At Reproductive Crossroads….
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Causes of Infertility, FSH, Fertility Testing, IVF, Male Infertility, Treating Infertility on 17. Jun, 2010 | 3 Comments
Last week a patient presented to my office with a question that made me feel like I was responding to a Dear Abbey letter requesting help to make some crucial life decisions that were related to her reproductive health. As I pondered her query that I had heard so many times before I wondered [...]
What Do You Know About Your Fertility? – Part 2, Fertility Screening
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Fertility Screening, Infertility Information on 05. Jan, 2010 | 5 Comments
What Do You Know About Fertility Screening?
Statistics and general truths aside, every woman is unique. Given just how complicated it is to make a baby in the first place, understanding your own body’s reproductive capability and the changes it might undergo from year to year is an invaluable planning tool.
Consider an annual fertility evaluation or [...]
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 | 2 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 [...]
Trying to Conceive with Clomid Therapy
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Clomid on 23. Dec, 2009 | 9 Comments
It has become commonplace for women who have been frustrated with repeated unsuccessful attempts to conceive naturally on their own to see their gynecologist who often times will try clomid therapy on them. Clomid, the traditional brand name for clomiphene citrate, is a competitive inhibitor of estrogen. It stimulates the pituitary gland to produce follicle [...]
