July 01, 2015 – It’s not that complicated to get the lowdown on your ovarian health. So why isn’t it a part of routine care? Four years ago, after Danielle Coate, then 35, was named vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, she and her husband began trying to conceive. She quickly found out that it wasn’t as easy as she’d hoped.
June 26, 2015 – A new over-the-counter so-called “pregnancy pill” maybe hitting a drugstore near you that promises to help more couples to conceive. It’s called PregPrep, and it contains n-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant that loosens women’s cervical fluid to help sperm swim to the egg.
June 01, 2015 – Individual fertility assessment tests are gaining in popularity as a way for women to gauge the quality and quantity of their actual egg supply. Sure, your doctor can rattle off statistics for women in your age range, but they’re hardly a true indicator for you personally.
March 15, 2015 – Babies created from the DNA of two women and a man could be born as early as next year. Last month, the United Kingdom cleared the way for fertility clinics there to start making babies using three-parent in vitro fertilization (IVF) beginning in October.
January 21, 2015 – Marie was 27 when a hormone test revealed she had an extremely low egg count that could make it difficult for her to get pregnant, particularly if she waited a few years. Now a relatively new egg-freezing technology has allowed Marie to be her own egg donor and gives her a better chance of getting pregnant when she’s finally ready.
December 10, 2014 – As part of a weeklong infertility series, HuffPost Live takes a Deep Dive into high tech treatments. A panel of reproductive experts joins Alyona to break down all the latest medical options available to help couples conceive.
