Not everyone looks forward to the holiday season as a time to catch up with family and friends. Navigating holiday parties and festivities as an infertility patient can come with a sense of unease. Even those who are well-meaning can ask an intrusive or sensitive question about your fertility. Sometimes, you feel responsible for educating others on the infertility … [Read more...] about Talking about Infertility This Holiday Season
Infertility support
Supporting a Friend Struggling With Infertility
Infertility is a heavily present issue in our society, but is one that is rarely talked about. Even though statistically one in eight couples struggle with infertility, people who are outside the fertility community tend to have issues understanding and supporting those who struggle with infertility. While it is important to be supportive, gentle and open with the … [Read more...] about Supporting a Friend Struggling With Infertility
Can We Change How We Talk About Fertility?
Over the past decade, important changes in how we talk about fertility have taken place, but continued progress is still needed. Many of us still hold preconceptions about female fertility, male fertility, and how families are built. Assumptions about who is pregnant or trying to conceive can be hurtful, and insensitivity about third-party reproduction, fertility … [Read more...] about Can We Change How We Talk About Fertility?
Five Ways to Be a Good Friend to Someone Having Fertility Treatment
Bill Watterson — cartoonist and the creator of “Calvin and Hobbes” — famously said, “Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.” Fertility treatment can be an exciting and, yes, sometimes intimidating prospect. While partners are often a wonderful source of support and comfort, those having fertility treatment need support from friends … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Be a Good Friend to Someone Having Fertility Treatment
How to Support Your Partner During Fertility Treatment
Undergoing fertility treatment can be stressful. You’re committing your time and finances to something you really want — building your family — but you may not be sure how things will turn out. On the bright side, fertility treatments are more successful than ever before. In fact, our IVF success rates are as high as 50%, and our frozen embryo transfer success … [Read more...] about How to Support Your Partner During Fertility Treatment
When It Feels Like Everyone You Know Is Pregnant
Big life moments often feel like they come in groups. At one point, it may feel like everyone you know is engaged, then you’re planning out one weekend after another with weddings, and, suddenly, baby showers are part of the plan. Dealing with conflicting emotionsMany fertility patients know that it’s 100 percent possible to be happy for pregnant friends or family … [Read more...] about When It Feels Like Everyone You Know Is Pregnant
How You Can #flipthescript for NIAW 2018
The theme of this year’s National Infertility Awareness Week® (NIAW) is #flipthescript. “Anyone can be challenged when trying to have a family, no matter what race, religion, sexuality or economic status you are. Infertility doesn’t discriminate. Because you’ll never know how badly you want something until you are told that it may not be possible. Together, we … [Read more...] about How You Can #flipthescript for NIAW 2018
Five Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed by Fertility Treatments
Whether you’re preparing to undergo fertility treatment or currently working through your treatment plan, both situations can certainly cause a lot of stress. Fertility Solutions understands how the time between an infertility diagnosis to a positive pregnancy test can feel like it’s dragging on forever, but we also acknowledge that there are ways to help relieve the … [Read more...] about Five Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed by Fertility Treatments
Raising Awareness of Secondary Infertility
“Why can’t I get pregnant again?” is a question many women who’ve already had a child ask themselves. Of the 1 in 8 couples who face infertility, 30% of those cases are due to secondary infertility. Less well known, secondary infertility can be just as heartbreaking and require the same treatments as a standard infertility diagnosis, but it is rarely met with the same … [Read more...] about Raising Awareness of Secondary Infertility
Massachusetts State Advocacy Day 2014
On June 11th, Fertility Solutions’ (link/specialists/pei-li-huang-md text:Dr. Pei-Li Huang) and our Marketing Coordinator Maryanne Gaffney attended RESOLVE’s State Advocacy Day at the State House in Boston. State Advocacy Day is an important event for the fertility community, this includes fertility specialists as well as their patients. According to RESOLVE, … [Read more...] about Massachusetts State Advocacy Day 2014