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5 PCOS Diet Plan Tips To Boost Your Fertility and Help You Get Pregnant

by in Diet, Exercise, and Natural Remedies, Female Infertility

Did you know that following a PCOS diet plan can help you lose weight, boost your fertility and increase your chances of getting pregnant? PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, is one of the most common causes of female infertility, affecting approximately 5 – 10 percent of women of childbearing age. In addition to infertility and [...]

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10 Popular Sayings That Hurt People With Infertility – INFOGRAPHIC

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When was the last time someone gave you instructions on how to reproduce? If you answered “never” I’ll bet you’re not dealing with infertility. If you answered “last Tuesday”, I’ll bet you’ve got a fertility doctor on speed dial…and are familiar with the dual frustration of coping with infertility and the rude comments of others. [...]

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8 Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids

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Uterine fibroids are benign tumors in the uterus that develop during a woman’s reproductive years. Fibroids are quite common: As many as 75 percent of women grow them sometime during their lives. However, most women are unaware they have them because most fibroids cause no symptoms and they rarely interfere with pregnancy. Also called fibromyomas, [...]

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Living With PCOS – Mary’s Story of Trying to Conceive with Polycystic Ovaries

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I never knew what PCOS was until my closest friend since middle school called me one night, eerily stoic, avoiding questions of the nature of the call until she revealed to me, thirty minutes later, the news. Abbie Waters talks about PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) in her posts “Obesity Raises Risk of Miscarriage” and “Study [...]

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Tools and Tips for Managing Your Infertility Treatments

An Insider’s Tips for Managing Your Infertility Treatments

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This guest blog post is the first in a series by Mindy Berkson, founder of Lotus Blossom Consulting, an innovative infertility consulting service for women and men planning infertility treatments. – Abbie Fourteen years ago, I was confronted with my own infertility struggles: after having a successful first pregnancy, my husband and I were not [...]

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Obesity Raises Risk of Miscarriage

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Obesity and women’s fertility are strongly related, as any woman with PCOS could tell you. You can add this new study from the UK to a growing list of studies which suggest a linkage between women’s body weight their ability to conceive and carry a pregnancy to term: Overweight women undergoing fertility treatment have double [...]

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How to Choose the Right Fertility Doctor

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If you are one of the 7.3 million Americans dealing with infertility, you’re likely familiar with the anxiety, depression, and self-blame that often accompanies it. The symptoms of infertility aren’t just physical–they’re emotional, too. That’s why it’s so important to find the best, most qualified fertility specialists to diagnose and treat your fertility problems. Types [...]

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Lack of Sleep Linked to Female Infertility

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Dr. Michael Breus, PhD sleep expert and author of the Insomnia Blog, points to a new report that suggests how lack of sleep is linked to female infertility. Here’s how a lack of sleep impacts a woman’s fertility: …[Without enough sleep] one of your body’s most important systems, the endocrine system, will start to malfunction. [...]

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