If you’ve been struggling to get pregnant, you may be piling worries on top of questions on top of more worries. Questions like, “Is my body doing what it’s supposed to? How will I know if it isn’t? Do I even have any eggs left?” may be causing you anxiety.  Seeking out information from expert sources or your medical team can help lessen some of this anxiety. The more information you have, the more you can understand your path forward.  When it comes to ovarian reserve specifically, studies have shown that Diminished Ovarian Reserve impacts...

When you’re dealing with infertility, making a baby the ‘old fashioned way’ – for free – can seem like a foreign concept. Instead, you’re forced to spend countless dollars on ovulation tests, pregnancy tests, and for some, fertility treatments like IUI and IVF. When faced with the idea of medical intervention to help grow your family, the price-points for these prodedures can feel out of reach. And, unfortunately, health insurance often doesn’t cover any of it.  As you plan to expand your family, here is a helpful overview of each available option and how much...

Right now, infertility is more common than it's ever been. According to the CDC, one in five heterosexual women aged 15-49 with no prior births will experience infertility. That statistic is staggering, and with it in mind, it’s no surprise that fertility specialists are in high demand. According to Jacquelyn Shaw, MD, a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist at NYU Langone Fertility Center, the field of reproductive endocrinology is “booming.” This growth gives providers plenty of options when it comes to job-seeking. But the road to becoming a fertility expert? It’s a long one. And...

Whether it’s one, two, three, or more, intrauterine insemination (IUI) is often one of the first steps for those considering Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to help grow their family.  Wherever you begin, Dr. Mary Wood-Molo, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Specialist at Institute for Human Reproduction (IHR), emphasized that choosing a method of ART is an extremely personal decision and must be the best option for that specific person or couple. Ultimately, it depends on how aggressive you want to be starting out. According to Dr. Wood-Molo, IUI can be a good way to “ease into”...

If you’re about to begin undergoing fertility treatments, there’s a chance you’ve asked yourself “does IUI even work?”. Maybe you’ve heard multiple success stories from IVF patients, but few from those who have conceived via IUI — or maybe you’re simply discouraged by the relatively low success rates (we’ll get into those below, but spoiler alert: IUI is unsuccessful more often than not).  But IUI can work — it worked for me in 2018, when I conceived my twins. Though I had a lot of doubts going into the procedure, it ended up being the right...

Picture this: you have been trying to conceive for a while without success. You finally make an appointment with a fertility clinic in search of answers. You have all of the standard infertility testing done, and no obvious cause is found as to why you haven’t been able to get pregnant. You are diagnosed with unexplained infertility.   On one hand, you might feel relieved that there are no obvious red flags to worry about. On the other hand, being told that your infertility is unexplained can feel a lot like your doctors are saying, “We...