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Cooler Months Raise Sperm Quality, Chance of Producing a Baby

Couples who have fertility problems due to low-quality sperm would be well advised to plan their calendars: Soroka University Medical Center researchers have found that the quality of semen – both the amount of sperm and their motility – is better in the winter and the fall than in the spring or summer. Dr. Eliahu Levitas, a senior physician in the hospital’s in-vitro fertilization unit, reported to a recent meeting of the Israel Society for Fertility Research about his statistical study of 6,453 semen samples collected at Soroka.

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Women Should Deal with Fertility Issues Early

The Tennessean, July 29, 2011

In my 20-plus years as a women’s health expert, I have been witnessing a disturbing trend. Women are waiting longer to seek treatment for fertility issues, a decision that greatly reduces the chances of conceiving a healthy baby. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the mean age of women walking through the door at one reproductive center in Colorado has increased from 32 to 39. Sadly, the same is true at my practice in Nashville.

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50-Year-Old Australian Woman Gives Birth without IVF

news.com.au, July 27, 2011

A 50-year-old Queensland woman has made history as the oldest Australian woman to fall pregnant naturally and give birth to a healthy first child. Semi-retired Gold Coast real estate agent Anthea Nicholas had a "one-in-several-million" chance of conceiving without resorting to in vitro fertilization (IVF), and her chances of miscarriage were up to 70 per cent. Nicholas Jay, now 5 weeks old, was born perfectly healthy.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/year-old-queensland-woman-anthea-nicholas-gives-birth-without-ivf/story-e6frfku0-1226102746741#ixzz1TIsmwhW6

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Baby-Making Sex Scheduling Conflicts

Couples get creative

a blog by Alec, July 26, 2011

To read more Alec The Infertility Guy blogs, CLICK HERE.

An infertile couple was kind enough to tell me this story about baby-making sex. Per my promise to respect anonymity, you’ll have the initials of the storytellers.

As it was relayed to me:

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My Fertility Crisis

Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2011

We hear a lot of stories about successful fertility treatments. But there are a lot of untold stories without such happy endings. Holly Finn, author of "The Baby Chase," talks about the emotional and financial toll of in vitro treatments, and the often heartbreaking outcome.

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Breast-Cancer Patients Under 40 May Keep Fertility With Drug, Study Finds

Bloomberg, July 19, 2011

Younger women with early-stage breast cancer who took a drug to suppress their ovaries were more likely to avert early menopause caused by chemotherapy, researchers found. The treatment, triptorelin, helped patients avoid the permanent loss of their fertility that can be prompted by chemotherapy’s toxic doses, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Trouble Conceiving? Go See the Dentist

Why dental care is important to fertility and pregnancy

a blog by Robyn Nazar, RN, BSN, July 20, 2011

To read more of Robyn Nazar's The Fertile World: A Nurse's Perspective blogs, CLICK HERE.

Although it may be hard to imagine how your dental care could possibly relate to getting pregnant, experts say it's true.

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Egg Donation: One of Hollywood’s Dirty Little Secrets?

Celebs should speak out

a blog by Marna Gatlin, Parents Via Egg Donation, July 19, 2011

To read more of Marna Gatlin's Egg Donation 101 blogs, CLICK HERE.

Really? A dirty little secret? You have got to be kidding me.

CNN just published an article titled: What the Yuck: Are Celebs More Fertile Than The Rest Of Us? The article begins with a simple question:

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Blood Type Linked to Earlier Decline in Fertility

MSNBC, July 11, 2011

A woman's blood type may yield clues to her fertility, a new study suggests. The results show that, of a group of women in their 30s who sought medical fertility help, those with blood type O were more likely than women with other blood types to have diminished ovarian reserve, meaning their ovaries had few eggs or had eggs unlikely to meet with success during in vitro fertilization procedures. Type O blood is the most common type in the United States.

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Infertility Linked to Cholesterol Gene in Women

BioIdentical Hormone Health, July 6, 2011

Infertility has been linked to a cholesterol gene in women. This gene also affects progesterone production and may be the cause of infertility in a substantial number of cases. This breakthrough comes from a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US and is published online in the journal Human Reproduction.

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