Infertility - 6.12.12
Talking with experts and people struggling with infertility about who's at risk, how to prevent infertility and the financial and emotional costs of trying to conceive.
Welcome to today's chat on #Infertility. So glad you could join! I'll be moderating. Who do we have with us? Remember to use: #abcDrBchat
hi there! i'm jenniffier mahand, family medicine resident. good to be here. #abcdrbchat
I'm Dr. Stephanie Albin, a pediatrician from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. #abcdrbchat
Steven L. Young MD, PhD. Faculty Physician & Scientist at UNC in Chapel Hill, NC. #ABCDrBchat
Dr Pak Chung w/ Cohen Perelman Ctr for Reproductive Medicine here and ready to chat about #infertility! #abcdrbchat
Dr William Schoolcraft, Founder and Medical Director at the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine #ABCDrBchat
Gregg Masters, epatient & health system reformer from San Diego California. #abcdrbchat
Hi Dr. B and #abcDrBchat participants, John Novack from Inspire, online patient support communities.
Belle Boggs, I've written about infertility for @Orion_Magazine and @Slate. Also patient of @DrSLYoung. #ABCDrBchat
#abcdrbchat Pam Hirsch, co founder of BabyQuest Foundation we provide grant money to those who need financial assistance with infertility
Tiffany Peterson, lupus community manager, epatient & participatory medicine reformer in NYC! #abcDrbChat- T1: infertility is defined as the inability to achieve conception despite one year of unprotected sex in women less than 35 #abcdrbchat
ow.ly/bwNC1 #ABCDrBChat Fat makes you less fertile and once pregnant, obese women have much higher rates of miscarriage...- T1: in women over 35, its inability to achieve conception after 6 months of unprotected sex #abcdrbchat
T1. 7.3 million women and men. 1 in 8 couples of reproductive age are diagnosed with infertility. according to CDC #abcDrBchat- T1: If a couple is trying to conceive without success for 1 year. Around 15% of couples will fall into this category #ABCDrBchat
- T1: CDC estimates that 7.3 million women between the ages of 15-44 will experience some form of infertility #abcdrbchat
