February 7, 2012

Natural cycle IVF

Dear Dr. First of all, thank you for blogging online! I’ve found your website very resourceful and fun-to-read! I even liked your writing style very much!  I’m a 32 years old female, trying to conceive in the past two years. We have been diagnosed as unexplained infertility with everything appears to be normal. Now we [...]

Random June Questions

Let’s start off the month with some questions… Hi, i am glad to come across this website and am glad to find it very resourceful. i would very much appreciate if you can advise on my following case. I am a mother of one beautiful 3yrs old daughter, and ttc for the past 2 years [...]

How old are my ovaries?

Dear Dr. , I love your blog. I have been up for hours, blurry-eyed, reading and reading. I am 23 years old and my husband has cancer. We have only 2 vials of sperm taken from before he had chemo. I have been off the pill for 5 months, but have not had normal periods [...]

Options and choices

Hi there Dr! I really like your site and I like your approach to care. I live on the other side of the country and have a good RE but would like your opinion here.. I am 31 and my husband (32) and I have been ttc for 2.5 years now. I am a very [...]

Fertility after an ectopic pregnancy

Hi I found this site when i was searching google site for my questions.This site is wonderful with good information.I too want to ask some questions.I will explain my situations. This is a very lengthy mail.Please make time to read this and answer my questions.I will be very thankful to u. I am 26.I am [...]

How do I lower my FSH level?

Your site is fantastic. I have searched many infertility sites and there is nothing else like it. I have a question that I would respect your opinion on, please. Recently, i found out that my FSH is high (20.4). My fertility doctor says that this is the reason for my infertility and it means my [...]

Clomid Questions

I found your website from someone who posted about it on the bulleting boards and I can’t stop reading it! I took Clomid once and it made me ovulate but not get pregnant. My doctors says that it was successful because before Clomid I didn’t even ovulate. She told me that the chance of getting [...]

Not ovulating on Clomid

Hello Dr. I’ve been on two cycles of clomid (50mg/100mg) but the follicles never matured =(. I haven’t been diagnosed with PCOS and have ovulated on my own in the past. My RE did blood work on cd10, 12, 14 and my estrogen levels were 55, 57, 65 and then 54. What could be the [...]

Clomid first timer

I came across your website and decided to contact you just to get a second opinion.  Hopefully you can help.  I am 25 yrs old, married for two years and have been trying to conceive for the past 5-6 months.  Once we decided to have a baby, I started reading a lot online and decided [...]

How long does sperm live?

It depends. Inside a woman’s body, it doesn’t live long at all, if we’re referring to in the vaginal canal. Sperm that is in the vagina will leak out or die before a few hours. However, if the sperm makes it to the cervical mucus, then it can live for a day or two there. [...]