The emotions endured while struggling with infertility can be so difficult – sadness, anger, confusion, frustration, impatience, hopelessness, and the list goes on. Fertility Institute of San Diego works daily with women and couples going through these struggles. Our staff does their best to provide comfort, compassion, understanding and hope. It’s important and reassuring to … Read more
There is so much to think about when you are in the process of trying to conceive. A sensitive but important topic to discuss with your partner and doctor is genetic testing. What is genetic testing? Genetic testing is a blood test parents can have done to look for abnormal genes that can lead to … Read more
If you are trying to conceive and it’s not happening as quickly as you expected, you maybe wondering if you have fertility issues. Infertility is defined as the inability to get pregnant after 12 months of trying to conceive if you are 35 years old or less and after 6 months if you are over … Read more
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among US women after skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of death from cancer among American women, with lung cancer being the first. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime assuming that she lives to be 90. The incidence … Read more
On July 31, 2015, the infertility community lost a giant in the field of reproductive medicine. The father of in vitro fertilization in the U.S., Dr. Howard W. Jones, passed away at 104. For those of us who have been practicing our specialty for decades, Dr. Jones was a living legend that seemed indefatigable as … Read more
