Making Empowered Family Planning Decisions Starts with your OBGYN If you’re considering building your family, the very best place to start is by scheduling a preconception appointment with your OBGYN to lay out all of your family planning questions. As with most...
Fertility 101
How to Become a Single Parent by Choice
Steps for pursuing parenthood on your own. The decision to become a parent is an enormous one regardless of whether you’re doing it with a partner or alone. Views on single parenthood have changed drastically over the last decade and studies have shown no...
Best Lifestyle Changes to Optimize Fertility
Simple ways to improve your chances at pregnancy. There are many potential lifestyle changes to optimize your fertility when trying to become pregnant. The advice available online can be overwhelming, so it's best to focus on evidence-based changes. Those struggling...
Top 10 Questions About Infertility
Patients often come to their initial consultation filled with questions about infertility. Despite how many people need fertility services, we still have a long way to go when it comes to talking openly about infertility. Read on for answers to some of the most common...
How Does Egg Freezing Work?
Patients often ask us how egg freezing works and if we recommend it for them. As with all our fertility treatments, every patient is unique and individual. Deciding whether or not to freeze your eggs is a deeply personal decision, based on age, current health status,...
Fertility Options for LGBTQ+ Women
Donor sperm, IVF, and shared maternity IVF When it comes to fertility options, LGBTQ+ women have several paths to build their family through collaborative reproduction. Each of these options exist on a spectrum of cost, effectiveness, and convenience. We’ve written...
How Soon Can I Get Pregnant After Stopping Birth Control?
Knowing how soon you can get pregnant after stopping birth control is an important part of family planning. In most cases, we counsel patients to stop their birth control method when they are ready to get pregnant, not before. With a few exceptions, the ability to...
What Is a Reproductive Endocrinologist?
Infertility-related topics involve many technical and possibly unfamiliar terms, including this one: reproductive endocrinologist. What does it mean to be a reproductive endocrinologist, and what do they do as part of a fertility team? This article will discuss this...
What Is HSG?
A guide to the hysterosalpingogram procedure One common fertility evaluation test is called a hysterosalpingogram, or HSG. The HSG procedure assesses the uterus and fallopian tubes to see if there are any blockages or anatomic abnormalities that might impact...
Semen Analysis: What Is It, and What Does it Mean?
Semen analysis is an important tool for identifying and treating possible causes of infertility. In fact, up to 50% of all couples struggling with infertility have some form of male factor infertility present. A semen analysis can help pinpoint potential challenges...