Fertility Cares Blog

Birds and Bees Part I

OCTOBER IS BIRDS AND BEES MONTH IN BOSTON When a baby is desired, success is expected immediately. However the natural ability to conceive a baby is only 20% per month.…

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Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Part I: Definition, Incidence, and Recurrence

The treatise to follow represents a compellation of my experience gleaned over almost 30 years since becoming a physician devoted to women’s reproductive health care; the first 20 years of…

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The Fertility Centers of New England Announces a Community Volunteer Program

The success that we, the Fertility Centers of New England (FCNE) achieve for those we serve is rooted in the latest technology and supported by the individual and compassionate care…

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Converting Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)/Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) Cycles to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

For many couples, the inability to conceive is caused by abnormal or absent ovulation. Normal ovulation involves the natural recruitment of an egg that has been hibernating in the ovary…

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Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET): Achieving One Healthy Baby Per Pregnancy – Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 pm

With Dr. Danielle Vitiello and Lynette A. Scott, PhD., Fertility Centers of New England A multiple pregnancy may feel like a welcome relief after the struggles of infertility. But with…

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Ovarian Reserve

“Ovarian Reserve” is a term referred by many infertility specialists to describe the size, quality and developmental potential of the eggs remaining in the ovary. As a woman age’s ovarian…

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Air Travel During Pregnancy

Patients recently pregnant following infertility therapy often ask if air travel is safe during pregnancy.  While definitive studies in pregnant women following infertility therapy have not been published, a number…

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What is a Fertility Specialist?

A Fertility Specialist practices in a subspecialty within Obstetrics and Gynecology called Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. While any physician with a medical degree can claim to be a Fertility Specialist,…

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Fertility Drugs and Ovarian Cancer

Over the years, controversy has existed whether fertility drugs can predispose to ovarian cancer. Several small poorly designed studies published in the 1990s raised the concern that drugs used to…

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