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Tips for the Two-Week Wait

What you need to know: Surviving the two-week wait

Undergoing fertility treatment can mean lots of appointments, frequent tests, and high anxiety. One particularly difficult part of the process for many patients is the two-week wait. This time from either the egg release-ovulation, the intrauterine insemination, or the IVF embryo transfer until the pregnancy blood test result is collectively called the two week wait.

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Tips for Selecting a Sperm Donor

The perfect match: Tips for choosing a sperm donor

For couples and individuals exploring options to conceive a baby, choosing a sperm donor is sometimes an unexpectedly challenging part of the process. Depending on the situation, donor sperm may provide the best option for success. The team at our Northern Louisiana fertility center would like to extend our support as you navigate the selection process.

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Advanced Fertility Surgery

How advanced fertility surgery can correct anatomical barriers to conception

For patients struggling with infertility, David T. Vandermolen, M.D., M.S., employs leading-edge therapies to remove barriers to conception. In most cases, traditional treatments, such as infertility medication, IUI or IVF, will produce the desired results. Sometimes, our Northern Louisiana fertility clinic doctor will move to advanced fertility surgery to give our patients the best shot at parenthood.

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Minimally Invasive Fertility Surgery

Are you a candidate for minimally invasive fertility surgery?

If female infertility issues are stopping you from creating or expanding your family, David T. Vandermolen MD, MS, our Northern Louisiana fertility doctor, can assist you in fulfilling your plans for motherhood. Dr. Vandermolen can diagnose common causes of female infertility and suggest treatment options designed to produce successful outcomes.

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National Infertility Awareness Week

Supporting patients during National Infertility Awareness Week

Infertility is not just a medical journey, but it is also an emotional one that can leave patients feeling isolated. National Infertility Awareness Week, or NIAW, is a way to ensure that those facing infertility challenges understand they are not alone. Each year, the last full week of April is devoted to increasing awareness of this common medical condition,

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Mental Health and Infertility

Mental Health Impact: Finding Emotional Support for Infertility

When couples and individuals dream of having a baby, they often picture nursery decorations, birthing classes and discussions about the perfect name. The struggle of infertility likely never enters that picture. For the 1 in 8 couples dealing with infertility, this difficulty in getting pregnant can take wreak havoc on their emotional and mental wellbeing.

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Can’t make your appointment? Get in touch!

Can’t make your appointment on unavoidable short notice or because of bad weather conditions?

Please call our office as soon as you have made that decision. We will review with you the best steps to manage your appointment or ongoing treatment cycle.

Bad weather

Very rarely is our office closed due to weather.

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Make Your Dream Come True

Make Your Dream Come True Day is January 13, and for people who need medical help to conceive, this day can be especially meaningful. Our Shreveport fertility doctor, David Vandermolen, MD, MS, feels honored to make dreams come true for people who dream of becoming parents, so it’s a special day for him and our entire team as well.

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Risk Factors for Male Infertility

Know the Risk Factors for Male Infertility

It’s not uncommon for couples to assume that their inability to get pregnant must be a “female problem.” But the truth is, a male factor often plays a role.

Approximately 15 percent of couples have difficulty conceiving, and an estimated 50 percent of those have male factor infertility.

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Who Needs Ovarian Reserve Testing?

Do You Need to Consider Ovarian Reserve Testing?

As women get older, their fertility declines, which can make achieving a successful pregnancy more difficult. David T. Vandermolen MD, MS, the medical director of our Northern Louisiana fertility center, offers accurate diagnosis and effective treatment related to common causes of female infertility. Ovarian reserve testing is one of the diagnostic tools Dr.

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Tips for the Two-Week Wait
Tips for Selecting a Sperm Donor
Advanced Fertility Surgery
Minimally Invasive Fertility Surgery
National Infertility Awareness Week