From Confusion to Confidence
Finding that inner strength takes time and self-advocacy takes different shapes for different people – the best way to be your own advocate is the way you feel comfortable. But if you’re like me, sometimes you have to ask yourself, “what happened and what can be done to help?”
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Healing Power of Humor
Humor can be found in a twist, in a memory, in a similarity. We want personal, we want original. When you face the trauma you are going through right now, humor can be a powerful tool on the road to healing.
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According to WomensHealth.gov, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, more commonly known as PCOS, is a common health problem caused by an imbalance of reproductive hormones and one of the leading causes of infertility among women of child-bearing age. According to us, it’s an unwelcome interloper on many women’s path to parenthood.
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Mission: Fertility
Dealing with infertility while serving in the military can present challenges that other individuals and couples do not face.
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Frequently Asked PCOS Questions
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a common hormonal disorder which affects around one in 10 women of reproductive age. Women with this condition may have certain symptoms, including irregular or absent periods, trouble with weight, acne, and hirsutism.
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Fertility Friendly Habits to Try This Fall
If you plodded through most of 2019, dragging yourself out of bed for testing and treatment over the course of many months and cycles, you may be looking at this Fall as a new start. While you’re dealing with what you can’t change, it may help to create new, fertility-friendly habits to help you deal with the day-to-day grind.
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Decoding: PCOS
Advances in technology have revolutionized genetic research. We are now able to search across the entire genome for variants associated with diseases, including disorders that can affect fertility, like Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).
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Let’s Talk about PCOS
In reality, PCOS is a lifelong condition. Doctors cited cases – though rare – in which premature hair growth, likely connected to PCOS, started in females as young as four. Additionally, the idea that a women can’t have PCOS because they no longer have their periods is just untrue.
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Dear Dante
October is breast cancer awareness month and it’s always a good opportunity to reflect on how MedAnswers co-founder and CEO, Alice Crisci’s journey to her son Dante really started: in crisis.
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Does Your Doctor Get You?
When you were little, you probably loved the pediatrician who gave you a lollypop after shots. When you got older, your gynecologist (if you’re lucky) was always there with solid advice about whatever was up for you – including info on how to avoid getting pregnant.
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Tuesdays with Dr. Temeka: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
October is National Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness Month and our hope is to raise awareness surrounding miscarriages so that women know they are not to blame and that they are not alone.
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Every Child Deserves a Family
Believe it or not, child welfare agencies are currently, legally allowed to discriminate against potential foster and adoptive parents, and kids in the foster care system on the basis of their gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, and religion. Today....
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It’s Not Me, It’s You. No, Wait, It’s Us. No Wait…
You may be familiar with the one in eight statistic, which refers to the number of couples who have trouble getting pregnant. Lots of people interpret that statistic to mean one in eight women, because it correlates roughly to equal 12 percent of married women. (Are...
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Delivering My Son
By Brad Wilson, PhD I was a third-year medical student at the beginning of the OB/GYN rotation when I first had the idea of delivering my son. I told my wife about the idea, then we talked about it with our OB/GYN. Our doctor was very supportive of the idea as many...
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Planned vs. Unplanned Childhood
By Brian Ring At times it is necessary for me to remind my older sister that I was the planned child. This is usually in response to her remembering a parental birthday or some other surprising feat of filial devotion. Anyone with a brother or sister will acknowledge...
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The Top Five Fertility Myths: Separating Fact from Fiction
When you’re struggling to conceive, you might find yourself getting advice from all sides. Your co-worker, your aunt, and your next door neighbor all want to tell you about a recent article they read, a new diet they heard of, or that friend of a friend of a friend...
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Tips for Choosing the Right Infertility Doctor for You
Deciding you need an infertility specialist is a very powerful step, which isn’t easy to make. We’ve been there and we feel you! The professional that was a good fit for your best friend, sister, or dentist may not be the right one for you. Here are some things to ask...
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Advocating For Me and for You
I became a fighter in the infertility wars when I was trying to conceive, back in 1993. My IVF twins will be 24 in a little over a month, and it’s so hard to believe how fast the time has gone. I have worked in the family-building field this entire time by holding...
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