TTC in a Pandemic: Can You Still Get Fertility Treatment?
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused ripple effects — okay, more like a tsunami — across the healthcare system…
TTC in Your 20’s: When Infertility Strikes Early
If you’re in your 20’s and struggling to conceive, you may have trouble getting friends and even doctors to take your fertility concerns seriously…
Making Room for Secondary Infertility
Secondary infertility affects people who were able to have at least one child without difficulty, but are now struggling to conceive again or carry another child to term…
TTC After a D&C: How Soon Can You Try Again?
If your last pregnancy ended with a D&C, you may be wondering how long you should wait before trying again, and whether the procedure had any impact on your ability to get pregnant again…
Can You Get a BFP Without Implantation Bleeding?
Implantation bleeding is one of the early pregnancy symptoms that I didn’t know existed until I started hanging out in fertility forums. Should you be worried if you don’t notice implantation bleeding?
Are Letrozole and Femara the Same Thing?
Lots of people have heard about Clomid (clomiphene citrate), because it’s one of the oldest fertility drugs. But what about Femara? Is that the same as letrozole?
TTC a Rainbow Baby: Overcoming Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Even if they were previously able to get pregnant without help, women with recurrent pregnancy loss may turn to fertility specialists to help them conceive again and hopefully make it to full-term with their rainbow baby…
Should You Do a FET if You Are Sick?
What if you’re planning to do a frozen embryo transfer (FET) and you think you’re getting sick? Will your transfer be cancelled?
Are Due Dates More Accurate With IVF?
If you did IVF, you may wonder if your due date is more accurate than it otherwise would have been. After all, you know exactly when the eggs were retrieved and when the embryo was transferred.
8 Tips for Staying Sane During Infertility/ IVF
The stress and anxiety of infertility can swallow the rest of your life. It’s really hard to focus on your job or your relationships when all you can think about is your next appointment at the fertility clinic.
Graduating from an RE to an OB for Prenatal Care
This picture is a bit of an exaggeration — you won’t literally graduate when you move on from a fertility clinic to a regular ob/gyn for prenatal care. But lots of people in the fertility world refer to it as “graduating,” because that’s what it feels like…
TTC Right After Your Wedding
So you’re engaged — congrats! — and you know you want to TTC (try to conceive) right after the wedding. What can you do now to increase the chances you’ll be able to get pregnant quickly when you start “trying” several months or even a year in the future?