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After Infertility: Advice from Fertility Patients

After Infertility: Advice from Fertility Patients

Get advice from fertility patients

Texas Fertility Center’s 27th IVF Baby Reunion, set for April 7, got us thinking. What words of comfort, encouragement and advice can our parents with success stories offer current fertility patients? Surely they remember what it’s like in the trenches: braving fertility drug injections, mood swings and revolving-door fertility appointments.

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Why TFC? Embryology and Andrology

Why TFC? Embryology and Andrology

The importance of embryology and andrology

What happens in the IVF lab can make or break a cycle. When looking for a fertility clinic, you need to consider embryology and andrology. In this blog, I will tell you a little about our embryology and andrology programs. I’ll also discuss some of the things that make us different from other doctors who practice infertility.

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The Sperm Cycle – Does a Fever Affect It?

The Sperm Cycle – Does a Fever Affect It?

The sperm cycle and a fever

Many of us are already aware that there are many factors, such as heat, that can affect sperm counts. So what happens when it’s the day of the IUI and the male partner has a fever? The short answer is … nothing. At least not immediately anyway. The truth is that a fever today will likely not affect the sperm for an IUI now.

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Giving It Your Best Shot

Giving It Your Best Shot

You’re ready to devote your time, emotional reserves, and discretionary income to getting pregnant. Up until now, your physical discomfort has been at the hands of skilled and ultra-competent healthcare professionals. You’ve endured blood draws, vaginal ultrasounds, and possibly even laparoscopic day surgeries. But that was different. Now it’s you or a significant other who will literally stick it to you.

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Male Fertility Problems – Guys and Sperm

Male Fertility Problems – Guys and Sperm

Exploring male fertility problems

When evaluating couples who are having difficulty conceiving, it is not uncommon to find that the male partner may have an abnormal semen analysis. In fact, 40% of the causes of infertility are due to the male. It is very important to take a medical history from the man in the initial appointment.

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Clomid or Femara: Which One Is Better?

Clomid or Femara: Which One Is Better?

Clomid or Femara?

Women often ask our doctors whether they need Clomid or Femara. Our Austin fertility center is here to answer this important question.

All about Clomid

Clomiphene citrate (Clomid, Serophene) is an oral medication that doctors have used to induce ovulation for almost 40 years. Commonly, doctors combine intrauterine insemination (IUI) with this medication.

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Tips to Compare Fertility Centers

Tips to Compare Fertility Centers

It’s important to compare fertility centers

It’s important for patients to know they have a choice about where they decide to seek fertility treatment. I received a phone call from a patient that encouraged me to write this blog about how to compare fertility centers.

Questions to ask when you compare fertility centers

One important question to ask yourself is whether the doctors at a center are board certified reproductive endocrinologists (RE).

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How Old Is Too Old for Pregnancy?

How Old Is Too Old for Pregnancy?

Can you be too old for pregnancy?

I have seen so many patients this week of age over 43 wanting to conceive. As a result, I decided it would be useful to write a blog about it. After all, many women want to know how old is too old for pregnancy. Unfortunately, many women and even OB/GYNs are unaware of the profound affect of a woman’s age on fertility.

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The Word on Fertility Herbs

The Word on Fertility Herbs

Diving into questions about fertility herbs

We often have patients who present to us after having tried conventional and alternative treatments for infertility.  Some of the alternative treatments may have included fertility herbs. Patients often want to know our opinion on continuing to use these.

The facts about fertility herbs

The doctors at TFC recognize the potential benefit of combing ‘Western’ and ‘Eastern’ treatments.

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