Why Are So Many Fertility Medications Refrigerated?
Until I started fertility treatment, I had no experience with the world of specialty medications. I was vaguely aware that some medications had to be refrigerated, but I didn’t know anything about them, and I never bothered to wonder how people travel with these sorts...
Can Your PCP Prescribe Clomid (and Other Fertility Meds)?
While some women see a separate ob/gyn on at least an annual basis, lots of women see their primary care physician for all their medical care, including their birth control prescriptions and annual gynecological exams. If you don’t already have an ob/gyn, you may...
TTC While Breastfeeding: What You Need to Know
This post was reviewed for medical accuracy by Rosalie Gunson, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in fertility care. Our bodies are designed to provide some natural spacing between children. That makes sense — pregnancy, childbirth, and...
How Much Does an IUI Cost Without Insurance?
This post was reviewed for medical accuracy by Rosalie Gunson, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in fertility care. Trying to budget for fertility treatment is tough. It’s impossible to know how well you will respond to any particular intervention...
How to Take Provera When TTC
This post was reviewed for medical accuracy by Rosalie Gunson, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in fertility care. When you start any form of fertility treatment (or a new birth control prescription, for that matter), you need to begin with a...
When to Consider Moving On To Injectable Fertility Meds
This post was reviewed for medical accuracy by Rosalie Gunson, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in fertility care. The first fertility medication many women try is either Clomid or letrozole (with or without IUI). If that doesn’t work, they try...
Will Clomid Make You Have Twins?
This post was reviewed for medical accuracy by Rosalie Gunson, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in fertility care. As a twin mom, I get a lot of questions whenever I go out in public with my boys. “Are they natural?” and Do twins run...
Do Transvaginal Ultrasounds Hurt?
This post was reviewed for medical accuracy by Rosalie Gunson, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in fertility care. Soon after I found out I was pregnant, a friend made a point of warning me about the first ultrasound. “It will be internal, just...
Can Ovidrel Cause a False Positive on a Pregnancy Test?
This post was reviewed for medical accuracy by Rosalie Gunson, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in fertility care. When you do medicated fertility cycles, you will likely take a shot to trigger ovulation. (Ovidrel is one common brand name, but...Welcome to Fertility Harbor!
I’m Jenn! Here I am with my beautiful twin boys. My pregnancy was possible thanks to fertility treatment for PCOS.
I started this site to support other women navigating the complex and often discouraging world of infertility.
I’ve teamed up with the amazing Rosalie Gunson, CRNP, to ensure that all my posts are accurate and up to date from a medical perspective.
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