For the 15% of the population experiencing fertility challenges, the enormous improvements in the field of reproductive medicine in the past 25 years are a blessing. Kathy Fountain, LMHC, Mind Body Tampa Bay, discusses your options.This video is …
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Lesbian Family Building
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by Kelly Baek, M.D.
Getting Started
Deciding to build a family as a single woman or as a …
Preparing for a Healthy Pregnancy: Nutritional Advice
By Victoria Maizes, M.D.
Joyously, you’re considering having a baby. What could be more natural? Women become pregnant every day, often unintentionally. Still, many women struggle to conceive and the modern world has a host …
Male Infertility: Some Thoughts for Inquiring Men Who Want to “Do It Yourself”
by William D. Petok, Ph.D.
While the state of fertility and infertility knowledge has grown enormously since the first IVF baby was born, one would be hard pressed to understand the role of men in the equation if you read only …
Access to IVF and Economic Disparity Among Ethnic Groups
By Mickey S. Coffler, M.D., FACOG, HRC Fertility
Lack of insurance coverage and high IVF costs may limit access to assisted reproductive technologies among minorities in the US.
There is some controversy in the literature as to …
The (Slightly) Older Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant
Are you losing one egg a month or millions? What’s important for women in their late thirties and beyond to know about their pregnancy potential? Sandy Goodman, M.D., of Reproductive Medicine Group, Tampa, discusses everything from weight …
Genetics and Infertility
By Daniel A. Potter, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
men
It is estimated that up to 20% of couples experience infertility as defined as not achieving or maintaining a pregnancy after one year of unprotected intercourse.
Family history can be a factor …
Remembering the Other Mother
This mother’s day I was reflecting on my infertility journey and how I became a mother. My daughter, Grace, was born because of the kindness of an egg donor. I will never be able to meet her or thank her …
Empty Arms on Mother’s Day
For all too many women, the most dreaded day of the year is Mother’s Day. On this particular Sunday the thought of attending Church, or even of spending time with one’s own mother might seem to be an impossible task.
In the United …
The Emotional Journey Associated With Infertility
I just read a beautiful and poignant blog written by a woman who had been unsuccessfully trying to conceive for years. She was writing about her decision to donate the baby clothes she had been saving for her unborn …