6 Misconceptions About Pasadena Egg Freezing, Debunked
There’s a saying that goes “if you’re waiting for the right time it may never happen”. While that adage applies to many things in life it certainly seems right for those who want a baby-just not right now. Unfortunately, your body and your life goals don’t always align and that old biological clock ticks louder […]
How to Balance a Beverly Hills Career & Family with Egg Freezing
For females, infertility risks rise with each passing year, especially for first-time mothers. If you’re not ready for a child just yet due to a bourgeoning Beverly Hills career and busy life, you may consider egg freezing as a viable solution. Any number of events could delay your timing for growing your family, and life’s […]
The Power of Egg Freezing for Future Family Planning
Egg freezing or oocyte cryopreservation removes some of the stress from family planning and allows you and your partner to decide the right time for a baby. The reasons a female may opt for egg freezing vary. In the case of a cancer patient undergoing treatment that threatens their ovarian reserve or reproductive system egg […]
Egg Freezing 101: What Couples Should Know
An increase in maternal age, not finding the right partner yet, health concerns and a whole lot of other personal reasons lead couples and individuals to egg freezing. Freezing your eggs is an opportunity afforded to females by modern technology and means that biological clock may not tick quite as loudly as before. However, there […]
How to Prepare For Egg Retrieval
One of the more exciting times for those on a fertility journey is the egg retrieval. But it isn’t without some trepidation. If you don’t know what to expect you are likely more anxious and a bit unsettled as the procedure approaches. Knowing what to expect is the best way to calm your fears and […]
Egg Freezing and IVF in California: What’s Covered by Insurance
There are roughly one in ten women in the US undergoing fertility treatment today. Couples seek treatment for their fertility struggles after trying to conceive for 12 consecutive months with no success (6 months for those women over 35). Common treatments range from hormonal stimulation to encourage egg development to intrauterine insemination and assisted reproductive […]
Benefits of Freezing My Eggs in My 20s
Egg freezing is a way for women who are healthy and have a fair reserve of viable, high quality eggs to extend their fertility. Once reserved for those dealing with a condition which would compromise their reproductive health, such as cancer, sickle cell anemia, autoimmune disease or gender diversity, egg freezing is now mainstream care […]
Should I Consider Freezing my Eggs?
Having a child is a highly personal decision. Planning when you have that child is equally personal. You and your partner, or you on your own, know timing is everything. As life and its demands intervene, you hit the pause button on starting a family. Unfortunately, Mother Nature doesn’t always cooperate and as your biological […]
What Should I look For When Choosing Donor Eggs?
When you approach the decision to grow your family by becoming pregnant, compromised fertility may be of some concern. A good number of couples and individuals have no idea their fertility is an issue until pregnancy doesn’t occur even after months of well-timed intercourse. In today’s world there are many treatment options for infertility, and […]
I Want a Baby But Not Just Yet-Am I Being Selfish?
For many women, the path to motherhood is clear, and has been from a young age. There are those women who just seem to be born nurturers, casting any aspirations for self aside, and focusing on feathering a nest for her brood. These women seem eager to begin their families and never look back. Some […]