Understanding Inheritance and What Genetic Testing Has to Offer Biological inheritance or hereditary describes the passing of genetic material from parent to child. It’s easy to see evidence of traits being passed on when examining the characteristics of family members. Traits like hair color, eye color, facial feature shapes, and heights are easy to spot […]
Read MoreThis article is based on reporting that features expert sources. How Does Surrogacy Work? When people pursue surrogacy, it’s a journey fueled by a strong commitment to becoming parents. When a woman carries an embryo and goes through pregnancy to help someone else have a child, it’s a unique contribution.
Read MoreIn the fertility space, we receive a lot of questions about PCOS and how it can affect family-building. To help give you a better idea of how PCOS affects the body and fertility, we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 questions we receive about PCOS answered by ORM reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Amanda Hurliman. 1. […]
Read MorePORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A struggle for many LGBTQ+ couples is getting on that path to parenthood. But there’s help out there for those families and that includes a local fertility clinic. Tracy Palmer and Lindsey Cohen joined AM Extra this morning to talk about their experience with ORM Fertility.
Read MorePORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For more than 30 years, a local fertility clinic has been helping all kinds of couples with their path to parenthood, including the LGBTQ+ community. Dr. Elizabeth Barbieri is a reproductive physician at the . She joined AM Extra on Friday to tell us more about the important work they do.
Read MoreBy Kate Henson, ORM Fertility Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist Infertility can be a mentally, physically and emotionally challenging road. With all the ups and downs that come along with the journey, those facing infertility are often more prone to experiencing heightened depression and anxiety along the way. An Unexpected Journey When you dreamt of becoming […]
Read MoreA story focused on how common chemicals affect hormones & fertility, Dr. Massie provided her expertise on infertility and encouraged viewers to advocate for themselves to understand their own family-building potential.
Read MoreBy Kate Henson, ORM Fertility Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist The Initial Blow It’s likely you went through a great deal on your fertility journey and it’s normal to experience disappointment and feelings of loss when you don’t become pregnant. Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) are both very involved processes, physically and emotionally. […]
Read MoreFor many of us, our reproductive years go something like this…birth control, birth control, birth control, baby, birth control, birth control. We spend the vast majority of our reproductive years actively trying to prevent pregnancy, desperately avoiding any minor slip-up that may lead to a wayward sperm and a determined egg meeting at a time […]
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