by Jennifer Orwig | Jan 21, 2020 | Fertility Preservation
A 2017 study titled Age of Individuals Who Identify as Transgender in the United States showed an estimated 0.7 percent of youth ages 13-17, or 150,000, identify as transgender in the United States, and a more recent CDC study reported 1.8% of students enrolled in 19...
by Jennifer Orwig | Jan 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Fertility Preservation Program in Pittsburgh (https://fertilitypreservationpittsburgh.org/) and the Center for Reproduction and Transplantation at Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is enrolling patients for ovarian tissue...
by Jennifer Orwig | Jan 24, 2018 | Fertility Preservation
More men than ever are choosing to freeze their sperm in an effort to ensure they can father healthy babies later in life. There are a number of reasons a man may choose to freeze his sperm, including: Advancing age Deteriorating sperm quality or low quantity Cancer...
by Jennifer Orwig | Nov 14, 2017 | Fertility Preservation
Fertility preservation is the cryopreservation or freezing of eggs, embryos, sperm, or other reproductive tissue in order to protect your future options of building a family. While everyone’s reasons for preserving their fertility are different, their goal is...
by Jennifer Orwig | Oct 24, 2017 | Fertility Preservation
With a diagnosis of cancer comes a wide range of emotions, as well as many important decisions and questions. Typically, your main focus is to explore your treatment options such as radiation, chemotherapy, or surgery. One area that you may not think about, however,...
by Jennifer Orwig | Oct 10, 2017 | Fertility Preservation
Sperm cryopreservation has revolutionized the field of assisted reproduction. Cryopreserving (freezing) sperm avoids the need for additional surgery in couples undergoing repeated in vitro fertilization injection cycles. Moreover, it provides hope for men with...
by Jennifer Orwig | Oct 10, 2017 | Fertility Preservation
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age, impacting over 5 million women in the United States alone. The effects of PCOS on a woman’s hormones is one of the reasons it is the number one cause of infertility in...
by Jennifer Orwig | Sep 18, 2017 | Fertility
A pregnancy that ends abruptly in miscarriage can be devastating, and may also bring up concerns about the prospect of future fertility. You may wonder, “will this happen again?” or, “was there anything I could have done to prevent this?” The unfortunate truth is that...
by Jennifer Orwig | Aug 16, 2017 | Fertility Preservation
Diagnoses of cancer in children are devastating, and patients and their families can be overwhelmed with the immediate diagnosis and treatment of the disease. While survival rates for many childhood cancers have increased dramatically over the past 40 years,...
by Jennifer Orwig | Aug 3, 2017 | Fertility Preservation
Men holding off on starting a family commonly believe there is no rush. But men, like women, can wait too long, doctors warn. The term “biological clock” was originally geared toward women, but today, the term applies to both men and women, with men having just as...
