February 4, 2012

The NON-OVULATOR

This is the first in the “What Type of Fertility Patient Are You” series. The NON-OVULATOR: You have to ovulate in order to have a baby. It’s considered normal to ovulate thirteen times a year, which means thirteen opportunities to potentially get pregnant. Some women ovulate fewer than thirteen times per year. Either their cycles [...]

UK woman ready to have baby at age 66

New mother-to-be at age 66. What do you think?

Clomid can help and Clomid can harm

You’ve all heard success stories of patients getting pregnant after just taking some pills. Chances are, the pill you have heard of most often is Clomiphene citrate (CC), known by brand name as Clomid or Serophene. This is usually the first medication offered to an infertile woman by her general OB or family practice doctor. [...]

What type of fertility patient are you?

Anybody who is a regular visitor on Facebook is all too familiar with the epidemic of cute little quizzes revealing “Which Disney character are you?” or “What kind of dinosaur are you?”. That’s how I got the inspiration to start a new series of blog posts on “What type of fertility patient are you?” It’s [...]