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Infertility, an Unexpected Trial
A patient success story Ashley and Jordan Allen never imagined that they would have an infertility story. They moved to Chattanooga when they were married in July of 2007, they settled into careers (Ashley is a recreation therapist and Jordan is a mechanical engineer), and expected they would become pregnant soon after stopping birth control in…
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My TRM Story: Praying for a Miracle
My OB/GYN told me that I was young and that I just needed to give it time. But it was hard to be patient. My husband wasn’t all that worried, but I freaked out a little more and more every day. At the end of the second year, I went back to the gynecologist for…
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An RN’s Infertility Journey
by Stephanie Kibble I’m a registered nurse who faced infertility and overcame the physical and emotionally draining challenges. This was a new area of medicine for me because I’m an adult cardiac nurse. It was a great learning experience and I had to research the basics just as anyone facing infertility needs to do. The…
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Too Much Exercise – and Too Little – Can Affect Fertility
In U.S. News & World Report, Dr. Jessica Scotchie discusses a study showing that women of a normal weight who do five or more hours a week of vigorous exercise were 42 percent less likely to get pregnant than women who did not exercise at all.
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Trouble Trying to Conceive? This May Be Why
“Very vigorous exercise can affect ovulation, and thereby disrupt menstrual cycles,” says Jessica Scotchie, a reproductive endocrinologist practicing in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Ask A Doctor
Approximately 70 percent of 40-year-old women will be infertile, meaning they will not get pregnant again. With every passing month, the chances of pregnancy decrease.
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Weight Loss Quiz
Take TRM’s weight loss quiz to see how healthy your eating habits are and learn best practices for maintaining a healthy weight.
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Ask a Doctor
We get asked this a lot. HCG is the hormone secreted by pregnancy. The theory is that pregnancy diverts nutrients to the baby instead of the mother.
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Ask A Doctor
Smoking is not birth control, but the best evidence we have says smoking decreases your monthly pregnancy rate by half. More smokers are infertile than nonsmokers. Smoking can damage your eggs and cause you to lose them faster than you should.
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Ask A Doctor: Pregnancy Post Tubal Ligation
There are two options to help couples expand their family after prior tubal ligation. The first involves reconnecting the tubes (tubal reversal), while the second involves bypassing the tubes (in vitro fertilization or IVF).
