Fertility Blog

Fertility Blog by Illume Fertility

Everything you need to know about reproductive health, fertility testing, fertility treatment (like IUI and IVF) and how to navigate fertility challenges.

Diana D’Amelio

As Illume Fertility's resident Physician Assistant, Diana D’Amelio, RPA-C, serves multiple functions at the Norwalk, Danbury, Trumbull and Stamford offices of Illume. As a clinician, she sees patients and performs physicals and procedures such as endometrial biopsies, ultrasounds, hysterosalpingograms and saline sonograms. In addition to reproductive medicine patients, she sees many of the PCOS adolescent population. Diana often does morning monitoring for our patients and evaluates oocyte donors. Diana received her undergraduate degree in biology from Cornell University and completed the Surgeon’s Assistant Program at Cornell University Medical College. She has practiced in the field of infertility since 1993.

Insulin Resistance | PCOS

Insulin Resistance and PCOS: How to Manage Your Symptoms

By: Diana D’Amelio
November 27th, 2019

November is National Diabetes Month, and Illume Fertility is focusing today on how our fertility is affected by insulin resistance in women with PCOS. There is an important connection between the two. If you are a woman dealing with PCOS and attempting pregnancy, it’s important to be aware of the following information.

Support | IVF

Does IVF Hurt? Common IVF Questions Answered

By: Diana D’Amelio
June 6th, 2019

You have reached the point in your fertility journey when it is time to decide: Do I go forward with in vitro fertilization (IVF) or not? For most of us, this question raises even more questions. Does IVF hurt? Will it really work? What will I do if IVF fails? In this article, we dive into some of the common, questions people have about IVF.