A breast cancer diagnosis can lead to many things…emotional pain, physical discomfort, and, for women of childbearing age, the fear of losing their fertility. Thankfully, advances in cancer treatment are enabling more women than ever to survive and thrive in the face of their diagnosis…
April 23 kicks off National Infertility Awareness Week, an event that brings much needed awareness to a disease that affects over 7 million women worldwide. While infertility is a personal journey that that can affect anyone at any age, it is also a challenge that so many share…
Progesterone levels have been measurable in the blood since the 1970s. This test is now easily and inexpensively run, with results often available on the day of blood draw…
Ovulation timing has been practiced for many years, either as a form of contraception to avoid the fertile days of the month or to help increase the possibility of pregnancy. It is now known that the egg is most healthy for less than 24 hours, while sperm can function for many days…
Trying to conceive? South Florida’s reproductive specialist, Dr…
The latest in cutting-edge technology, The EmbryoScope, is now available to couples seeking fertility treatment in Florida at IVF Florida Reproductive Associates.The EmbryoScope is a sophisticated and noninvasive technique that frequently photographs a single embryo’s development from unfertilized egg to the blastocyst stage over a 7 day period of time…
Often times the IVF cycle is preceded by a 3-week course of oral contraceptives. Some literature has suggested that success rates are better following a 3-week course of ovarian suppression…
