Fertility Cares Blog

Patients recently pregnant following infertility therapy often ask if air travel is safe during pregnancy.  While definitive studies in pregnant women following infertility therapy have not been published, a number…

A Fertility Specialist practices in a subspecialty within Obstetrics and Gynecology called Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. While any physician with a medical degree can claim to be a Fertility Specialist,…

Over the years, controversy has existed whether fertility drugs can predispose to ovarian cancer. Several small poorly designed studies published in the 1990s raised the concern that drugs used to…

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…

One fertility myth among many women of advanced reproductive age (40 and above) is that because they look and feel as they did when they were in their early 30s…

Hurler syndrome … Usher syndrome … Krabbe disease … Smith-Lemli-Opitz (SLO) syndrome … you’ve probably never heard of these genetic syndromes? For most infertility couples, these rare genetic diseases would…

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…

Certain environmental exposures have been implicated in pregnancy loss and infertility. The potential for environmental and occupational exposures to chemicals and pollutants to adversely affect reproduction is not surprising since…