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To Qi or not to Qi? That is the Question
credit: StuartMiles/freedigital photos.net It has been a month since I started my studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture at the New York College of Health Professions in Syosset, NY....
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Surviving The Two Week Wait for Your Pregnancy Result
credit Petr Kratochvil/publicdomainpictures.net It seems interminable. You’ve finally made it through your IVF stimulation. You’ve survived your injections and all those early morning monitoring...
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Infertility Olympics: 5 Things You Have In Common With the Olympians
public domain image source: defense.gov Ever been mistaken for an Olympic athlete? You could be. No, I’m not accusing you of wearing an ugly Christmas sweater that just happens to look like Team...
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Acupuncture: What’s the Point?
image courtesy of stuart miles/free digital photos.net I have previously mentioned the conundrum facing a Western-trained physician embarking on the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It...
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Acupuncture: What’s the Point?
image courtesy of stuartmiles/freedigitalphotos.net I have previously mentioned the conundrum facing a Western-trained physician embarking on the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is...
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TCM and Infertility Part 6: TCM Pathogens of Wind, Cold, Heat, Dampness,...
credit: stuart miles/freedigitalphotos.net Welcome, to my new world where I often feel like Robert A. Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”. UnIike Heinlein’s protagonist, I am not accustomed to...
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“Happy Easter. We’re Infertile”: Kicking off National Infertility Awareness...
credit: stock images/free digital photos.net Like most holidays with a focus on children, Easter can be hard on the infertile. No baskets to fill or cute outfits with little bonnets to buy. And...
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Long Island IVF’s Complete Mind Body Program
credit: david castillo/freedigitalphotos.net With Mother’s Day around the bend, and Bereaved Mother’s Day coming this Sunday (for those who have suffered baby or child loss), it’s a good time to...
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Mother’s Day: 5 Tips on Surviving The Hardest Day of the Year
credit: david castillo/freedigitalphotos.net Infertile women face plenty of rough days each year… Halloween, New Year’s Day, baby showers, and our birthdays. But, without question Mother’s Day is,...
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Infertile Women Never Forget
credit: idea go/freedigitalphotos.net When it comes to remembering, elephants have nothing on infertile women. Date of last menstrual period? Pshhh! Without even a glance at a calendar or app, we can...
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Negative Pregnancy Test Again! Now What?!
credit: davidcastillodominici/ freedigitlaphotos.net Women confronted with a negative result from a pregnancy test are always disappointed, sometimes devastated. Many admit to becoming depressed and...
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Plastics, Infertility, and Paleo: A Throwback Post
credit: KeattiKorn/ freedigitalphotos.net It’s a beautiful day in Boston today. I am here not because of the Red Sox playoffs or Sunday’s Patriots game but rather to attend our annual ASRM...
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Age and Fertility
credit: photostock/free digital photos.net You’ve heard the “Reproductive Bell” toll and may question “Is it real?”… You see celebrities getting pregnant well into their 40’s and think “Then why...
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A Day of Hope 2015
photo credit: carlymarie Losing a baby. Unspeakable pain. The world will never be the same after losing a baby or child, born alive or still. Or miscarried. The surviving family…parents, siblings,...
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National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day
credit: Carlymarie Perhaps the only thing harder to imagine living through besides infertility, would be the loss of a child. Today is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day though October is the...
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6 Potential Causes of Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL)
image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici/ freedigitlaphotos.net Experiencing a pregnancy loss is always devastating for individuals hoping to establish or expand their family. Patients describe a...
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Infertility, Mother’s Day, and Something Promising
Hands down, Mother’s Day is the hardest day of the year if you’re an infertile woman. There are just too many ways you are suffering with hearts too heavy for words to soothe. Most ache from the pain...
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Long Island IVF New Beginnings with Donor Egg Seminar
Do you think—or know—that you will need an egg donor in order to build your family? Does the idea of using a donor egg to create your family overwhelm or worry you? Well, you can relax. All of your...
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Several Helpful Resources for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
image credit: Luminous Light Studio Unless you are experiencing infertility yourself, you can’t possibly understand its pain. No matter how much your heart breaks for us. You have to live it to get...
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