Second Baby Miracle Story

June 10, 2009

I liked this personal story of a women who got pregnant the with baby #2 on her own. With her first pregnancy she used heparin, steroids, progesterone jabs and IVIG to maintain the pregnancy. This time she’s doing it all naturally. So far so good. She’s reached 25 weeks.

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show and tell 06/06/09

June 6, 2009

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a show and tell. Rivky was at a friends house a few weeks ago and had her first serious fall. She fell off a scooter and broke her two front teeth. We were all devastated by this. She also had a pretty bad scab across her face [...]

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In Vitro Maturation

June 5, 2009

Some additional facts about In Vitro Maturation such as reduced cost and success rates so far.

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Vanishing Twin Syndrome

June 2, 2009

It’s been a slow couple of weeks in infertility news, hence the lack of updates. I did see this interesting post on Sharon’s blog that I thought I’d share here. I know a few people who went through this and might appreciate this info: What is the cause of Vanishing Twin Syndrome? Vanishing twin syndrome [...]

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Vaginal Progesterone Verses Intramuscular Progesterone

May 19, 2009

Good news for those of us that would rather use vaginal suppositories to get our progesterone vrs having to take shots in our backsides. A study was done by Columbia Laboratories that showed not only does suppositories work just as well as IM shots, but that rates of miscarriage where lower with patients who used [...]

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Indian village with 250 sets of twins

May 12, 2009

This Indian village has an unusually high amount of twins. The village is very poor and no one can afford fertility treatment. Interesting.

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show and tell 05/09/09

May 9, 2009

i had some leftover yarn from my afghan knitting project so I decided to make a sweater for Rivky’s American Girl doll. It came out very cute. This project only took a few weeks – a lot less knitting involved.

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The Sun seems to like the term “Second Time Around” as well

May 1, 2009

Seems like alot of celebrities are having trouble conceiving baby #2. I thought it was cute that The Sun used the same term that our podcast was originally named.

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Varicocele repair may obviate IVF

May 1, 2009

According to this article from Urology Times, varicocele repair greatly improves sperm health to allow pregnancies to occur without the use of IVF/ICSI.

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show and tell 04/25/09

April 25, 2009

After a break due to cleaning for Passover, I finally finished painting the bathroom. It was more physical work than I imagined it would take that’s for sure. The ceiling was definitely the most challenging part, although I managed not to get paint in my hair as one commenter warned me about. I did get [...]

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