Category Archives: New York
Busy With Your Career? – It May Be Time To Freeze Your Eggs
A woman’s biological clock is real. There is a natural instinct to start a family while a woman’s eggs are at their healthiest. This time frame is from a woman’s teenage years until age 35. For many women, this period of time is also when they are focused on building their career. It’s important to understand that while the quality of a woman’s eggs decreases, women are fully capable of successfully carrying a pregnancy after this age. Freezing her eggs when they are at their healthiest allows a woman to preserve her fertility. This way, she can focus on growing her career without worrying that she is sacrificing her ability to start a family.
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Pregnant and Depressed? You’re Not the Only One
After trying to conceive, becoming pregnant can be one of the best moments of your life.
Some women easily transition into their role as mother to be. For others, pregnancy is not met with the same joy. If you feel depressed during your pregnancy, know that you are not alone and that many other women have been in the same position.
The Top 5 Do’s and Don’ts When Trying To Conceive
Receiving a negative pregnancy test result can be extremely frustrating when you’re trying to conceive. This is especially true if you’ve been trying for a while.
Below are the top five do’s and don’ts of conceiving:
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Feel Like You’re The Last Of Your Friends To Get Pregnant? Take Control
Have you being trying to get pregnant without success? Have you tried tracking your basal body temperature or used ovulation testers but have still not gotten the positive test result you’ve been looking for? Do you find your frustration growing because you’re the last of your friends to start a family? If so, take control of your fertility by meeting with a fertility specialist.
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Trying To Get Pregnant Can Be Scary, Help Is Available
The road of fertility care is not the easiest to travel. You have to navigate both the physical aspects of testing and fertility care as well as the emotional aspects of having your dreams of being a mother delayed. Facing both of these challenges can be scary. It’s important to know that you’re not facing these challenges alone. Your fertility care team is here to work with you and to travel the journey along with you. Our single goal is to help you achieve your dream of parenthood.
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It’s OK To Be Scared When Trying To Get Pregnant
Dealing with infertility can be frightening. It is perfectly normal to be scared about fertility treatment and the unknown. When you’ve been trying to conceive, it is common to be scared about not being able to have the family you dream of. For some women, the journey to motherhood takes longer than others. That doesn’t mean that it can’t or won’t happen for you, just that your path is longer than others.
Don’t Give Up Hope, You Can Get Pregnant
You’ve decided it’s time to start a family. You’re where you want to be in your career and with your family. You’ve done everything the “right” way. Maybe you thought you’d stop taking birth control and it’d happen immediately. But, you’ve been trying to get pregnant for months, or longer, without the positive result you’ve been dreaming of.
Many women come into my office facing these very issues. Their frustration is often compounded by friends and family getting pregnant with seemingly little to no effort. Know that you’re not alone. Fertility struggles do not mean that you have to give up your dream of becoming a parent.
