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Your gynecologist or obstetrician may use the term tilted uterus during
one of your regular visits to describe the positioning of your uterus,
but what exactly is a tilted uterus?

It is a huge step to make an appointment with a fertility specialist.
Many couples wait months to years before making an appointment. Some
claim the cost of fertility help is just too high and others want to
wait one more month to see if the test finally reads positive.

There is nothing worse than going through tons of fertility tests only
to find out your husband has an extremely low sperm count without an
identifiable cause. Inevitably, extremely low sperm counts are going to
have a medical cause of some kind.

Sometimes women choose to freeze eggs when they are healthy and abundant
in hopes of starting a family later in life, but as the years of
menopause approach, does the uterus age to the point that conception and
healthy pregnancy is impossible?

There are multiple means of conception via fertility treatments. Some
women opt to have embryos transferred into the uterus and others choose
to have sperm and egg implanted in hopes of a more natural conception.

When it comes to fertility treatments, timing is extremely important.
Before the addition of birth control to fertility treatment protocols,
women were constantly on the clock.

Weight gain is just part of pregnancy. The weight of the fetus, placenta, growing uterus, extra blood and body fluid all account for extra weight. Just how much extra weight a woman should gain during pregnancy has been the topic of debate for quite some time.

 
January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, a time to focus on raising awareness about the frequency with which birth defects occur in the United States 

A study showed that couples with high levels of PCBs have been found to take longer to get pregnant.

The end of your pregnancy is finally approaching, and you are noticing every little change. If you feel small, rhythmic movements for an extended period of time, your baby is having hiccups.

There are more and more studies that show that exposure before and during pregnancy can have a significant impact on fetal development and have an adverse effect on health.

According to a study  published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a third of women surveyed gained too much weight during pregnancy.

The #1 question on BabyMed is: "I am having all these symptoms, could I be pregnant and am I pregnant with these pregnancy symptoms and a negative pregnancy test"?

Today, Dr. Grunebaum was interviewed about the pregnancy of Kate Middleton the Dutchess of Cambridge.

Hospitals with less births have worse perinatal outcomes and hospitals with higher volume have better outcomes.

Preeclampsia, is a deadly disease both for mothers and their fetuses. Recently, preeclampsia has not only been considered a disease during pregnancy but also a risk factor for developing diseases later in life.

Children encounter pesticides daily in air, food, dust, and soil and on surfaces through home and public lawn or garden application, household insecticide use, application to pets, and agricultural product residues.

When you are finally ready to try and get pregnant with assisted reproductive technology (ART) you should know what your clinic's success rates are.

According to a study in The Lancet , there are five interventions for all 39 countries with higher development that could lead to a 5% relative reduction of preterm birth rate from 9·59% to 9·07% of livebirths.

Infertility links from Amos Grunebaum, MD from 11/19/2011