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NFI Fertility Foods: 10 Nutrient-Rich Options to Boost Sperm Count
Introducing fertility foods and their role in enhancing sperm count is essential for understanding how nutrition impacts male reproductive health. Nutrition is crucial in supporting overall well-being, and its influence on fertility is no exception.
Fertility Boost: Simple Steps to Enhance Sperm Count and Quality
The importance of sperm count and sperm quality cannot be overstated when it comes to male fertility. Sperm count refers to the number of sperm present in a semen sample, while sperm quality encompasses factors such as motility (movement) morphology (shape) and DNA integrity.
5 Things to Know Before Your First Appointment With a Fertility Specialist
So, you’ve decided to take the initial step on your journey to parenthood? You plan to make an appointment with a fertility specialist, but you are anxious about what to expect.
Are You a Candidate for Egg Freezing?
Egg freezing enables women, and persons born with ovaries, to preserve their eggs at a time when those eggs are likely to be at the healthiest that they will be for the rest of that person’s life.
Should I Join a Fertility Support Group?
Many of my patients often ask me if they should join a fertility support group. And I always encourage them that if they are ready, they should!
Why Can’t I Get Pregnant? Here are 8 Reasons Why it Might Not be Happening
For those actively trying to conceive, once you’ve made the choice to get pregnant, every negative test result can lead to disappointment. Frustrating to deal with for sure but don’t worry just yet — you are not alone.
Why Some Guys Should Consider Freezing Their Sperm!
Through the years, the media attention for egg freezing and fertility preservation has been solely centered on women. However, unbeknownst to many, men can and should freeze their sperm too!
OMG, the Positive Pregnancy Test – What This Doctor Wants You to Know!
When infertile patients, who have been trying for some time, get the positive pregnancy test result, they go through a roller coaster of emotions where their fear of “Will I get pregnant?” quickly turns into “How do I stay pregnant?”.
Tips To Conceive A Baby: Understanding Fertility
I’m going to cut to the chase, we’ve been traditionally taught that sex creates babies. While this concept may be generally true, since the activity can involve the release of seminal fluid into the vaginal tract, it is important to know that the majority of day-to-day human sexual interactions do NOT yield pregnancy.
Things Your Ob-Gyn Wants You to Know Before Your Appointment
Keeping up with a gynecologist visit is something every woman has to do. Considering the underlying concerns around it, however, some women are understandably apprehensive to book an appointment.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Debunking PCOS Myths, Because You Deserve the Truth
Certain medical conditions can potentially change your lifestyle and even your fertility. Some people lament over myths while others endure nonexisting symptoms due to self-diagnosis that is rooted in a false narrative, rather than science. PCOS, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, is not an exemption to this.
What is Fertility Diet? Beginner’s Guide
In preparation for pregnancy and to boost fertility, eating a fertility diet is a crucial health change that you can make. Multiple studies and research have demonstrated the positive effects of a fertility diet in decreasing recurrent miscarriage, supporting a healthy pregnancy, and of course, promoting fertility.
Breast Cancer and Infertility: What You Need to Know
Breast cancer in women is very common and affects 1 out of every 8 women, in our lifetime! That means that 12.5% of all women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives. Even more strikingly, this means that most of us know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Smoking Marijuana and Its Effects on Fertility
Remember that smoking affects fertility in both men and women.
Weight and Fertility
Did you know weight can affect one’s fertility and one’s chances of getting pregnant?
Sleep and Infertility: How Sleep Disturbance Can Hurt Your Fertility Journey
Oftentimes, we are so overwhelmed by responsibilities that we forget to rest. However, we should never compromise quality sleep; especially if you are trying to boost your fertility.
Fibroids & Fertility – Everything that You Need to Know!
A lot of factors can affect a woman’s fertility. One of these factors could be Fibroids, which are also more commonly known as Myomas. Fibroids are not as uncommon as people might think.
5 Fertility Health and Wellness Tips
Trying to get pregnant should, theoretically, be THE MOST FUN THING EVER. Trying to get pregnant is, in fact, valuable training for parenthood.
Understanding Fertility : Tips to Conceive a Baby.
For persons who are experiencing trouble with achieving pregnancy, modern technology can help make dreams of having a baby come true.
Stress with Fertility
No one ever grows up expecting to have infertility, yet it is extremely common—affecting one in eight couples in the United States.
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