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They’re not just “child-substitutes.” Pets are companions, stress-relievers, and practice dependents. And they may be just what you need when you’re trying to conceive.
For the six years that my husband and I tried to conceive a baby, nothing was constant. Every day of trying was filled with emotional highs and lows. But the one thing we could always depend on at the end of the day was the unconditional love that our 40-pound, terrier-mix mutt, Aggie, offered. It was as if she knew when I received a negative pregnancy test or was recovering from one of my numerous miscarriages; she would instantly put her head on my lap, giving me that soulful look in her sparkling brown eyes that said, “don’t worry, it will be okay.” She always managed to ease my anxiety with her own brand of doggie psychotherapy. READ MORE»
When you’re trying to have a child, holidays can be full of joy and anticipation of the year to come, or they can be tinged with regret that you aren’t pregnant yet. Here’s how to make your holidays happy no matter what stage of the journey you’re in. 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...
