By: Reina Zatylny MSW, RSW The Two-Week Wait – that is, the time from intercourse or insemination or embryo transfer until your blood pregnancy test – is one of the most difficult times of all during treatment. Because we’re here to help throughout your journey, we sat down with TRIO’s experts and asked them for
Coping With The Two-Week Wait: An Emotional Perspective Read Article »
By: Kaajal Abrol, MD, FRCSC, REI The Two-Week Wait – that is, the time from intercourse or insemination or embryo transfer until your blood pregnancy test – is one of the most difficult times of all during treatment. Because we’re here to help throughout your journey, we sat down with TRIO’s experts and asked them
Coping With The Two-Week Wait: A Medical Perspective Read Article »
Our fertility experts share tips to improve your chances of a successful embryo transfer. They share what you should eat to help implantation and how to prepare mentally for an embryo transfer.
How to Boost Your Chances of Having a Successful Embryo Transfer Read Article »
By: Jennifer Fitzgerald, ND The Two-Week Wait …. 2 weeks—that’s 14 days. Or 336 hours. Or 20163 minutes. Or 1,209,600 seconds. No matter which way you count it, the time from intercourse or insemination or embryo transfer until your pregnancy test is one of the most difficult times of all during treatment. This can be
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By: Dr. Ken Cadesky, MD, FRCSC – Medical Director and Founding Partner When we are looking at sperm problems, we look at both the sperm count and the sperm quality. Certain factors can affect both of these: Sperm is particularly sensitive to environmental influences such as the air we breathe and the water we drink,
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By: Reina Zatylny MSW, RSW When I ask my fertility clients to describe the most difficult thing they’ve had to overcome in their lives, many tell me that infertility is the most challenging. My clients are bright, thoughtful, and work hard for what they want. They’re used to taking control of their lives to attain
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Many patients have asked us why they can get an idea of their ovarian reserve — or egg quantity — in an Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) test, while there is no way to predict an egg’s quality or its reproductive potential. Violet™ a new tool developed by futurefertility.com offers new scientific insight and transparency about the
During the course of fertility treatment, many patients experience burnout and emotional exhaustion. However, according to Dr. Alice Domar, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Domar Centre for Mind/Body Health, if patients stay in treatment longer, they have a much better chance of getting pregnant. Numerous studies that characterize chances to conceive underscore this fact: namely,
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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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By: Amira Posner, BSW, MSW, RSW If you’re struggling with infertility, you’re no stranger to uncertainty, and now with the COVID-19 pandemic, we meet with it again. My suggestion is to try to become friends with uncertainty. The first thing that can help is acceptance: Bringing acceptance to the difficult situation and to the fact
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