About the authorDrew V. Moffitt, M.D., FACOG, has been a board-certified infertility specialist since 1999 and is currently the medical director of the Arizona Reproductive Medicine Specialists. Dr. Moffitt is also the director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and an assistant professor at the University of Arizona.
For many years Dr. Moffitt has been named one of the “Top Docs” in Infertility in Phoenix Magazine. He completed his training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility medicine at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia, an institution that pioneered in vitro fertilization and is one of the largest and most successful IVF programs in the world.
I would like to tell you the story of one of my patients who traveled a long road to this Mother’s Day. Through loss, hope and charity for others, she exemplified a mother’s qualities long before experiencing the joys of motherhood.
What we want is to help our patients have a baby, and what most donors want is to give the gift of life to another woman desperately wanting to have a baby. But egg donor agencies are often only in it for the money, which can be a financial burden to patients.
Dr. Moffitt reflects on the wise men who found a precious baby by making a difficult journey – a story that could be told of those who overcome infertility.
Dr. Moffitt’s story about his personal struggle with infertility and the wealth that comes with being a father and raising a family. Father’s Day 2017.
Dr. Moffitt reflects on helping women to become mothers and what that means to them. He addresses heartache and joy at the end of struggles with infertility.
Dr. Moffitt’s blog identifies hope as a particularly precious commodity for fertility patients everywhere & at Arizona Reproductive Medicine Specialists.
Dr. Moffitt’s blog post explains that nutritional balance, good lifestyle choices and frequent sex during peak ovulation are factors that can boost fertility.
Infertility is not only a women’s health issue, male infertility is as common. Weight, lifestyle, blockages and varicoceles contribute to male infertility.
Mothers know a lot about the word “more.” It seems like they are always expected to have it. To have more. To give more. To care more. To love more.
Women who exercise for 30 minutes a day have less of a risk of ovulation discorders that may result in infertility.