Infertility / Fertility

After Your IUI

We modern women don’t generally like the idea of sitting back and doing nothing – especially when we're trying so hard to get pregnant. But when it comes to increasing our chances of conception after an Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), lying back may be exactly what we need to do.

Female Hormones - How are they Affecting Me?

Today I want to talk about estrogens. Estrogens are a group of hormones that essential for women’s reproductive cycle health, menstruation, and fertility. Often when women talk about estrogens they will refer to estrogen as a single hormone when actually estrogens are a group of hormones. The major hormones we are talking about when we talk about estrogens are estrone, estrodial and estriol.

Natural Family Planning

The culture that we live in today has given rise to many fears regarding hormonal contraception and other barrier methods of preventing pregnancy. The widely-known side effects of the birth control pill include blood clots, stroke, high blood pressure, weight gain, headaches, fatigue, vaginal infections, and depression. While low-dose pills have been shown to reduce these effects, they still leave a woman prone to spotting, which is an indication that ovulation is not being thoroughly suppressed.

Fertility Charting 101

Many women choose to chart their monthly cycles in order to determine the days or weeks when they are most fertile. This can be helpful for couples struggling with infertility, but may also be used to avoid pregnancy without the use of hormonal contraceptives or barrier methods.

Secondary Infertility

Alyse had no problem getting pregnant with her first child, but fibroids and low ovarian reserve have been an issue as she tries to conceive again.

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Secondary Infertility

Alyse had no trouble conceiving her first child. But after months of trying to conceive a second child she was diagnosed with fibroids, low ovarian reserve, and secondary infertility.