Getting Pregnant After 30 With PCOS
If you’re past 30, dealing with PCOS, and trying to start a family, you’re probably feeling a mix of hope, anxiety, and a hundred unanswered questions. The good news? PCOS does not mean you cannot get pregnant. It just means your fertility journey may need...
Why Does Frozen Embryo Transfer Sometimes Outperform Fresh?
Frozen embryo transfer often does better than fresh, and here’s why: the body gets a chance to recover from the heavy hormone push used during egg retrieval. That recovery? It leaves behind a far more welcoming uterine lining for the embryo to settle into. Now...
How Do Your Eggs Develop Day by Day in an IVF Cycle?
Eggs in an IVF cycle take roughly 10 to 12 days of hormone stimulation to grow from tiny follicles, and then 3 to 5 more days inside the lab to reach embryo stage. Here’s how that breaks down. Fertilization on day 1. Cleavage on days 2 and 3. By day 5, most...
Poor Ovarian Reserve: How Can It Be Treated?
Poor ovarian reserve (POR), also called diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), means the ovaries contain fewer eggs than expected for a woman’s age. It’s tied primarily to aging and can’t be reversed. Treatment doesn’t bring eggs back. It works with...