by Dr. John Preston Parry | Dec 2, 2020 | Doctor's Blog
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been.” John Greenleaf Whittier, “Maud Muller,” 1856 Fertility, Family, and the Holidays. COVID has made us more reflective. We are distanced from others and isolated at home....
by Dr. John Preston Parry | Nov 24, 2020 | Doctor's Blog
Let me start by saying the topic of Diminished Ovarian Reserve or Premature Ovarian Failure, although the conventional description of this topic, are not terms I like to use. With premature ovarian failure, there is no failure. No one has done anything wrong. It is...
by Dr. John Preston Parry | Sep 14, 2020 | Doctor's Blog
With six million babies in the world from in vitro fertilization (IVF), technology has advanced meaningfully since the birth of Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, over two decades ago. IVF remains an exceptionally powerful way of getting pregnant, provided there...
by Dr. John Preston Parry | Aug 10, 2020 | Doctor's Blog
Though many joke infertility isn’t hereditary (if your parents didn’t have children, it couldn’t apply to you), PCOS is an important exception. PCOS is short for polycystic ovarian syndrome, which relates to an overabundance of eggs and is a top reason for not only...
by Dr. John Preston Parry | Mar 31, 2020 | Doctor's Blog
I remember delivering babies in New York City on September 11, 2001. As soon as the Twin Towers were struck, we all changed in to scrubs and prepared for emergency room triage. Most survivors that day did not come to the ER, so surprisingly the most active wing in the...
by Dr. John Preston Parry | Feb 1, 2020 | Doctor's Blog
Valentine’s Day focuses us on relationships, where we celebrate what is going well and imagine what could be better. For some, “more love” involves bringing a baby in to the relationship, where “two become three.” (Or variations, such as twins, being a single mom,...
