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.
Ultrasound monitoring of Clomid cycles
December 31, 2007 By 3 Comments
I am doing fertility medicine with a doctor here in Jacksonville, FL. I have done two rounds of insemination with Clomid and a shot of HCG of which neither took. I then had to take a month off because I had to have hand surgery. The next Cycle day three i started taking my Clomid, [...]
Cyst vs Egg vs Follicle: Clearing up the confusion
December 18, 2007 By 65 Comments
My medical students often ask me how I decide what to post about. Usually, it’s just whatever pops into my head. Other times, like today, it’s on things that I have to explain over and over again to many different people. I realized that if something is inherently so confusing as to have the need [...]
Visualizing childbirth
December 13, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Although I haven’t actually delivered a baby in the past 8 years, I did deliver over a thousand during my years as a medical student and OB/Gyn resident. Even so, it wasn’t until I saw this computer simulation that I gained a better understanding of the dynamics of cervical dilatation and childbirth. Watch and be [...]
Why we love having babies
December 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
People want babies. That’s what keeps my practice busy. But the reason for this is not as obvious as you would think. There are two different schools of thought concerning why we behave the way we do. One extreme viewpoint is that everything is LEARNED, meaning that we think the way we do because of [...]
Welcome
November 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I’m a reproductive endocrinologist. People seek my help in order to get pregnant. However, I would prefer not to be thought of as just a baby-production technician. True, while the bulk of my job involves doing procedures to guide eggs and sperm together properly, there’s more that just that. At times, my job requires being [...]
