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 […]
A new study shows food affects fertility, finding that men who don’t eat their fruits and veggies have lower sperm motility. The results were pretty astonishing. In the research, which compared infertile to fertile men, 83 percent of infertile men had a low intake of fruits and veggies, defined as fewer than 5 servings a day, compared […]
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 […]
I found out yesterday that a good friend is pregnant with her second child. I’m happy for her, really, I am. She’s a great mom, and she really wanted this second pregnancy. We’ve been TTC at the same time, and it’s been fun to be able to talk about it and share stories and struggles and […]
A few years ago, my brother was diagnosed with Celiac disease. People with this disease have difficulty processing gluten (which is in wheat and most grains) and as a result, often have digestive problems. My brother has always been super skinny, which it turns out was because he was not able to get adequate nutrition […]
I know that miscarriage is common in early pregnancy - I’ve seen stats that say 25 to 50% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, many before the woman even knows she is pregnant. And I know that early miscarriages are most likely due to chromosomal problems, not anything the pregnant woman did or didn’t do. But […]
Dealing with miscarriage and low sperm count post vasectomy reversal has brought out a new side of me. Up until recently, I was quite happy to listen to other people talk about thier pregnancies, their babies and children, and excited for friends when they told me they were pregnant. Suddenly, I’m finding it […]
Despite all the vitamins Rich has been taking, the results of his semen analyses have not improved. He still has a very low count and poor motility. So the doc decided it was time to test Rich’s hormone levels. He tested for testosterone, free testosterone, and free follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). […]
Since Rich has low sperm count, low motility, high viscosity and alkalinity of his semen, I’ve been researching ways to boost the results of his semen analysis. A thread on a message board caught my attention. There was a discussion about improving semen quality of a guy who, like Rich, is a biker, […]
Since my regular OB/GYN was on vacation, I ended up with a different doctor when I had the miscarriage. Now I’ve spoken with my regular OB, and got a different answer about when we can begin trying to conceive. As I said before, the first doctor told us we could go ahead and […]
