Dealing with “Two Week Wait Symptoms” and Coping With TTC Anxiety The two-week wait is a time of high anxiety, worry, and frustration for women trying to conceive.1 In case you’re not familiar with the phrase, the two week wait is the time between ovulation and your expected period. This is when all your am-I-pregnant-this-time anxieties emerge! During fertility treatment cycles,…
Infertility affects approximately 15% of couples worldwide, representing 48.5 million couples. It has been established that dysfunction of the male reproductive sphere is the cause of childlessness in 20-30% of cases. Infertility is associated with negative psychosocial outcomes for men. And over the years, this problem has become more and more common. Assisted reproductive technologies…
In low-resource settings such as Nigeria, accessing basic assisted reproductive technology treatments can be challenging or impossible for many couples who want to conceive. Many fear the negative consequences of childlessness resulting from societal pressure. Couples who cannot conceive often experience emotional and psychological trauma. Sadly, societal norms dictate that the woman is the cause of the infertility,…
What is donor conception? Donor conception is the process of having a baby using donated sperm, eggs or embryos through self-insemination or fertility treatment such as IVF. Sometimes it involves surrogacy, too. Donor conception involves a donor (the person donating sperm, eggs or an embryo) and recipient parent(s) who receive the donation. A child born…
