Stress and Your Fertility
In today’s modern, fast-paced society, it is easy for people to become stressed. In fact,one would almost think that being stressed is the “in” thing, and if you aren’t stressed, itmust mean there is something wrong with you! Realistically, however, stress is not agood thing for our bodies and has a very real impact on […]
Infertility and the Emotional Aspects of Having a Child Through Donor Eggs
From our experience working with couples who are struggling with infertility, we havecome to understand the painful transition a couple must go through in order to make adecision to use donor eggs. This is a difficult process, often plagued with anger,resentment, fear, and loss. However, there is a basic pattern that this transition seemsto follow. […]
Seven Things You Must Know When You Find Out You’re Infertile
Don’t let shame, fear, or embarrassment prevent you from asking for medicalhelp to conceive. Realize, consciously, that you are gambling your heart, not just your money, yourtime, and your body. For each try, it’s probable that you’ll either win big or faceanother painful loss on top of all the other many losses you’ve endured. It […]
Blastocyst Embryo Transfer
What is a Blastocyst? A blastocyst is an embryo that has developed in culture in the IVF laboratory for five days after egg retrieval and has divided into two different cell types. A healthy blastocyst should hatch from its shell by the end of six days or earlier and is then ready to begin to […]