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PGD FISH Photo

PGD FISH (Fluorescent in situ hybridization) Photo: An embryo with normal chromosomes We are looking here at the DNA from a cell taken from a human embryo. It has been stained green, an...

Time For A Donor

I have learned that things in life do not always turn out the way you might have thought that they would. What seems to be the "standard" life may not be so easy to attain. I just turne...

Coping Through the Holidays

Following Halloween, the holiday season suddenly looms. Excited children, crowded stores, decorations, and holiday parties are all set to descend on us. Yet because the winter holidays ...

Mind/Body Techniques for Infertility

Stress reduction through mindful well being... while this may sound like a new age mantra, the medical community is growing in consensus about a mind/body connection that can positively...

ASRM 2003 - San Antonio Roundup

We have provided this summary of highlights to share with Fertility Flash readers. This tiny sampling by no means reflects the scope and depth of the 1800 scientific research papers tha...

Embryo Adoption

My husband and I had always wanted children, but did not marry until age 40 (we are the same age). My mother had seven healthy children, the last one at age 40, so I had always assumed ...

Ask The Expert - A Question About Endometriosis

New Study Shows No Benefit to Heparin/Aspirin Use

Wine and Conception

 This article includes contributions from Isabelle Ryan, MD and Beth Schriock, MD Studies have tied alcohol cons...