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“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” — Frida Kahlo October is here which means not only great fall weather, the Chicago Marathon, and my industry fertility ASRM meeting, but it is also breast cancer awareness month. Pink ribbons have taken over football, the airport, and…
Knowledge is empowering; understanding your cycle and hormone patterns can help you be more aware of what your body needs and how to schedule your month. You should understand the hormones signals your body is telling you and what your body needs throughout the four phases of your cycle. Your period is getting some…
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” -George Bernard Shaw When life gets busy or complicated, it can be easy to get distracted and suddenly find yourself in a situation you are not prepared for. Not using protection when you have sex, shouldn’t be one of…
In 2014, I had 8 urinary tract infections. I’ve always been susceptible to UTIs, but I had averaged 2 per year up until this point. This was a new record. My physicians couldn’t explain the sudden onslaught of UTIs, nor could they craft a better preventive regime than daily antibiotics. Although antibiotics did work for…
It is a new year and 2018 is here. Out with the old and in with the new. A time when you evaluate where you been and where you are going. Perhaps you are looking for new motivation, getting an additional degree, finding a different apartment, starting a new relationship, getting engaged, having a baby…
For millennials, career aspirations, economic realities, and rapidly advancing fertility treatments are changing the way we approach family planning. The U.S. birth rate hit an all-time low in 2016 as the number of women under age 30 having children fell. Yet, more women over 30, especially between 40 and 44 years old, are having children. The…
“The first step towards change is awareness. Awareness is a key. It can unlock many doors.” –Unknown The month of April is STI Awareness. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is trying to educate the general public and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections through education. Every year there are 20…
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” –Albert Einstein Reproductive medicine has made huge progress in a relatively short period of time since the discovery of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in the 1970s to Louise Brown being born first test-tube baby in 1978. Since then, the development…