Infertility and The Overweight Woman
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Obesity, PCOS on 10. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
The most shocking thing I’ve experienced in my 30 year career in Reproductive Endocrinology has been the consistent “resistance” among specialists to treat women with obesity. This “resistance” has felt at times to both me and many patients to be more like a prejudice. I have heard other REI [...]
What Do You Know About Your Fertility? – Part 1, Biological Clock
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Age Related Infertility, Infertility Information on 04. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
What Do You Know About Your Biological Clock?
Women have a biological clock. Everyone knows that. The problem is that a lot of the information people think they know about their fertility and reproduction is not true. The blurring of fact, opinion, myth and misunderstanding makes for a treacherous misinformation landscape. The knowledge gap [...]
Endometriosis and Your Fertility
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Endometriosis on 16. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Endometriosis has made the news lately because Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has stepped up to use her celebrity to shed light on this disease.
I don’t have to tell you that endometriosis can be a very painful illness and that it can cause infertility. It is often a reproductive lifelong struggle in which tissue that [...]
Hydrosalpinx
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Causes of Infertility, Hydrosalpinx on 06. Nov, 2009 | 2 Comments
A hydrosalpinx is a fallopian tube that is blocked at its distal end on the opposite side from the entrance to the uterine cavity. It may be diagnosed by a hysterosalpingogram or in severe cases by pelvic ultrasound. The hydrosalpinx is filled with inflammatory fluid and is most likely the end result of [...]
Sperm Meets Egg – Why Doesn’t It Work Every Time?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Male Infertility, Mind-Body Fertility Connection on 07. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
Why me? My wife never had an infection, surgery or any other problem? I have no difficulty ejaculating and there’s plenty to work with so why can my friends, neighbors and coworkers get pregnant and we can’t?
I hear these questions daily and appreciate the frustrations, anger and stress felt by my patients expressing these feelings [...]
