What is the link between poor ovarian reserve and IVF outcomes
In general, women with a poor ovarian reserve will have difficulty in achieving pregnancy. But what about in advanced reproductive technology (ART) such as IVF?
What is a poor ovarian reserve
Let’s first discuss what the term ovarian reserve means. Ovarian reserve refers to quantity,
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From the moment that we decided to dedicate our careers to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, we each made many commitments. First and foremost, we wanted to develop a patient-centric practice that would provide best in class care in a nurturing, yet state of the art environment.
There is life after infertility
You can’t believe this in the fury of the storm,. However, many women who underwent infertility treatment feel grateful for the experience. Infertility Awareness Month concludes this week, but Texas Fertility Center will continue to share the message of empowerment and hope. We want to show there is life after infertility.
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The truth about IVF and ovarian cancer
As I was reading the headlines in the news I came across a statement. “Women given drugs during fertility treatment to stimulate their ovaries to produce extra eggs have an increased risk of developing borderline ovarian tumors”, Dutch researchers said. What ?!?! I continued to read the study.
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The facts about prenatal vitamins
Any woman of reproductive age who is sexually active and not using a contraceptive should be talking prenatal vitamins with folic acid. Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, and folate are essential for numerous bodily functions. The human body needs folate to synthesize and repair DNA. It is also very important for cell growth,
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Celebrities with infertility
Up until recently, infertility was an intensely private matter. Women would go to great lengths to hide their challenge, which unfortunately led many to believe that infertility was a rare phenomenon. A refreshing thing has happened in the last 5 to 10 years. We have become more open about the issue of infertility,
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Have you heard? Herbal supplements can increase your fertility 330 percent. You can get pregnant in 60 days, guaranteed. Feng shui tactics, including displaying pomegranates or pictures of elephants with their noses down, will result in a baby.
These claims pop up in a Google search for infertility cures. In fact, more than 2.5 million sites offer information to couples anxious for answers.
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Learning what to expect from IVF
The IVF process can seem very overwhelming. At TFC, we make every effort to make this process as stress-free as possible. That’s why we’re helping you learn what to expect from IVF. For optimal success, we want you to feel comfortable proceeding with this treatment. We have a wide variety of resources available to all of our current patients to help them understand the IVF.
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Approximately 15 % of infertility is secondary to ovulatory dysfunction. It is very important to figure out what the dysfunction is, as different causes have different treatments.
First and foremost comes obtaining adequate information from a patient’s history. If a woman is having irregular periods or lack of periods or bleeding all the time,
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Fertility expectations in girls and women
As little girls growing up, we often dreamed about the children that we were going to have. Later, we were cautioned not to have sex or to at least use protection by our parents who didn’t want us to get pregnant at a young age. Thus, it is frustrating and challenging to discover that you are actually having difficulty getting pregnant.
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The truth about fertility success rates
One of the most daunting challenges that I face in my practice is giving realistic expectations for success of various treatments. Most of the large reports involving treatments studied women younger than 40 years old with normal ovarian function. It is a dangerous practice to apply those results to a different patients.
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Should you just relax to conceive?
How many times have couples who are struggling to become pregnant been told to go home and relax to conceive? The implication is that self-induced stress is the reason for not conceiving. Therefore, one would assume that if a couple lowered their stress, then their chance of conceiving would increase.
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