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Is Your Job or Career Taking Up All Your Time? – Consider Freezing Your Eggs
Career aspirations and an ambition to be professionally successful are a high priority for many women. Often, this means long hours in the office and the need to have an extremely flexible schedule. These demands and the desire to be professionally established before having children prompt many women to delay having children. Unfortunately, some women learn that delaying having children has had a negative effect on their fertility. Fertility preservation addresses this issue and provides a means for women to pursue their professional goals without sacrificing their ability to have children when they are ready.
Read more: Is Your Job or Career Taking Up All Your Time? – Consider Freezing Your Eggs
The Best iPhone App To Calculate Your Fertility
Timing is everything when you’re trying to get pregnant. There is a narrow fertile window of 24 hours after a woman has ovulated per cycle. Miss this window and you have to wait until the next cycle to try again. Charting your cycle is an ideal way to time intercourse with ovulation. There are several iPhone apps that can help you calculate your fertility.
Dr. Zhang’s October Pick of the Month – Q&A
Hello everyone, I am writing at this time to further elaborate on some of the comments I received from my last post. Hope the adjacent text answers all your questions and takes our debate to new subjects. I truly love and appreciate all your feedback.
Dr. Zhang’s October Pick of the Month
Hello everyone. I’m hoping to start making this blog a little bit more interactive and put some things out here for comments and debate. I’m encouraging everyone who stops by to leave a comment, question, or any other kind of feedback. I would love to hear from you!
One of the first hot topics that I wanted to post about are Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) and Time-Lapse monitoring via Embryoscope. I recently co-authored a pilot study that indicated that implantation and ongoing pregnancy rates improve when time-lapse monitoring is combined with aCGH in IVF patients undergoing preimplantation genetic screening.Read more: Dr. Zhang’s October Pick of the Month
The Impact of Infertility on Your Relationship – How Do You Cope?
Infertility can have a major effect on a couple’s relationship. It is easy for couples to become focused on getting pregnant and to lose sight of the rest of the relationship. Additionally, the stress that can result from fertility treatment can make communication difficult. The tips below can help you cope with the impact of fertility and to improve your relationship.
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Tips on How To Choose Your Perfect Fertility Doctor and Clinic
Unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant can be frustrating and heartbreaking. For couples that are ready to seek professional help, it is important to select the right fertility doctor and clinic. When selecting the fertility center that will help in your quest to become a parent, consider the following:
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Whether You’re 20 or 40, It’s Not Too Late To Improve Your Fertility – Naturally
A woman’s age plays a significant role in her ability to become pregnant. Whereas men create new sperm every day, women are born with all of the eggs they will ever have. The quality of those eggs begin to decline after age 35. Despite this, women of all ages can improve their fertility naturally.
Read more: Whether You’re 20 or 40, It’s Not Too Late To Improve Your Fertility – Naturally
Male Sexual Health and Laptop Use – Is His Fertility at Stake?
When a couple is trying to conceive, there are many things they can do to improve their fertility. Eating right, regularly exercising, and getting enough sleep can all improve health and improve a couple’s fertility. Most couples know that eliminating smoking and alcohol can increase fertility and do what they can to be at optimal health. However, something that many men do every day may be decreasing their fertility, and they are completely unaware.
Read more: Male Sexual Health and Laptop Use – Is His Fertility at Stake?
Still Trying To Conceive – There Are Still Plenty Of Treatment Options
Trying to get pregnant without success is one of the most difficult situations a couple can experience. As time goes on it may seem as though your dream of a family is out of reach. If you have been trying to conceive for a long time without success, do not give up! There are a number of treatment options available to you to help you start a family.
Read more: Still Trying To Conceive – There Are Still Plenty Of Treatment Options
The Top 7 Foods To Help Boost Your Fertility
The food a woman eats can have a real effect on her overall health and fertility. Therefore, it is important to be conscious about what you are eating while trying to conceive.
