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Obesity Raises Risk of Miscarriage

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

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Lack of Sleep Linked to Female Infertility

by Abbie Waters in Female Infertility

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:

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Study: Fertility Treatments Linked to High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy

by Abbie Waters in IVF

Women who get pregnant with fertility treatments like IVF, ICSI, and IUI are more likely to develop gestational hypertension than women who get pregnant “the old fashioned way,” from sexual intercourse, according to new a new study by researchers at…

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Study Links Obesity to PCOS Infertility in Women

by Abbie Waters in Female Infertility

In Western nations where obesity is increasing, there is going to be an infertility crisis. A new study published in the medical journal The Lancet suggests that obesity is closely linked to PCOS, or polycystic ovarian syndrome. Right now, PCOS…

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ICSI May Be Overused by IVF Clinics

by Abbie Waters in IVF

IVF clinics may be overusing the fertility treatment known as ICSI, or intracytoplasmic sperm injection, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. ICSI is a fertility treatment used to treat low semen count or…

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PGD and IVF Is No Riskier Than IVF Alone

by Abbie Waters in IVF

Good news for aspiring parents at risk of passing on genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease to their children. According to a recently released study, children born from using PGD (preimplantation genetic diagnosis) do not experience any…

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Pregnancy Success Rates Using Donor Eggs

by Abbie Waters in Egg Donation

In the United States, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) collects data from fertility clinics on their pregnancy success rates for infertility treatments such as IVF, PCG, and ICSI. In these surveys, the pregnancy success rate is defined as the…

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Sperm Donors Make Less Than Egg Donors

by Abbie Waters in Become an Egg Donor

Although the nature of the genetic material is different, sperm donors and egg donors both contribute equally to the making of a child. Yet according to one UCLA researcher, they are treated very differently, and male sperm donors are valued…

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