I appreciate all your emails. It’s obviously more fun to keep writing when I find out that others are being educated, enlightened and inspired by the fruits of my labor (or labour, as many of you readers appear to be from the UK and Australia). Many of you are sending me your specific stories, asking [...]
The disadvantages of using a known sperm donor
Before technology gave us the option of doing IVF-ICSI, the only choice for couples with severe sperm problems was to use a sperm donor. Even today, there are times when donor sperm is used. These cases happen with couples who have absolutely zero sperm available (even with high-tech methods) or for whom IVF-ICSI is not [...]
The long journey
OK, so maybe it’s not exactly like this, but you get the idea. It’s not all that easy for a sperm to find an egg.
Setting your fertility goals for 2008
Do you want a baby this year? I am convinced of the usefulness of setting goals in life. I don’t mean just sort of having some vague idea in your mind of what you want. I mean concretely thinking things over and converting these thoughts into words. Each year, I take time not only to [...]


