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Hope Endures

July 14th, 2017

It’s been a long seven years that I’ve had the opportunity, misfortune and blessing in dealing firsthand with this thing. This sometimes very cruel and mean thing called infertility. This thing that can’t help but change you (though usually for the better). This beast that tests your limits as a woman, a human. This thing that takes you to the gates of hell and back with rewards so sweet you almost forget the pain.

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I See You – A Mother’s Day Post

May 12th, 2017

IVF Mom, FST patient and infertility advocate Brie Dance encourages all women - the moms and the ones in the making - to honor this holiday in whatever way works best for you.

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Life After Infertility

May 2nd, 2017

{May 2, 2017}

Life after infertility. Is there one? If you would’ve asked me 5 or 6 years ago, I probably would’ve never believed that there was. Nor that there would be moments that didn’t entirely orbit around the subject. But, the reality is that just as the sun rises at the beginning of each day,

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Crossroads

February 21st, 2017

{February 21, 2017}

Infertility set aside, life is full of crossroads. Intersections where life events present you with mixed emotions, multiple options and pathways that diverge unexpectedly. Some of these intersections are more memorable, more joyous, and even more heartbreaking than others. If you’re reading this post, at some point you took a sharp left at the intersection of “Infertility and Gets Pregnant Whenever She Wants”.

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Music Speaks

February 14th, 2017

{February 14, 2017}

Hans Christian Andersen once said, “Where words fail, music speaks.” We tend to agree with him.

Infertility sufferers often fall into one of two camps: those who suffer in silence and those who live through it out loud. No one option is better than the other, the pain remains the same.

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Progesterone’s Effect on Infertility

January 15th, 2017

A new study has shown that there may be fertility effects from a woman’s progesterone level during specific phases of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Consequently, the physicians and staff at Fertility Specialists of Texas have worked to modify protocols which have led to higher success rates for our patients.

Fertility and Progesterone

IVF is very time sensitive and a successful IVF treatment cycle requires accurate timing for each step of the protocol:

The stimulation phase where many follicles are maturing....

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