Latest Egg Quality Articles
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Treatment
Our Journey to Pregnancy With Donor Eggs
It’s not exactly living the dream but, for thousands of women each year, (women like me who have struggled to conceive despite years of fertility treatment) getting pregnant with another...
By: Gina MacCarthy | Blogger
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Treatment
Navigating the Decision to Become an Egg Donor
Egg donor advertisements are everywhere. On popular music streaming sites. On Craigslist and Facebook. In campus newspapers or even fashion magazines. Most egg donation advertisements mention the...
By: Dr. Diane Tober | Author & Assistant Adjunct Professor
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Coping
Fertility Blogger of the Month: Valerie of Eggsperience
Our blogger of the month from our list of Top Fertility Blogs is Valerie Landis, who is both a blogger at Eggsperience.com and podcaster with Eggology Club. Valerie's focus is to provide a...
By: Kelly Park | Contributor
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Treatment
Are Egg Donors Patients Too?
Over the past several years, I have had conversations with almost 100 egg donors for my egg donor research project and my documentary film. In these conversations I’ve heard repeated complaints...
By: Dr. Diane Tober | Author & Assistant Adjunct Professor
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Treatment
Where Babies Come From When the Old-Fashioned Way Doesn’t Work
My husband Noah and I started trying to get pregnant when I turned 30. We’d been together for ten years by that point, married for two, and the timing seemed right. We assumed a decent bottle of wine...
By: Maya Grobel Moskin, LCSW | Psychotherapist & Documentary Producer
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Difficulty
How Ovarian Reserve Impacts Fertility
At the time of birth, a female baby has over six million eggs in her body which reduces to several hundred thousand as puberty hits. As she ages, the total number of eggs in ovaries keeps falling,...
By: Kelly Park | Contributor
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Coping
5 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Egg Donor
My daughter, who was conceived with the help of donor eggs, just celebrated her first birthday. It’s been a year of laughter, exhaustion, tears, and lots and lots of poop.My husband and I spent...
By: Risa Kerslake, RN | Registered Nurse Turned Freelance Writer
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Treatment
Embryo and Blastocyst Grading - How Does it Work?
If you have undergone or are planning to undergo a cycle of in vitro fertilization (IVF), you will likely have heard that any embryos created through the process are likely to undergo a process of...
By: Rebecca Matthews, PhD | Embryologist
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Difficulty
The Surprising Fertility Advice I got from my IVF Doctor
The moment my first child was born, I wanted another one. Sleepless nights, blowout diapers and hormonal mood swings did nothing to calm my baby fever. My husband thought I was crazy, but he went...
By: Amy Wruble