Entries Tagged as 'Other resources'

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Home semen analysis

Shortly before our son was born, I became aware of a firm offering support and supplies for home semen analysis. Kokopelli Technologies offers several reasons for doing home fertility tests, but this one resonated with me…
“Male fertility often fluctuates a great deal from week to week. You should not give up if one or two [...]

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Vasectomy Reversal Support Group

Vasectomy Reversal Support Group is a vasectomy reversal message forum that developed when the International Center for Vasectomy Reversal (ICVR) dropped their message board.
You must register to view or participate in the VRSG forum, but I encourage you to check it out. They have great forums, including ones devoted to pre- and post-vasectomy reversal concerns, [...]

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Video of Sperm after Vasectomy Reversal

Recently, someone on a vasectomy reversal message board asked for a link to a good video of swimming sperm.  I looked around on YouTube and found a video of sperm after a vasectomy reversal (shown below).  The first few seconds of the video don’t show much, but starting about 18 seconds in, you can see lots [...]

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Infertility Message Boards

Whatever you call them – message boards, discussion groups, online forums – online communities can be a great source of information and support when you are thinking about vasectomy reversal and infertility.  Previously we’ve posted a list of vasectomy reversal message boards. I’m casting a broader net today — here are my favorite infertility message [...]

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Wear the String, Show your Support for People with Infertility

Madonna has her red string to symbolize her belief in Kabala, now people who are “baby challenged” have pomegranate colored string to symbolize their struggle with infertility. 
As someone who has experienced miscarriage and is now TTC with low sperm count and motility, it’s hard to see people who are pregnant or who have small [...]

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Vasectomy reversal and infertility acronyms

A few months ago, I posted links to vasectomy reversal message forums. These forums, AKA discussion boards, are great resources, but the language can be confusing. Just like other places on the Internet, short-hand, acronyms and abbreviations are common place. Here are some of the ones you're more likely to encounter:

AF – Aunt Flo (menstruation)
ART [...]

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Vasectomy reversal discussed on internet radio

World Renowned Male Fertility Expert and Vasectomy Reversal Specialist Dr. Phillip Werthman, Director of the Center Of Male Reproduction Medicine in Los Angeles, has signed on to host the all new Men’s Health & Lifestyle Show on the Voice America Health and Wellness Network every Tuesday at 1pm Pacific Time. The shows are rebroadcast [...]

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

Vasectomy reversal message forums

I searched online this past weekend for vasectomy reversal message forums and found some resources that may prove useful to some readers:
Active forums focusing exclusively on vasectomy reversal

Vasectomy Reversal Support Group – An active group. You must register to view though.
Vasectomy Reversal Q&A – Another active group, located at iVillage.
Vasectomy Reversal – An [...]