Fertility Blog

While beginning an IVF journey can be exciting, managing all of the appointments, injections, and medications involved can feel overwhelming. In this guide, you'll learn everything you should (and shouldn't) do during an IVF cycle to give yourself the best shot at success.

Ever wondered if transferring just one frozen embryo could lead to the joy—and chaos—of twins? While single embryo transfers are designed to minimize the risk of multiple pregnancies, IVF patients still have a 1-3% chance of twins. Here's everything you need to know about this fascinating phenomenon.

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade directly impacted access to abortion care, but has also had concerning implications for IVF. Even states with stronger protections for reproductive healthcare have felt the ripple effects of this decision, including an increased demand for IVF treatment and legal uncertainty for providers.

The process of expanding your family through surrogacy can be complex and overwhelming, with many layers of medical, legal, financial, and logistical challenges to navigate. Learn why it's so helpful to work with both a fertility clinic and a surrogacy agency, how they differ, and ways to find the perfect match of professionals for your personal journey.

Selecting a surrogacy agency is one of the most important steps on your family-building journey, but it can also be one of the most overwhelming parts of the process. In this guide, a surrogacy expert (and father through surrogacy himself) shares how to compare surrogacy agencies and find the best one for you.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) may be the most widely-known fertility treatment protocol, but there are actually three variations: conventional IVF, reciprocal IVF, and mini IVF. In this guide, an expert compares the typical IVF protocol to its more mild counterpart, known as "mini" IVF.

Three years. Extensive testing. Genetic complications. Multiple fertility clinics. Six embryo transfers. Five losses. One perfect baby girl. In this story, new parents Jennifer and Alex open up about their path to parenthood and the joy they've found on the "other side" of infertility.

While some couples get "lucky," conceiving with minimal medical intervention, others have a more complex journey. After many difficult years of infertility and pregnancy losses, Alyson shares how she and her husband Jared finally found their path to parenthood.