOLVE and has been going strong since 1989! That’s more than 40 years of hard work, … [Read more...] about National Infertility Awareness Week 2021
Fertility Solutions Designated Aetna Institute of Excellence
Fertility Solutions Designated an Aetna Institute of Excellence Fertility Solutions is overjoyed and proud to announce that we have been designated as an Aetna Institute of Excellence. Enhance Fertility Care With Aetna Institute of Excellence Designation The designation by Aetna of an Institute of Excellence is a difficult accolade to receive. Institute of … [Read more...] about Fertility Solutions Designated Aetna Institute of Excellence
Diagnosing and Treating Your Fibroids
Fibroid tumors, also called leioyomas, are common and are diagnosed in a variety of ways. Depending on the size and location of the fibroids, they can sometimes be felt during a routine pelvic exam. If this isn’t the case, there are several different testing tools used to diagnose fibroids, all of which are used for infertility testing. Diagnosing Your … [Read more...] about Diagnosing and Treating Your Fibroids
Fibroids Can Affect Your Fertility
Fibroid tumors (leiomyoma) are very common and are almost always benign (non-cancerous). About 20% to 70% of all women will have fibroids at one point or another, whether they know it or not. These tumors are the result of cells in the muscular wall of the uterus that begin to multiply at irregular rates. The longer and more they multiply, the larger the tumors … [Read more...] about Fibroids Can Affect Your Fertility
Why Patients Choose Fertility Solutions
At Fertility Solutions, our practice is centered directly on the needs of our patients. Under the care of our fertility specialists, patients receive individualized treatment plans that cater to their specific infertility diagnosis. We know that the initial diagnosis of infertility can be a difficult moment in a person’s life and that the process that can follow – receiving … [Read more...] about Why Patients Choose Fertility Solutions
40 Isn’t the New 30 When You’re Trying to Conceive
We’ve heard it again and again. Thirty is the new twenty, forty is the new thirty. With longer life expectancy, older age for retirement, improved healthcare and even products that help us defy the look of aging it’s easy to see why we seem to be a decade younger than we actually are. Unfortunately, our ovaries didn’t get the memo and it is shocking to many young women to … [Read more...] about 40 Isn’t the New 30 When You’re Trying to Conceive
Clomid: Side Effects to Be Aware of
Clomid is the commercial name for the fertility drug, clomiphene. It is a “mild” fertility medication because it is taken orally and, when prescribed correctly, it should only stimulate the release of an egg or two (maybe three - but the goal is always to minimize the risk of a multiples pregnancy). While it is considered “mild” there is no denying that women using … [Read more...] about Clomid: Side Effects to Be Aware of
Is PGT Worth the Cost?
Fertility specialists have deciphered many layers of the fertility code, but there are still some illusive “unknowns” that contribute to failed conception or miscarriages. One of the most mysterious of these unknowns is the genetic quality of the egg and sperm prior to conception. That is where preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) comes into play. PGT Can Save … [Read more...] about Is PGT Worth the Cost?
The Male Factor: What You Should Know When You’re Trying to Conceive
When you’ve been trying to conceive for longer than you anticipated, you should turn to your doctor. While many pregnancies are achieved with little or no medical assistance, many couples do have difficulty. Checking in with your OB/GYN early in the game is your best bet for reassurance, or for the recommendation to see a fertility specialist sooner. If it continues to … [Read more...] about The Male Factor: What You Should Know When You’re Trying to Conceive