Health Blogs

In my first trimester of my first pregnancy, my husband and I took a trip to the mountains. My husband really wanted to ski with some friends. And although I wasn’t going to ski, I thought it ... Read More »

I found that when I was going through all my tests, trying to find a reason for my inability to get pregnant, that I was torn about getting the results. Part of me wanted the doctors to find ... Read More »

One of the most helpful tools your doctor has at their disposal, when dealing with the possible reasons for infertility, is the laparoscopic camera. If you have already been through the lab tests, ... Read More »

I’ve recently written a number of posts about STD’s and their potential subsequent effect on fertility; due to pelvic inflammatory disease, adhesions, etc. and how that can in turn, increase the ... Read More »

The news reports about New York Lawyer, Cynthia Wachenheim, were tragic. This is a woman who clearly suffered from postpartum psychosis and nevertheless some critics have called her a monster. ... Read More »

I’ve been writing a lot of posts lately that are specifically medical in nature. I do a lot of research, from a lot of different medical journals, and try to summarize those which can be, in the ... Read More »

An allergy is the overreaction of the body’s immune system to a normally benign substance. When the body becomes hypersensitive to something, it treats it as an “invader.” Antibodies are ... Read More »

While a pregnancy almost always carries full term in the uterus, a fertilized egg can actually implant in other areas other than the uterus. A pregnancy imbedded in any other tissue other than the ... Read More »

In the step-by-step process of ruling out my fertility issues, there is a litany of tests that the insurance company and therefore my OB would request. One of these tests was the hysterosalpingogram ... Read More »