Answers about aging and male fertility
More and more couples are delaying parenthood until their 30s, 40s and beyond, hoping to focus on other priorities and have a baby when the time is just right. But even as they’ve put off parenthood, many dads-to-be have asked our Las Vegas fertility specialists: What’s the relationship between aging and male fertility?
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How worried should you be about Zika virus and pregnancy?
As spring heats up and the mosquitoes come out, it’s time to start thinking about the risk of Zika virus. Zika can pass from a pregnant woman to her fetus, and may cause a birth defect called microcephaly, as well as other serious brain defects.
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Male fertility evaluation: Men experience fertility issues as well
When a couple is trying to conceive on their own, but it’s just not working, many women assume that the problem must be their eggs or reproductive system. But for nearly half of the couples our Nevada fertility doctors see, a male factor plays a role in their inability to get pregnant.
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Which Companies Offer the Best Fertility Benefits
Infertility can be expensive to treat, and unlike many other medical conditions, it’s not always covered by employer insurance plans. For couples that need assisted reproductive technology to have a baby, fertility benefits can mean the difference between fulfilling or giving up on their dreams.
Coverage for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other advanced treatments is especially critical.
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This Father’s Day, know the male infertility risk factors
While many men call up their dads to wish them a happy Father’s Day, they may be thinking ahead to a future Father’s Day of their own. Men often assume that when they want to have a baby with their partners, it will happen easily. But that’s not the case for many men.
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Haley Payne remembers how she felt when people would ask that dreaded question, “When are you going to have children?” Before she had an IVF success story to tell, her discomfort was the same every time.
“This question needs to go away, forever,” she says.
For years, Haley struggled silently,
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Reproductive Medicine Is More Than IVF
Because stories about “test tube babies” and IVF have been making headlines for decades, many people have come to associate reproductive medicine with in vitro fertilization. But, as patients at our Nevada fertility center quickly learn, IVF is just one of many options that reproductive endocrinologists have in their toolbox to help their patients become parents.
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We protest the protest against access to Las Vegas surrogacy
Our fertility center recently presented at a surrogacy conference in Madrid, Spain, where protesters had gathered outside. We understand that third-party reproduction is a complex issue, and one that only those who need it to build their families can truly understand and appreciate.
The fertility treatment combines egg and sperm in the IVF lab,
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When Brianne and Will Luckman got married in 2011, the young couple was looking forward to building a family. At just 24 years old, Brianne had made up her mind to have five kids before she turned 30. Little did the couple know then that PCOS and male factors would make their journey to parenthood harder than they expected.
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We’re now home to Nevada’s only female board certified fertility specialist
Our Las Vegas fertility center has a big announcement to make: Our own Carrie Bedient, M.D., recently became the state of Nevada’s only female board certified fertility specialist, or reproductive endocrinologist.
Board certification in reproductive endocrinology and infertility is awarded by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology only after several years of advanced medical training and an intensive testing process,
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