Personal Narrative: Reproductive Endrocrologists

In the Hendersons’ case, the couple was able to successfully undergo infertility treatment in the past and now have one child, yet failed to see gains from a similar treatment covered by Clarion the second time. Consequently, the Hendersons were advised to seek a more involved, costly procedure in relation to the previous treatment; however, there was little medical evidence presented regarding the success rate and medical necessity for the recommended treatment.

Growing up having kids is something that you simply assume would happen. It was never even a question you always knew that one day you would be a parent and that having kids seemed like a natural step in becoming an adult. Your thoughts are to meet someone,  get married, and eventually have children.Sometimes life doesn't work out that way. Many women have trouble conceiving depending on age and how the body reacts to developing a child. Some people don’t have to try to get pregnant but others aren’t so lucky they have to continue to try until your results come out positive, so to speak. But trying to conceive and failing after many attempts can be overwhelming and frustrating always trying to stay positive that this time will work. It’s important to start the process of finding out  what test’s you have to take to know if you're able to have children; and what are options for infertility.

It is assumed by most that we will all be able to grow up, fall in love, get married, and then have children of our own. This is not the lifestyle that all people choose, but it is still the view accepted by the majority of society. What happens when the unthinkable occurs and a happily married couple is unable to get pregnant? This is a reality for 7.1%, or 2.8 million, of the married couples in the United States (Lenox, 1999). Today, there are many people all over the world that decide to use fertility treatments to help them conceive a child, and this often leads to the birth of twins, triplets, or even higher order multiples. There are many risk factors that are involved in this type of

Infertility is the incapability or failure conceive after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse or due to an impairment a person’s capacity to reproduce either as an individual or with his/her partner. While infertility can cause issues in men and women, women are more susceptible to having issues conceiving naturally. 1 in 8 women (or 12% of married couples) have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy (2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth, CDC). There is a process in which three stages such as ovulation, fertilization, and implantation that a women’s body must go through to get pregnant. When there are issues in these stages, infertility is diagnosed and examined by a doctor therefore, making it hard to conceive a baby naturally. Throughout this paper, I will explain three common causes of infertility in females like endometriosis, sexual transmitted diseases, and poor nutrition.

have always wanted to adopt but never knew I could be a foster parent at such a young age or without

Why not invite your home to a foster child. There are twenty-two percent of males in foster care and forty-eight of females. The percentage of their living areas is four percent pre-Adoptive homes, twenty-nine foster family homes (relative), forty-six percent foster family home (nonrelative), six percent group homes, eight percent institution, one percent supervised independent living, 1 percent runaway, and five percent trial home visits. In 2014 two hundred thirty-eight thousand two hundred thirty left foster care. Fiftyone reunification with parents or primary caretakers, seven percent living with other relatives, twenty one percent was adopted, nine percent was emancipated, nine percent was guardianship, two percent transferred to another

I am one of many that are incapable of having kids on my own without the help from doctors. Having been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome at a younger age, I am one of many women who are not able to have kids on my own. I know that “missing” feeling people get when you start to plan out your life, not knowing if one day the gap will be filled or if you should fill the void with something else. This is where I want to be; the space between life and the gap; to try and help fill the inconsistency of others that share this discomfort. There is not anything more discomforting than someone with multiple kids patting your back, whispering soothing tones of “sorry” and wishful promises of, “it will happen for you one day.” Why, because you have the uterus of a donut machine at the local Krispy Kreme? I want to be the person there saying “I know what it’s like, and I’m going to be here to help you through this process.” This is why it is important to me to become a nurse in the field of infertility; to help others with this problem would not only provide me great satisfaction, but it will also help me to understand my own struggles with this problem.

“When children enter foster care, the initial plan is for children to return to live with their families once they have adequately resolved the problems that made their children unsafe and made foster care necessary.” “While a little more than half of children who enter care return home to their birth families, the rest will need other plans to end the temporary placement of foster care.” (childrensaidsociety.org) Even with foster care some children hope to find a permanent family to live with but according to research, today adoption is viewed as a last resort, even for couples with fertility problems. (Reed, Leslie,) Today people have fears of bonding with the child, unknown health issues and behavioral issues. (Patricelli, Kathryn). In the future adoption will revolve around securing information with international adoption, getting more access to original birth certificates and other legal

This past Thursday was the first OB clinical day and I was assigned the post partum unit. I was paired with Nurse Donna, who was full of information. Originally we had three couplets, with one baby in the nursrey. As the day went on and families were discharged, all our patients had gone home so we gained three other patients from two other nurses so they could go home for the day. I was able to give two moms their TDAP (tetanus, diptheria, and pertusis) vaccines and learned a new trick when it comes to giving intramuscular shots. Donna told me to have the patient hang her arm down by her side and wiggle her fingers. This not only had the patient concentrating on something other than the shot they were about to get, but it helped activate the

Infertility can be extremely challenging for couples to overcome. It can be not only physically draining, but emotionally and mentally as well. Infertility can be easily compared to a roller coaster, with emotions going up and down from hope and optimism plummeting down to frustration and even grief after many the couple has tried for a long period of time. While for me personally, I first think of women when I think of infertility, the men play a large role as well. They are also hoping for children and the biological reason for the infertility can be from either sex. Research has also shown that infertility can make physically difficult and cause anxiety in couples, which could led to increased difficulty in conceiving (Domar & Gordon,

Their eyes bore holes in my flesh, as they condemned me for my sin. I had never seen disgust or content quite like what they had borne that day. Those children had never seen an act so heinous in their lives; never had they seen one person disobey the values instilled in their unformed minds since the day they left the fascist rhetoric toting wombs of their mothers. Then, all at once, an eternity had met an end. The intercom made a characteristic click, and a garbled voice hissed through the ceiling speakers, “Please be seated.”

It's two o’clock in the morning and baby Eli is awake for his morning feeding. Exhausted you nudge Dad to see if he will come to the rescue. No response, you pull yourself out of bed and make your way to the baby's room. While feeding him you sit and stare at his sweet face. Then at that moment, you realize that even though you would rather be asleep in your bed, you are overcome with joy to have this beautiful baby. You see, for many women across the United States being able to conceive on their own is a struggle. Luckily, we live in America where medical technology is vast and treatment options for infertility are growing. Among those treatment

Infertility can be treated in different ways; one of them is Assisted reproductive Technology. ART contains different techniques to treat infertility. This technology is basically taking the egg from the mother and the sperm outside the couple’s body, and fertilizing it in a laboratory environment to make the embryo. As I mentioned, there are a lot of types of ART. The main procedure is the in vitro fertilization. This procedure means that the egg and sperm are fertilized outside the couple’s body to create the embryo; Studies say that this procedure is the most successful and effective one in Assisted Reproductive Technology. Its can be effective when the woman’s fallopian tube are blocked or the male is producing not too much

Mother: We tried for several months to get pregnant before we were successful. We both were reluctant to try for a child again because of a traumatic miscarriage I experienced several years prior. We both really wanted to be parents and made a tough decision.

Imagine not being able to bear your own child. The only way you can have the family you have always dreamed of is to adopt a child from the foster care system.