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Fertility

Explore fertility tips, treatments, and expert advice to support your journey toward parenthood. Find the guidance you need for a healthy fertility path

Embracing Your Fertility Journey: Finding Meaning & Purpose

Embarking on a fertility journey is a profound experience that can bring both challenges and opportunities for growth. While the path may not always be straightforward, it offers a chance to discover resilience, deepen relationships, and find meaning unexpectedly. Every story is unique, and embracing your journey with purpose and positivity can transform

Embracing Your Fertility Journey: Finding Meaning & Purpose2025-02-12T18:08:19+00:00

Women With Sleep Disorders Other Than Sleep Apnea May Be More Likely To Experience Infertility, Research Suggests

This fits right in with what we see in our patients.  What is not discussed here is why this would happen.  It is our finding that sleep disorders of any type result in physiologic stress that we can see with subtle changes in hormonal values in patients' labs.  This then translates into decreased hypothalamic/pituitary stimulation

Women With Sleep Disorders Other Than Sleep Apnea May Be More Likely To Experience Infertility, Research Suggests2025-02-19T17:29:04+00:00

Understanding the Impact of Progesterone-Only Contraceptives: The Case for Estrogen Supplementation

A note from the reproductive hormonal side.  Long-acting contraceptives, represented primarily by depo-prover, mirena or skyla IUD, and the nexplanon skin implant, all represent progesterone only contraceptives.  While highly effective at preventing pregnancy, all these agents suppress estrogen which is a bad thing.  From puberty to age 30 women are adding bone to maximize to

Understanding the Impact of Progesterone-Only Contraceptives: The Case for Estrogen Supplementation2025-02-19T17:27:53+00:00

How to Know if You’re Infertile: Signs, Causes, and Prevention

Are you worried that you may be experiencing infertility? Infertility is a condition that affects around 1 in 8 people in the United States. In about 15% of cases, the cause is unknown despite thorough testing, which is referred to as unexplained infertility. When should you start to consider the possibility of infertility?

How to Know if You’re Infertile: Signs, Causes, and Prevention2025-02-19T16:50:47+00:00

How does IUI work, and what is it?

If you are experiencing infertility, it can feel like you are alone, but it’s a common issue. About one in every eight women, or 6.1 million Americans aged 15 to 44, have difficulty becoming or remaining pregnant. Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a commonly used procedure to increase the likelihood of becoming pregnant.  If

How does IUI work, and what is it?2024-03-07T14:22:35+00:00

Understanding IVF: Empowering Dreams of Parenthood

What is IVF? The IVF Process Success Rates and Considerations Taking the Next Steps For many couples and individuals struggling with infertility, the journey toward parenthood can be emotionally and physically challenging. Fortunately, advancements in reproductive medicine have led to the development of various assisted reproductive technologies, with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) emerging as

Understanding IVF: Empowering Dreams of Parenthood2025-02-19T03:40:01+00:00

Endometriosis and Fertility: Understanding the Impact of Age and Surgery on Pregnancy Rates

Fertility: In our experience, the fertility implications are most related to the patient’s age. This disease has an interesting natural history. Up until about age 26, patients with no other problems are able to conceive naturally. We start seeing fertility patients in the late 20’s. With treatment, the pregnancy rates remain nearly normal until

Endometriosis and Fertility: Understanding the Impact of Age and Surgery on Pregnancy Rates2024-02-05T16:13:23+00:00

Benefits of Minimally Invasive Reproductive Surgery

Which advanced techniques do we use for reproductive surgery? What are robotics and laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery techniques? Why choose Jacksonville Center for Reproductive Medicine? When new fertility care patients walk through our doors, our first priority is sitting down with them to figure out their options. Every patient has

Benefits of Minimally Invasive Reproductive Surgery2025-02-19T17:31:13+00:00

Ultrasound Guidance, Soft Catheters Among Measures That Can Be Used During Embryo Transfer To Help Improve The Chances Of Successful IVF, Research Suggests

We have been using ultrasound guidance for embryo transfer since 1996 when it was first suggested as an adjunct to improve pregnancy rates with embryo transfer for IVF. The soft catheters have also been a standard item since the late 1990's. Ultrasound allows us to visualize the depth of the catheter placement to place

Ultrasound Guidance, Soft Catheters Among Measures That Can Be Used During Embryo Transfer To Help Improve The Chances Of Successful IVF, Research Suggests2024-02-05T17:23:15+00:00

Higher BMI May Be Tied To Increased Time To Pregnancy, Reduced Fertility In Women, Study Indicates

This study title adds to the mountain of evidence supporting metabolic dysfunction's contribution to infertility. Insulin resistance, the primary cause of weight gain, is also the cause of PCOS, as well as other metabolic diseases including diabetes type II, heart disease, hypertension, cholesterol elevations, etc. Therefore, BMI is a graduated severity gauge for metabolic

Higher BMI May Be Tied To Increased Time To Pregnancy, Reduced Fertility In Women, Study Indicates2024-02-05T17:25:01+00:00
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