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Thank you so much for your well wishes! Please keep wishing a little longer - transfer is delayed just a few more days.
Sorry for the lapse in posting. I’ve been feeling a little woozy (and sleepy and bloated and crampy) since my doctor decided to ramp up my estrogen intake. My lining measured a measly […]
One of the first questions we asked when exploring Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) was, “does anything we are discussing increase the odds of birth defects or any sort of physical or mental disability?” Not that we would close our hearts to a child with a disability or medical condition, but we wanted to know what […]
Today’s Telegraph reports more interesting facts and findings from the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona, Spain.
One study focused on declining success rates of ICSI after the 3rd attempt:
Almost all women who would have become pregnant through a type of IVF (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection […]
The annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology began this Sunday in Spain and will last until Wednesday. That’s nearly a full week of professionals getting together in Barcelona to think about the thing that many of us think about all the time - how to get us pregnant.
A Reuters […]
BBC News reports that IVF clinics in the United Kingdom have been given a mandate to reduce the number of multiple births resulting from IVF treatments from 25% to 10% over the next three years. This means, “increasing the proportion of women who have a single embryo transferred back into their womb,” as opposed […]
After more than a month of dreading, teeth gnashing, cursing the needles, pins and pills of this “mock cycle,” yesterday’s tests finally happened. My sweaty palms dried after a visit and a hug from our Nurse (who was there assisting with transfers since the clinic was short-staffed for the day) and after seeing the […]
I don’t know if you remember, but a few months ago I wrote about donating embryos and what a tricky, tricky topic this can be: for those in search of embryos looking to “adopt” as well as those who may have embryos available after their fertility treatments.
What are the options available? What are the questions […]
Perhaps sometimes I dwell too much on what I have lost because of cancer, more specifically because of the chemotherapy and radiation given to me to treat it. The reality is, I owe an awful lot to the chemo and radiation I often curse.
And I owe an awful lot to Dr. M. Lois Murphy,
a pediatric […]
Fertile Dream’s 4th Annual Paths to Parenthood Conference will be taking place at the Orlando Marriott on Sunday, May 4th.
Why am I telling you this? Besides the fact that there seems to be a great lineup of speakers, it is FREE!
Yes, completely free. The conference runs from 8 am to 4:30 pm and your free […]
Well, today certainly did end the wait as promised.
I just wish I had better news to share.
We learned this morning that our FET ended in a BFN (big negative. You fill in the middle)
So, our journey towards parenthood continues. Not quite sure which direction we will head next. Or when.
But fear not, Fertility Notes forges […]
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