A UCSC graduate, Lucy currently resides in Santa Clara county. She enjoys studying childhood development and works part time as a nanny. After years of struggling with infertility she is now a proud mother.
What are fallopian tubes?Fallopian tubes are essentially two thin tubes on each side of the uterus. Their job is to lead mature eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. When these tubes are blocked, fertilization cannot occur...
Harvard performed a study that showed an 80% decrease in infertility when women switched to a fertility diet! "Women with the highest fertility diet scores ate less trans fats and sugar from carbohydrates, consumed more protein from vegetables than...
Kathy's Story A few weeks ago, Kathy experienced her fifth miscarriage. She explains, "I'm hesitant to use the phrase 'suffered a miscarriage' when describing my experience. It was a...
1. How many milligrams of caffeine are safe during pregnancy?a) Noneb) 200 mg or lessc) 600 mg or less 2. True or False? When trying to conceive, switch to non fat dairy foods. 3. What supplement has...
Spina bifida, also known as Myelomenigocele, is a condition where the backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth. According to the Spina Bifida Association women that are high risk include: those that have had previous neural tube...
I have spent hours looking at the results after typing into the search engine "How to get pregnant". Conception seems like it should be pretty simple, have sex during ovulation and things should take...
Men's health is often an overlooked topic when discussing fertility. However, diet can greatly affect sperm health, which can mean the difference between conceiving or not. Sperm concentration (think count- millions per milliliter), motility (percentage of moving...
Infertility can be an expensive, frustrating, and sometimes hopeless journey. If you have gone through hormonal treatments and feel you have exhausted all of your medical options, don't give up just yet! Whether you have endometriosis, polycystic...
When a woman is diagnosed with a missed miscarriage (when the fetus dies but the body has yet to expel it) she then has to decide whether to have a procedure to remove the fetus or to miscarry...
My first pregnancy ended very early on. It was referred to as a "chemical pregnancy". Months after this I became pregnant with twins. My first sonogram revealed that one of the twins would not survive...