Many women are acutely aware that age is a big factor in their ability to get pregnant, but what about males? 🥚 Unlike women’s ovaries which are born with a limited supply of eggs, the testicles can continuously produce sperm. Most men produce several million sperm...
⏳ This is one of the most frequent but also hardest questions I get, both in the clinic and in my personal life. It’s not because it’s difficult to answer, but because it is cruel and hard to swallow. Age is one of the factors we cannot control as physicians, so we do...
💏 There are a lot of myths about what position is best to get pregnant. Missionary because of gravity, doggy style because of deep penetration, and many others. But do they make a difference? 🚫 There is no evidence that the position during ejaculation matters. In...
🧔🏽 30% of infertility cases are related to male factor infertility, that is, a cause of infertility related to the male partner. As fertility doctors, even though we often care for women directly, we are also trained to evaluate males. 🔬 The first step in evaluating...
This is one of the most common questions I get in the office and I get why: It’s confusing! By convention, we start counting from your last menstrual period (LMP). 👨🏼⚕️For most women, your due date (also known as EDD: estimated due date or EDC: estimated date of...
