October is the perfect time to discuss fertility preservation for breast cancer
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Erika Munch MD works especially hard to share information about fertility preservation for breast cancer. Life-saving cancer treatments can permanently damage male and female fertility. As a result, it’s important to be proactive about preserving fertility before starting treatments like chemotherapy and radiation.
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Make this the last year that you struggle with infertility on Father’s Day
Struggling to conceive is never easy. However, facing infertility on Father’s Day can be especially challenging. A day that celebrates the joys of fatherhood can seem like a cruel reminder of your fertility struggles. Thankfully, Erika Munch MD offers highly effective male fertility treatments at Texas Fertility Center.
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Texas Fertility Center is proud to provide fertility care for the military
The members of the US Armed Forces make great sacrifices every day to protect our freedom. However, our San Antonio infertility clinic believes that fertility shouldn’t be something that they have to sacrifice. Erika Munch MD provides comprehensive fertility care for the military.
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Feeling overwhelmed by fertility acronyms? TFC is here to help
Starting infertility treatment can feel like you’re swimming through an alphabet soup of fertility acronyms. However, you aren’t alone as you navigate this vast world of fertility terms. The team at our San Antonio fertility center wants you to feel empowered. As a result, we’re going to explain some of the most common terms you’ll see during fertility treatment.
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What is the age limit for pregnancy?
In the past, there was a clear age limit for pregnancy. As our San Antonio fertility specialists often tell patients, female fertility declines with age. But new developments in the field of reproductive medicine and third party reproduction are making it possible for women to conceive even after they enter menopause.
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Learn about your options for other fertility treatments
In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is often the first treatment that comes to mind when people think about fertility treatments. Thinking about fertility medications, egg retrieval, fertilization and embryo transfer can be overwhelming. While IVF is the best treatment option for some hopeful parents it is not the only option.
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Third-party reproduction involves a donor who is willing to provide gametes (reproductive material) to a couple or individual hoping to get pregnant. Over time, oocyte (egg) and sperm donation has become familiar to those searching for viable choices to resolve infertility. Donor embryos are the latest option for patients, and one of the most intriguing.
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Hugh Jackman, star of the holiday film Les Miserables, experienced a difficult time conceiving before adopting his children, Oscar (12) and Ava (7). The actor shared his story on a December episode of the talk show Katie.
The Pain of a Failed IVF Cycle
In-vitro fertilization (IVF) resulted in miscarriage for the Jackmans,
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When you decide to pursue third-party reproduction as an alternative to childlessness or adoption, you solidify your intentions to become a parent. As an intended parent in Texas Fertility Center’s donor services program, you can achieve your dream of growing or starting your family through the use of donor eggs, donor sperm, and/or gestational surrogacy.
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For women and couples who are unable to conceive due to an irregular or absent uterus – or if other fertility treatments have failed – gestational surrogacy may allow them to grow the family of their dreams. Gestational surrogacy (a.k.a. gestational carriage) is the scenario in which the woman carrying the pregnancy is not genetically related to the child and this is legal in the state of Texas.
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