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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»
Waiting is a normal part of life, but somehow when you’re waiting to get pregnant—or to adopt—it can become unbearable. Here are some ways to cope.
The Bible talks about “…a time to sow, a time to reap…” (Var. Ecclesiastes 3:2), but between the sowing and the reaping, there is waiting. Although it’s never specifically mentioned in this familiar passage, the waiting needs no words. Everyone understands that seeds need time to grow and produce fruit; without the waiting there would be no reaping. READ MORE»
Couples on the road to parenthood can avoid burnout by anticipating detours in advance and learning how to determine when it’s time to re-plot the route to getting pregnant.
When it comes to having a baby, most couples imagine that if they just do what comes naturally, the details will take care of themselves. Most of the time they do, but sometimes they don’t. We’ve all heard the statistics that as many as one in six couples struggles to conceive a child. That doesn’t mean that the initial excitement of starting a family should be compromised. But it might mean taking counsel from a pair of familiar axioms: “Hope for the best,” and “Be Prepared.” READ MORE»
There’s no need to feel deprived when you’re trying to get pregnant. Quite the opposite. Check out these foods that taste great and can help keep... READ MORE»
A noted poet, professor, and essay writer describes the loss of her first pregnancy. Now, years later, this mother of two happy, healthy children... 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...
