As Catholics, how do we approach sexuality? Natural Family Planning (NFP) is not Catholic contraception or Roman roulette. NFP respects the power of fertility and couples choose to abstain during a time of fertility if wanting to avoid pregnancy using the best medical science at hand. Contraception is an intentional act to destroy the powerRead more
PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovarian syndrome and affects between 5-10% of women of reproductive age. The criteria for diagnosis has some variations but the most commonly used one involves the presence of irregular or absent menstrual periods in combination with excess androgens (male hormones) or evidence of them (male type facial/body hair) and possibly polycysticRead more
Recently, a young woman told me she wanted control over her body and had an IUD implanted by another physician. My thought was that now the IUD had control over her fertility, not her. Despite giving her information that the IUD is an abortifacient and that with charting she would be educated and therefore inRead more
◻️ What are glucose and insulin? ◻️ How do glucose and insulin impact fertility? ◻️ How do we diagnose problems in glucose and insulin metabolism? ◻️ How do we treat these problems? During this webinar, Dr. Mary Davenport discusses how our blood sugar and insulin levels play an integral part when trying to conceive. GetRead more
Infertility is a sign of an underlying disease and not a diagnosis in itself. With restorative reproductive approaches such as NaProTechnology, underlying diseases are targeted and then corrected to restore optimal health. Healthy parents are more likely to conceive and have healthy pregnancies and children. Targeting the underlying disease also applies to general health asRead more
Infertility is a sign of an underlying disease and not a diagnosis in itself. With restorative reproductive approaches such as NaProTechnology, underlying diseases are targeted and then corrected to restore optimal health. Healthy parents are more likely to conceive and have healthy pregnancies and children. Targeting the underlying disease also applies to general health asRead more
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week. Infertility is on the rise and is defined as being unable to conceive after having unprotected sex for at least one year. The Centers for Disease Control statistics from 2015 through 2017 show that approximately six percent of married women in the United States of childbearing age areRead more
Preparing your nursery for a baby’s arrival is an exciting time – choosing the perfect shade of paint, assembling the crib, and folding their tiny clothes neatly into their dresser brings about emotions of joy, eagerness, and anticipation. But between all that excitement, how are you preparing yourself for birth and post-partum? During this webinar,Read more
My patient Sara, age 38, came to my family practice to get established as she and her family were new to the area. What was remarkable was that she hardly ever had menstrual periods. Even more remarkable was that only one doctor had ever investigated as to why. Sara’s story is all too common. DuringRead more
