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
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 | Jul 25, 2017 | Fertility Preservation
Louise Brown, born 37 years ago in England, was the first human ever conceived from in vitro fertilization (IVF). At that time, infertility was rarely discussed openly and there were limited treatment options. Since then, major advances in fertility treatment have...
