Infertility

Coping with Infertility Around the Holidays  Infertility is never easy- it is often one of the greatest struggles an individual or couple may face in their lives. When you are experiencing the [...]

Using a donor egg is typically not a patient’s first choice when going through the IVF process. Many patients want a biological connection to their child, even when a donor egg may provide a [...]

Serena H. Chen MD, IRMS at Saint Barnabas, 2015 @DrSerenaHChen Just got back from Washington DC where I walked a few miles to visit the offices of NJ Senators and Representatives on behalf of two [...]

Image courtesy of Photokanok / FreeDigitalPhotos.net As a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist in NJ, I talk about and actually freeze eggs every week. For many years I helped to [...]

Debbie Haine Vijayvergiya is dedicated to taking the taboo out of stillbirth while striving to improve outcomes in this under-recognized maternal health issue. In July 2011, my world was turned [...]

This morning, I was listening to NPR while driving to work and was really moved by a story about Africa’s Yoga Project – helping people in dire circumstances find hope and some happiness through [...]

Just last October 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) declared egg freezing for cancer patients to be non-experimental.  Given the huge, recent advances in egg freezing [...]

People ask me all the time… every day, actually….almost every hour “What more can I do?”  They are referring to getting pregnant – trying to conceive – what else can be done to increase their [...]

A small study published in the February 27, 2013 medical journal Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition raises concerns about the effects of maternal excess weight upon the [...]

Are you trying to conceive? Have you tried sex? Just saying… The idea that you have to try to conceive is a myth and a burden. Precise timing of intercourse at the time of ovulation is not [...]