Savannah Sellers is an NBC News correspondent and an anchor for NBC News NOW.
Asking for a friend: How do you know when you’re ready to have kids? OK, I confess: I’m the friend. Or rather, my husband and I both are. It’s a constant topic of conversation in our house. Here are our stats: We’ve been married for under two years. I’m 32. He’s 35. After much deliberation over the seven years we’ve been together, we now very much hope to build a family that includes multiple children.
is a common hormonal condition that can cause a wide range of symptoms, from migraines to weight gain to fertility issues. While it affects an estimated 8-13% of reproductive-aged women, according to the World Health Organization, it can be difficult to diagnose. That’s because the indicators for the syndrome are based on markers that constantly fluctuate in the female body. To be diagnosed, a patient must have two or more of the following, according to the Mayo Clinic: 1. Irregular cycles; 2.
was a major factor. Think about it like this: Someone with regular menstrual cycles can probably figure out when they’re going to ovulate, and thus when they have the highest chance of getting pregnant. A woman who has was diagnosed, Dr. Sekhon saw 16 potential eggs on one ovary alone. Armed with this new information, and after some ovulation explanation to my husband, we decided to move forward with freezing embryos to one day implant, and hopefully start our family. So in the end, I had to get comfortable with all those needles after all. I went through nine days of shots and monitoring that included more bloodwork and ultrasounds.
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