Fertility Talk with RSC NJ

Fertility Talk with RSC NJ

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Fertility Talk with RSC NJ episodes

  • Acupuncture and Fertility
    The intent of acupuncture therapy is to promote health and alleviate pain and suffering. The method by which this is accomplished, though it may seem strange and mysterious to many, it has been time tested over thousands of years and continues to be validated today.

    Listen in as Alan Martinez, MD discusses how acupuncture, when combined with IVF treatments, can significantly increase your chance of conception.
    10 min
  • Can Exercise Affect Fertility?

    While exercise and maintaining a healthy weight are important, physical activity should be done in moderation. Excessive physical activity can inhibit ovulation and reduce production of progesterone, which are essential in becoming pregnant. Doctors recommend that women who are trying to become pregnant should not exercise more than five hours weekly.

    In this segment,  William Ziegler, DO discusses exercise and how it can affect a womens fertility and her ability to become pregnant.

    9 min
  • Fertility Preservation and Elective Egg Freezing

    The Reproductive Science Center of New Jersey (RSCNJ) provides several options of fertility preservation for women, either through freezing eggs or embryos. This technology can give a woman the potential to conceive in the future should she be unable to become pregnant naturally. 

    Listen as Dr. William Ziegler explains the Elective Egg Freezing process at The Reproductive Science Center of New Jersey.

    10 min
  • The Role of a Gestational Carrier
    When a woman cannot carry a healthy pregnancy, she can turn to a gestational carrier, a surrogate who carries the fetus created from the egg and sperm of the parents. “Gestational carrier” is a term used to describe a surrogate who carries a pregnancy created from the egg and sperm of the parents. The eggs (oocytes) of the biological mother are inseminated with sperm of her partner, fertilized, grown to embryos in a Petri dish and then placed into the gestational carrier in a process similar to IVF. Listen as Hina Ahmed, MS explains how The Reproductive Science Center of NJ will coordinate the care of the biological parents and gestational carrier for a couple wishing to have children.
    13 min
  • The Role of Reproductive Surgery in the Era of Assisted Reproductive Technology

    According to the National Institutes of Health, reproductive surgery could be divided into surgery as a primary treatment for infertility, surgery to enhance in-vitro fertilisation outcome, and surgery for fertility preservation. A shift has occurred away from surgery as a primary treatment of infertility to surgery playing a crucial part in enhancing in-vitro fertilisation outcome and for fertility preservation.

    Listen as Dr. William Ziegler, a specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and the Medical Director of the Reproductive Science Center of New Jersey, comes on to discuss the role of reproductive surgery in the era of assisted reproductive technology.

    10 min
  • Ectopic Pregnancy
    A common cause of female infertility is a blockage of the fallopian tubes, which can prevent sperm from meeting and fertilizing an egg. Blocked fallopian tubes can also cause ectopic pregnancy, in which a fertilized egg is unable to move to the uterus for implantation and starts to grow within the tiny fallopian tube, ovary or abdominal cavity.

    There are several possible causes of fallopian blockage. Fortunately, there are also several treatment options.

    Listen as Alan Martinez, MD explains ectopic pregnancy and the steps necessary to help insure future pregnancies.
    10 min
  • Zika Virus and Fertility Planning
    If you have been ignoring the news about Zika virus, maybe this will gain your attention. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, five of nine pregnancies among U.S. women who were infected with the Zika virus have resulted in tragic outcomes.

    If you are traveling to an area where the Zika virus has been reported, precautions must be taken. Insect repellents containing DEET won’t harm a pregnant woman or her fetus when used as instructed to prevent infection with the Zika virus, a new research analysis suggests.

    The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) supports the guidelines and is urging pregnant women and those planning a pregnancy to follow them.

    Listen as Alan Martinez, MD discusses the Zika virus and the risks of travel for women that are pregnant or planning a pregnancy.
    10 min
  • The Role of Stress in Fertility
    Researchers do not yet understand the role stress plays in the ability of a women to get pregnant. Many times you hear the phrase just relax and it will happen. There might be more to this statement than previously thought. Listen as Hina Ahmed, MS, Physician Assistant at The Reproductive Science Center of New Jersey, offers up some practical ways women trying to get pregnant can reduce their stress levels.
    13 min
  • Management of Diabetes and Infertility
    As the rates of Type II diabetes are rising every year in the U.S., there are many infertility specialists that are are beginning to look toward this health issue as a main cause of some otherwise unexplained infertility cases that they see. Management of Diabetes and the symptoms associated with it are crucial to fertility treatment success and a healthy pregnancy.

    Listen in as Alan Martinez, MD discusses the correlation between fertility and diabetes.
    9 min

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