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What is Preimplantation Genetic Testing and Why Do People Use It?

January 13, 2022
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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 […]

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How Does Surrogacy Work

How Does Surrogacy Work?

December 14, 2021
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This 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.

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Top 10 Things to Know About PCOS

September 30, 2021
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In 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. […]

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Second Infertility Advice From Fertility Expert

September 7, 2021
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Local ORM Fertility family shares their story

June 16, 2021
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PORTLAND, 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.

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Local fertility clinic helps pave the path to parenthood

June 14, 2021
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PORTLAND, 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.

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How Infertility Affects Mental Health

May 25, 2021
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By 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 […]

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Fertility issues increase as researchers say common chemicals affect hormones

May 13, 2021
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A 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.

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How to Cope When Fertility Treatment Doesn’t Result in a Pregnancy

May 12, 2021
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By 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. […]

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What Causes Infertility? It’s Complicated!

April 20, 2021
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For 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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