After struggling for eight years to have a baby, Shannon Petersen and her husband decided to try in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2022. Their fertility doctor recommended a test that sounded like ...

Nowadays, there's seemingly an at-home test for anything and everything you can imagine. Genetics, food sensitivities and allergies, STDs, glucose levels . . . the list just keeps going. And, of ...

Recent research suggests that a popular test that tens of thousands of women have done in the hopes of improving their chances of getting pregnant during IVF treatments is likely not worth the pain or ...

Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) is the current gold standard test, along with a fertility ultrasound scan for egg reserve. Assessing a regularly-menstruating woman for ovulation with Day 21 serum ...

IVF is a journey that may require more cycles than just one attempt for a successful conception. Understanding the number of ...

A new trial suggests that genetic testing of IVF embryos could significantly accelerate conception for women over 35, potentially easing the emotional strain of fertility treatment. Researchers ...

Miriam Menkin didn’t achieve the same fame as her colleague John Rock, but the life-changing procedure wouldn’t be possible ...

A complete 2026 guide to essential sexual and reproductive health tests, including STI screening, fertility checkups, hormone ...

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Patients often say the same thing in appointments with Dr. Abey Eapen, an infertility specialist at UT Southwestern Medical Center ...

Australian IVF clinics are offering a test that enables parents to discard embryos that will develop into women at risk of breast cancer. The tests pick up mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, Dr ...