If you’re over 40 and wondering whether pregnancy is still possible with your own eggs, the answer is yes, for many women, it is. Natural conception and IVF using your own eggs both remain realistic options after 40, depending on your ovarian reserve, egg...
Fertility preservation for women with cancer means protecting reproductive function before treatment begins. Chemotherapy and radiation work against cancer, but both carry a real risk of permanent damage to the ovaries and egg supply. The options available today, egg...
A low AMH level points to a smaller egg reserve, not an absence of viable eggs. Many women with significantly reduced ovarian reserve have achieved pregnancies through IVF using their own eggs. What low AMH does affect is the number of eggs retrieved during...
Onco-gynecology is a subspecialty that addresses cancers of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, cervix, vagina, fallopian tubes and vulva. It covers diagnosis, surgical management and medical treatment, often in combination. Most women...
AMH, or Anti-Müllerian Hormone, reflects your ovarian reserve — how many eggs remain available in your ovaries at a given point in time. It doesn’t measure egg quality, and it doesn’t tell you whether you’ll conceive naturally this cycle. A low...
In most cases, no, a fibroid doesn’t stand between you and a pregnancy. Fibroids show up in roughly a third of women during their reproductive years, and plenty of them go on to conceive without any intervention at all. What really changes the picture is the...