A hysterectomy changes one essential part of reproduction: it removes the uterus, the organ where an embryo normally implants and a pregnancy develops. Without a uterus, a person cannot carry a pregnancy in their own body with current routine fertility treatment. What...
Before becoming Nascere’s first family, Graciela and Mauricio had already spent years building a life together and sharing a dream that mattered deeply to both of them: having children. They married in 1999 and, a couple of years later, began trying to get pregnant....
Building a family doesn’t look the same for every couple. For many LGBTQ+ families, and female couples in particular, that conversation comes with excitement, hope, and a lot of questions. Who provides the eggs? Who carries the pregnancy? How do you even make...
Learning that an IVF cycle did not work is one of the hardest things a person can experience during a fertility journey. There is no way to soften it or rationalize what it feels like: it is a loss. And like any loss, it deserves time to be processed. If that is where...
Male infertility is more common than most conversations let on. According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 6 people will encounter a fertility obstacle at some point in their lives, and a male factor is present in 30% to 50% of diagnosed cases. Despite this, it...
