5 things that surprised me most about in vitro fertilization
The thought of having in vitro fertilization (IVF) terrified me. My husband and I had been trying to conceive for about a year, and we?d already tried one round of intrauterine insemination (IUI), which resulted in a miscarriage. I was reaching a point where I wasn?t sure if I?d ever be able to get pregnant?it felt like my body was failing me.
I?d done my research, so I knew it was going to be a make-or-break treatment. What I didn?t expect was how surprising a few facets of the therapy would be. Here are five things I thought I knew but didn?t fully understand until I went through them.
1. You should move
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What is in vitro fertilization (IVF)"
 There are so many old wives? tales about what you?re supposed to do and not do before, during and after IVF that it?s easy to feel like you?re walking on eggshells throughout the process. I had a pros-and-cons list for just about everything I ate, drank or did over the course of treatment. I analyzed, calibrated and monitored everything, but I was most militant about exercise. For some reason (I blame online message boards), I thought that working out would somehow harm my embryo or maybe even jiggle it loose after it had implanted. But Ari Baratz, a fertility specialist at CReATe Fertility Centre...
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