Fertility Cares Blog

At Home Fertility Testing: Keeping the Ball in Your Court and Scoring!

The intention of any screening test is to provide fast, cost-effective and reliable tests that require little intervention. In the billion-dollar industry of home fertility assessment the hat can be…

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At Home Fertility Monitoring: “Chance favors the prepared (mind)”-Louis Pasteur

Defining that short window that the ovulated egg is available to receive the sperm (12-24 hours) is imperative. However, the physical discomfort (Mittleschermz) that is associated with ovulation is experienced…

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IVF Protocols

There are five basic steps in an IVF cycle: ovulation induction, egg retrieval, fertilization and embryo culture and finally implantation. The focus of this blog is ovulation induction. Monthly, the…

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Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET): Rethinking the “One Pregnancy and Done” Philosophy

Many couples with infertility both desire and welcome the birth of twins, thus affording an instant family often after years of frustration, disappointments and inability to conceive adopting a “once…

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Vitamin D: The “Sunshine” Vitamin

Vitamin D: The “sunshine” vitamin gets another look. Vitamin D is known to promote bone and heart health. It may provide benefit in boosting the immune system and lowering risks…

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