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What’s Involved in Fertility Testing?

What should you expect with fertility testing?

When patients and their partners visit our fertility clinic, they are often looking for an answer about why they haven’t gotten pregnant. Our Northern Louisiana fertility clinic expert, David T. Vandermolen, MD, MS, employs multiple advanced tests when diagnosing infertility. Comprehensive fertility testing enables Dr. Vandermolen to create a personalized treatment plan designed to help patients create or expand their families.

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Tips for Injectable Fertility Medications

Injectable fertility medications: Yes, you can do it!

When our patients begin IVF treatment, the process can often feel a little daunting. Managing blood tests, ultrasounds and medicine routines can become a full-time job. To make things a little easier, David T. Vandermolen MD, MS, our Northern Louisiana fertility practice expert, would like to offer tips for managing your injectable fertility medications.

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Talking to Your Family About Infertility

Coping with infertility: Tips on talking to your family about infertility

If you are trying to have a baby without any luck, your issues with infertility can easily creep into your ongoing relationships with family and friends. Often, the well-meaning people closest to you can end up causing additional hurt and frustration. At our Northern Louisiana fertility clinic,

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The Impacts of Stress on Infertility

Understanding the impacts of stress on infertility

When you are trying to conceive without success, you may feel frustrated and discouraged. David T. Vandermolen MD, MS, our Northern Louisiana fertility center expert, acknowledges how difficult infertility is for our patients and their partners. Our entire team provides compassionate care to assist our patients in managing stress and infertility during the fertility treatment process.

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Tips for the Two-Week Wait

What you need to know: Surviving the two-week wait

Undergoing fertility treatment can mean lots of appointments, frequent tests, and high anxiety. One particularly difficult part of the process for many patients is the two-week wait. This time from either the egg release-ovulation, the intrauterine insemination, or the IVF embryo transfer until the pregnancy blood test result is collectively called the two week wait.

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Tips for Selecting a Sperm Donor

The perfect match: Tips for choosing a sperm donor

For couples and individuals exploring options to conceive a baby, choosing a sperm donor is sometimes an unexpectedly challenging part of the process. Depending on the situation, donor sperm may provide the best option for success. The team at our Northern Louisiana fertility center would like to extend our support as you navigate the selection process.

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Advanced Fertility Surgery

How advanced fertility surgery can correct anatomical barriers to conception

For patients struggling with infertility, David T. Vandermolen, M.D., M.S., employs leading-edge therapies to remove barriers to conception. In most cases, traditional treatments, such as infertility medication, IUI or IVF, will produce the desired results. Sometimes, our Northern Louisiana fertility clinic doctor will move to advanced fertility surgery to give our patients the best shot at parenthood.

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Minimally Invasive Fertility Surgery

Are you a candidate for minimally invasive fertility surgery?

If female infertility issues are stopping you from creating or expanding your family, David T. Vandermolen MD, MS, our Northern Louisiana fertility doctor, can assist you in fulfilling your plans for motherhood. Dr. Vandermolen can diagnose common causes of female infertility and suggest treatment options designed to produce successful outcomes.

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National Infertility Awareness Week

Supporting patients during National Infertility Awareness Week

Infertility is not just a medical journey, but it is also an emotional one that can leave patients feeling isolated. National Infertility Awareness Week, or NIAW, is a way to ensure that those facing infertility challenges understand they are not alone. Each year, the last full week of April is devoted to increasing awareness of this common medical condition,

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Mental Health and Infertility

Mental Health Impact: Finding Emotional Support for Infertility

When couples and individuals dream of having a baby, they often picture nursery decorations, birthing classes and discussions about the perfect name. The struggle of infertility likely never enters that picture. For the 1 in 8 couples dealing with infertility, this difficulty in getting pregnant can take wreak havoc on their emotional and mental wellbeing.

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What’s Involved in Fertility Testing?
Tips for Injectable Fertility Medications
Talking to Your Family About Infertility
The Impacts of Stress on Infertility
Tips for the Two-Week Wait