No matter what your age, TRIO understands that fertility is complex and different for everyone. In this article, we outline what our patients may typically experience in their fertility journey at different decades of life. It’s no secret that fertility levels naturally decline as time passes. While the choice to delay parenthood is an individual […]
Fertility Levels in Your 20s, 30s and 40s Read Article »
When you start your fertility journey, one of the first things your specialist will look at is whether you are ovulating monthly. Ovulation plays a huge role when it comes to fertility, and TRIO’s team of experts will test your hormone levels and monitor your cycle. In this article, we share information on why it’s
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Nowadays, medical teams have access to a large variety of tests that enable them to diagnose and treat many causes of infertility. Sometimes, even after thorough fertility testing, the cause of infertility remains unclear. This is called “unexplained infertility.” If you have heard this term in a physician’s office, you aren’t alone — it affects
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If you’re considering fertility treatment, a comprehensive assessment and testing is often an essential first step. The results help your medical team to create a custom fertility plan that is unique to you and your goals for your family. But there are so many tests out there, so where do you start? Not to worry
Fertility Testing for Assigned Females at Birth Read Article »
If you’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis, or are experiencing symptoms, you may wonder what that means for your fertility. In this article, we’ll break it down for you and share everything you need to know about endometriosis and fertility. What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis is when the tissue that is similar to the lining of your
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If you are having difficulty conceiving and are looking into fertility treatments, you have likely come across the acronyms ‘IUI’ and ‘IVF’. Both IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) and IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) have assisted countless patients in expanding their families. Yet, they are two very different treatment paths. In this article, we’ll briefly examine what each
If you have given birth before but are having difficulties trying to grow your family for the second or third time, your physician may suspect secondary infertility. However, secondary infertility doesn’t mean that you cannot grow your family — it just means that you may need a helping hand. In this article, we’re going to
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If you’ve been diagnosed with PCOS, you may have a lot of questions. One of the most common questions we hear about PCOS is how it affects the chances of getting pregnant. The short answer is that many people with PCOS conceive and carry a pregnancy with the help of preconception care and/or fertility treatment.
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Options for Embryo Transfer after PGT-A Frequently, we get questions about aneuploid and mosaic embryos at TRIO, particularly about our policies regarding transfer. We asked Karen Spitzer, our PGT Programs Manager, to explain these terms and outline some of the issues involved in the decisions around embryo transfer. PGT-A, or Preimplantation Genetic Testing for aneuploidy,
Is My Embryo Normal, Abnormal or Mosaic? Read Article »
By: Dr. Sony Sierra, MD, FRCSC, REI, Deputy Medical Director and Partner The majority of losses that happen early in pregnancy are due to random genetic error or “aneuploidy”. This can happen when an egg that has an abnormal number of chromosomes is fertilized (meiotic error), or if there is a multiplication or division error
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