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Taking a break (from fertility treatment, from TTC, or from your emails!)

Taking a break (from fertility treatment, from TTC, or from your emails!)

Taking a break from TTC is not the same as quitting or giving up. In fact, it can be one of the healthiest decisions you make in your fertility journey. And if you ever need to take a break from Dandi's community group or email newsletter, we can understand that as well. In fact, you may have gotten to this...

Fertility Treatment Fertility Planning
4 Ways To Maximize FSA/HSA Savings on Fertility Treatment

4 Ways To Maximize FSA/HSA Savings on Fertility Treatment

For many people, fertility treatment is one of the biggest unexpected expenses they’ll ever face. Between diagnostic testing, medications, monitoring, procedures, and travel, it adds up fast. And unfortunately, insurance coverage often falls far short of what’s needed. So if you’re looking for a simple way to save money without changing your treatment plan, you’re not alone.  You’ve probably heard...

Grief Mental Health
Pregnancy After Miscarriage or Loss

Pregnancy After Miscarriage or Loss

Leyla Bilali, BSN, RN

Whether it’s your first miscarriage/pregnancy loss, or your second, third, fourth, etc. – yes, sadly that happens more often than you’d think – it makes any pregnancy after feel like a rollercoaster. Once you’ve gone through something that traumatic it’s hard to go back to where you started and have the benefit of ignorance is bliss – the innocence, excitement...

Fertility Treatment Fertility Planning
Lifestyle Tips to Improve Your Fertility, Straight From a Fertility Doctor

Lifestyle Tips to Improve Your Fertility, Straight From a Fertility Doctor

Sasha Hakman, MD

Dr. Sasha Hakman of HRC Fertility in Beverly Hills explains how lifestyle factors, including exercise, diet, endocrine disruptors and sleep, can affect fertility and IVF success rates.

Fertility Planning
Semen Analysis & Male Fertility Testing: Fertility MD Explains

Semen Analysis & Male Fertility Testing: Fertility MD Explains

Brian Levine, MD

When we talk about infertility and reproductive health, much of the pressure falls on the female partner. But the truth is that 30 percent of infertility is male factor, meaning the male partner has an issue with his sperm that’s making spontaneous conception, or pregnancy without medical treatment, more difficult or impossible. As with female fertility, male fertility can be...

Fertility Planning
Fertility Tests for Women: How, When, and What's Normal

Fertility Tests for Women: How, When, and What's Normal

Brian Levine, MD

Most women at their yearly OB/GYN appointment discuss pap smears, contraception management and general health issues, but unfortunately, it’s much less common to talk to your doctor about your reproductive health. Your doctor can test your fertility relatively easily, and this testing can and should be done before you try to get pregnant. Knowing your reproductive potential can inform your...

Fertility Planning
What Side Effects Can You Expect from Egg Freezing?

What Side Effects Can You Expect from Egg Freezing?

Brandis Montez, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC

Curious about the potential side effects of egg freezing? Fertility nurse Brandis shares insights from her personal and professional egg freezing experience.

Fertility Treatment Fertility Planning
What Is AMH? Everything To Know About AMH for Fertility

What Is AMH? Everything To Know About AMH for Fertility

David E. Reichman, MD

Dr. David Reichman of Weill Cornell explains Anti-Müllerian Hormone, or AMH, including testing, normal AMH values by age, how AMH affects IVF success and more.

IVF Injections Dandi Care
What to Expect from At Home Injection Support

What to Expect from At Home Injection Support

Leyla Bilali, BSN, RN

Fertility treatment often involves self-administered injections, which can be a daunting and scary responsibility. To alleviate the stress and uncertainty,Dandi Fertility offers at home injection services, where experienced fertility nurses provide in person assistance and support in the comfort of your home. How Do Dandi’s At Home Injection Services Work? Dandi’s at home injection services connect you with a network...

Embryology
Male vs Female Embryos in IVF: How to tell the Difference

Male vs Female Embryos in IVF: How to tell the Difference

Alease Daniel Barnes, BS

If you’re doing IVF, you might want to know which of your embryos are male and which are female before you choose one to transfer. How can you tell whether an embryo is a boy or a girl? Can you tell by just looking at them? Embryologist, Alease Barnes, explains how your fertility clinic can tell which embryos are male...

Embryology
The Best Embryo to Transfer for IVF Success

The Best Embryo to Transfer for IVF Success

Alease Daniel Barnes, BS

Which embryo should you transfer to give you the best chance of success in your IVF cycle?  In this post, embryologist Alease Barnes breaks down how embryologists select the best embryo for transfer and what factors come into play.

Fertility Planning Community Story
What It's Like to Freeze Your Eggs: A Nurse's Personal Journey

What It's Like to Freeze Your Eggs: A Nurse's Personal Journey

Brandis Montez, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC

Fertility nurse practitioner Brandis Montez shared her personal experience with egg freezing—twice—and offers invaluable insights for women considering this empowering option.