It is often said that people who try to control their outer world
really want to manage their inner one. To some extent this may be
true. What happens when couples unite and their organization style
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What is the Real Message of Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In?
After reading Cheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, which
discusses women’s role as both mother and professional, I was
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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 »
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 »
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
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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
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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
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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
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