Fertility Articles — IVF, IUI, Egg Freezing & LGBTQ+ Family Building

Single women using IVF with donor sperm achieve comparable success rates to partnered patients. This guide covers the full process, from sperm donor selection to costs, legal considerations, and emotional preparation.

IVF requires a carefully sequenced set of injectable and oral medications, each with a specific role in the stimulation cycle. This guide explains every drug used, how it works, and what to expect.

IVF involves more than a dozen distinct steps spread across four to six weeks. This guide walks through every phase — what happens, why it happens, and what to expect at each stage.

An IVF cycle spans four to six weeks from the start of stimulation to your pregnancy blood test. This week-by-week timeline maps out every milestone so you know exactly what to expect and when.

IVF with donor eggs achieves live birth rates of 50–55% per transfer regardless of the recipient's age, making it the most effective IVF option for women with diminished ovarian reserve or repeated own-egg failure.

Mini IVF uses dramatically lower medication doses than conventional IVF, retrieving fewer eggs at significantly lower cost. This guide explains who benefits most and what the trade-offs are.

Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common hormonal disorder affecting fertility — but it's also one of the most treatable. Here's what the evidence shows about getting pregnant with PCOS.

Being told your infertility is "unexplained" is both common and frustrating. Here's what the diagnosis actually means, what further testing is available, and the evidence on treatment options.

Not all fertility clinics are equal — and marketed success rates can be misleading. Here's how to cut through the noise and evaluate clinics on what actually matters.

Being told there's no sperm in your ejaculate is devastating — but it doesn't necessarily mean you can't have a biological child. Here's what the evidence shows about sperm retrieval and IVF outcomes for men with azoospermia.

Male factor infertility is responsible for roughly half of all fertility challenges — yet it's often underdiagnosed. Here's what the evidence shows about causes, testing, and treatment.

CDC data shows IVF live birth rates vary significantly by age — from 51% for women under 35 to under 10% for women over 40. Here's how to read the numbers and what they mean for your treatment.