Start here with Episode #1 I called Terra early in the morning and had her get Miles on the other line, preparing them for the good news about their embryos. To review, we retreived 15 eggs. Out of those, 11 were mature. Out of those, all 11 successfully fertilized. Today this is what we had: [...]

Start here with Episode #1 Thirty minutes after her egg retrieval, Terra was still groggy from the anesthesia. Knowing she might have just a faint memory of this conversation, I turned to her husband, who had just been allowed to come join her in the recovery room, and reported the good news to him. "15 [...]

Start here with Episode #1 For Terra who was now undergoing her first IVF cycle, the anticipation and uncertainty of starting something new was offset by the excitement and hope that maybe finally, her years of sadness were soon to be over. "If you would like, let’s review the big picture for you two," I [...]

Start here with Episode #1 Terra arrived for the pregnancy test for her 2nd IUI cycle. She had fought the temptation to test on her own and came in with an open mind, although she confessed she felt a little more bloated this cycle than last, for whatever that means. When the blood test results [...]

Start here with Episode #1 For eleven days, coming down from the high of a highly optimistic first IUI cycle, Terra was full of anticipation for her pregnancy test. She was so anxious that she did a home pregnancy test the day before coming to our office. I saw her look of devastation when she [...]

Start here with Episode #1 Miles and Terra have nothing wrong with their fertility. Nothing other than for the fact that they haven’t gotten pregnant in three years. The most abnormal finding, after all their testing, was cervical mucus that was not the best. I’m not totally convinced that this is the real problem, but [...]