The most common myth about couples struggling with infertility is that we must be having rabbit-style sex; that is, we’re doing it all The TIME! This is often presented as the “bright side” to infertility. You tell people that you’re struggling with infertility and they say something along the lines of, “Well, at least you get to keep enjoying the process!” *wink* or, “Well, I bet your husband doesn’t mind everything about it!” *ha ha*
Month: April 2015
Sperm Bank Moving Next To Big Florida University To Tap Donor Pool
A leading sperm bank is relocating its headquarters next to a Florida university with the second-highest student enrollment in the United States in hopes of tapping into its large pool of healthy, well-educated potential donors, the company said. Cryos, a privately owned company with offices in New York and Denmark, will on April 6 complete its move to Orlando, with offices located less than a mile (1.6 km) from the University of Central Florida, which enrolled almost 61,000 students for the 2014-15 academic year.
Abused Women Pick ‘Secret’ Birth Control
Women who are abused by their partner or ex-partner are much less likely to use contraception, which exposes them to sexually transmitted diseases and more frequent unintended pregnancies and abortions. When they do use contraception, these women are less likely to use condoms and more likely to resort to contraceptive methods that they don’t need to discuss with their partners, like contraceptive injections or sterilization in developing countries, or intrauterine devices in Western countries.
An Open Letter to My Egg Donor
I’ve always been a big believer in thank you notes — not the ones you email or text, but the ones that include handwriting and postage. Now that I just had a baby, I estimate I owe close to 200 of them. I’m hoping to have them all done before my kid starts preschool.
Female Embryos Less Likely To Survive To Birth
New research has challenged the prevailing belief that the higher proportion of male babies born in the general population results from a higher proportion of males being conceived. The conclusions suggest that embryonic death is bound up with the embryo’s sex in ways that are not yet fully understood.
Pesticide Residue In Fruits And Vegetables Associated With Low Sperm Count
Consumption of fruits and vegetables that contain relatively large amounts of pesticide residue may affect men’s sperm counts and the number of normal-looking sperm they produce, a potential factor in fertility problems, Harvard University researchers reported Monday. The study by researchers at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, described as the first to link pesticides in fruits and vegetables to reproductive problems, leaves many questions unanswered.
Making The Case For Employee-Covered Fertility Treatments
In 2013, Katie Lelito was a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Michigan. She and her husband were ready to start a family, but months of trying brought no success. Tests lead to an infertility diagnosis and one possible solution for conception: in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Controversial Fertility Treatments Focus On Eggs’ Power Plants
Derived from bacteria, mitochondria are our cells’ energy-producing powerhouses. Now, a Massachusetts company is convinced that these microscopic cylinders are also key to conceiving a baby, and it has persuaded several groups of physicians outside the United States to test that controversial premise in women with fertility problems.