Fertility Cares Blog

For many couples, the inability to conceive is caused by abnormal or absent ovulation. Normal ovulation involves the natural recruitment of an egg that has been hibernating in the ovary…

With Dr. Danielle Vitiello and Lynette A. Scott, PhD., Fertility Centers of New England A multiple pregnancy may feel like a welcome relief after the struggles of infertility. But with…

“Ovarian Reserve” is a term referred by many infertility specialists to describe the size, quality and developmental potential of the eggs remaining in the ovary. As a woman age’s ovarian…

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…