Finding hope in the face of PCOS and fallopian tube damage
When Allix and Randy decided to start their family, they didn’t think their journey would include in vitro fertilization (IVF) for PCOS and fallopian tube damage. However, that’s exactly where their path led them when they arrived at Texas Fertility Center (TFC). Despite this journey not being part of their original plan,
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Conceiving with donor eggs made dreams come true for one couple
Melissa and Arthur knew that they wanted to become parents, but they never imagined their journey would include conceiving with donor eggs. Melissa was over 40 when the couple started trying to conceive, but she assumed that pregnancy would come easily. After all, her mother had her last child in her mid-40s.
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Traci and David struggle to welcome a baby on their own before conceiving with IUI
Pregnancy doesn’t always happen naturally. Just ask Traci and David, who came to visit Erika Munch MD to learn about conceiving with IUI (intrauterine insemination). “We had been trying for a while on our own, but it just wasn’t working.
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Finding hope and becoming pregnant with PCOS
While becoming pregnant with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) seems challenging to many, the doctors at our San Antonio fertility clinic have helped many hopeful parents with this diagnosis. Katrina and James are two of the hopeful parents who we’ve supported on this journey.
Katrina always had a feeling she would struggle with becoming pregnant,
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Brittany and Landon wondered if conceiving with a varicocele was possible
When Brittany and Landon got married, they wondered if their journey to have children would require them to visit a San Antonio fertility center. Landon found conceiving with a varicocele to be difficult and suffered two miscarriages in his previous marriage. As a result,
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Two mothers turn to IUI with donor sperm to welcome a baby
When Crystal and Amanda were ready to grow their family, they wanted to find a San Antonio fertility center that was LGBT-friendly. They also hoped to find a doctor who was kind and knowledgeable. They found all this and more when they came to Erika Munch MD for IUI with donor sperm.
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The beginning of Alex and Jenny’s IVF story
Alex and Jenny’s* IVF story began seven years ago. The couple was settling into civilian life after Alex received an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force. No longer living with the worry of being deployed, they decided to try for their first child. It took a year to conceive,
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It all started with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease
Tamaris and her husband were thrilled to welcome a son in May 2015, but they soon received devastating news. “A week after our son was born, we received a letter that his PKU levels were abnormal, so he could have a blood disorder.
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When a couple falls in love and decides to spend their lives together, they often have a lot in common, like goals, interests and hobbies. Sometimes, two people have something they’d rather not share. Inheritable genetic disease can be passed down to the next generation when two parents each carry a defective gene.
This was the case with two patients at our San Antonio fertility center. They are symptomless carriers for sickle cell disease, a condition that causes normal red blood cells to become misshapen, like crescent moons. This interrupts the normal flow of blood though vessels and causes fatigue, swollen hands and feet, infections and episodes of intense pain.
Our Austin and San Antonio fertility centers teamed up for fertility preservation and frozen embryo IVF
Seven embryos frozen in Austin made the trip down I-35 to our San Antonio fertility center after Elizabeth Logsdon was cleared to start a family after cancer treatment.
The story begins after Elizabeth and Jason met and fell in love in San Antonio.
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