Twenty-somethings who postponed having babies because of the poor economy are still hesitant to jump into parenthood — an unexpected consequence that has dropped the USA's birthrate to its lowest point in 25 years as reoorted in USA Today.
The fertility rate is not expected to rebound for at least two years and could affect birthrates for years to …
According to a study in the July 2012 issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology the answer is yes, maybe.
Conventional wisdom has been that common lubricants were harmful to sperm but according to this study lubricant use during procreative intercourse does not appear to reduce the probability of conceiving. Of the 296 participants 25% reported that they used vaginal …
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine links data from the SART Clinic Outcome Reporting System to show that, with favorable patient and embryo characteristics, IVF live-birth rates approach those of natural conception.
From an article in the June 2012 Ob.Gyn. News:
Fertility preservation for young women facing cancer therapy has garnered endorsements from leading medical groups in oncology and reproductive medicine, and it isn’t in the experimental stages anymore, interviews with experts suggest.
"There is more literature coming out showing that egg freezing does work," said Dr. Clarisa R. Gracia, director …
There is an interesting op-ed article , "Think before you breed" in the New York Times making the point that people are more often asked why they have made a decision not to have children than others are asked why they made the decision to procreate.
The article goes on to discuss some of the high-profile families with a …
In a widely reported study, the ICSI procedure was found to result in a greater chance of congenital abnormalities than either in the general or infertility population. It's well-known that couples dealing with infertility have a higher chance if birth defects so the real question is whether the increase seen in this study is due to the procedure or …
There is an interesting article in USA Today, "The New Face of Infertility: Under 35 and Frustrated."
I have news for them: there is nothing new about being under 35, infertile and frustrated. It's just that the focus of infertility has been the stereotype of the career women who have waited until after 40 to start trying.
One of the …
RPMG's Dr. Arthur Wisot is quoted in the March 5th 2012 issue of Globe magazine on the tragic death of Whitney Houston. Rumors were circulating that Ms. Houston was pregnant when she died. Dr. Wisot addresses the small chance that a 48-year-old could get pregnant with her own eggs naturally.
Haven't we been saying this for a long time?
A new study of fertility treatment in found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.
They also have a greater chance of risky multiple births.
“Women who have gone through infertility treatment want
According to an article in the August 2011 issue of Fertility & Sterility, the Israel National Bioethics Council (INBC) issued recommendations permitting egg freezing to prevent both disease and age-related decline in fertility. The INBC considers age-related infertility a medical problem and treats the new technology favorably as preventive medicine. As a comparison, the major regulatory bodies in Europe and …