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Most employers don’t offer the outstanding benefits of the companies highlighted in our "50 Best" feature. But if yours doesn’t, there are steps you can take to encourage your employer to bump your benefits up a notch or two. READ MORE»
Fertility Journeys
Fertility Centers of Illinois presents Journeys: The Art and Science of Making a Baby, a documentary-style film that follows... READ MORE»
You want a baby...badly. But there may be another woman who wants your baby almost as much: your mother or mother-in-law. Here’s how to handle it when your parents are driving you crazy about when you’re going to get pregnant and give them a grandchild.
Theresa Kim [not her real name] was shocked by how intensely her new in-laws pressured her to have a baby. “They started asking about grandchildren right after we got married,” says Kim, 33. “Even though they were only in their early 60s, they kept telling us to hurry and have grandchildren so they could see them before they died.” READ MORE»
Relax & Chill Out Playlist
When you're tired of thinking about fertility (or the economy, or your job, or your mother-in-law. . . or... READ MORE»
Romance & Baby-Making Sex Playlist
Here are some songs to inspire you and your partner for a night of love. If it's the right time in your... READ MORE»
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You’ve only been trying for a few months, but you’re already starting to get annoyed rather than excited when you see a pregnant woman. Or you’ve been trying a lot longer. . . and you can’t even bear to look. Here’s how to get over it until it’s your turn.
Eileen Garvin of Susanville, California, became a client of a fertility clinic the way most women do—she was referred there by her ob/gyn.
Everyone knows about maternity leave, but sometimes women need to take time off before a baby arrives. If you’re having fertility treatments or trying to adopt, here’s what you should know to get the time off you need. Whether—and when—to tell your boss that you’re undergoing fertility treatments or arranging an adoption depends a lot on your relationship with your supervisor. While most workplace experts caution against revealing too much personal information, how do you explain being late for work because of blood tests and ultrasounds, and then needing to get home for hormone injections? Or what if you must travel abroad to bring home a baby, and then want three months to bond with your adopted child?
In an effort to attract patients and compete against the more-than 400 fertility centers providing IVF nationwide, fertility clinics today routinely...
As kids, we all learned about the birds and the bees. But we probably didn’t learn enough about fertility to know how babies can be conceived when nature doesn’t work perfectly.
When a couple is having trouble conceiving or carrying a pregnancy, sometimes a “third party” is enlisted to help. These women—egg donors and surrogates—are giving one of the greatest gifts of all. Find out why they do it.
By now you’ve probably heard of Clomid, the most commonly-used fertility drug in the United States. But do you really know how it works and what the possible side effects can be? If fertility drugs are your next step in the attempt to get pregnant, then here is a quick rundown of the seven medications your doctor is most likely to prescribe.
No one wants to hear a doctor utter the dreaded word “infertility.” But couples can use the diagnosis as an opportunity to learn the skills they...
