Resources & education

Read first, schedule second.

A growing library of articles, a 32-page starter guide, and a glossary of every fertility term you'll hear during a consultation. All written by Your Business clinicians and reviewed annually.

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Fertility 101: a 32-page starter guide.

The plain-English manual we wish we could hand every patient before their first consultation. Written by Drs. Okonkwo and Mendel, reviewed every January. Email it to yourself below.

  • How fertility is actually measured (and what AMH really tells you)
  • IVF vs. IUI: a side-by-side decision tree with numbers
  • What insurance typically covers — and how to read your benefits letter
  • What to expect from your first consultation, hour by hour
  • 32 questions to bring to your first appointment

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Your Business · 2026

Fertility 101 — a starter guide

Ch. 1 · How fertility works
Ch. 2 · Reading your AMH labs
Ch. 3 · IUI versus IVF
Ch. 4 · Insurance, plainly

Articles, written by actual clinicians.

Every piece below is authored by a Your Business physician or nurse coordinator. We don't outsource medical content.

Fertility 101

What an AMH test actually tells you (and what it doesn't)

The most common bloodwork ordered for fertility screening — and the most commonly misinterpreted. A walkthrough by Dr. Okonkwo.

Dr. Okonkwo9 min read
IVF

Day 3 vs. Day 5 transfers: a plain-English explanation

Why most modern transfers happen at the blastocyst stage, and the rare cases where a Day 3 transfer is still the right choice.

Dr. Mendel7 min read
Male factor

What the semen analysis is measuring (5 numbers, plainly)

Volume, concentration, motility, morphology, and progressive motility — what each means for your fertility plan.

Dr. Rivas11 min read
Donor

Open-ID donors: what your future child can and can't access

The legal and emotional contours of choosing an open-identity donor. What happens at age 18, what happens before, and what you and your child get to choose.

Dr. Park13 min read
Oncofertility

Egg freezing before chemotherapy: an emergency timeline

What happens in the seven days between a cancer diagnosis and an emergency egg-retrieval cycle. A complete walkthrough.

Dr. Castellanos10 min read
After loss

Recurrent pregnancy loss: how the workup actually goes

The 14 tests we run after two or more losses, in the order they make sense — and what we typically find.

Dr. Mendel15 min read

Glossary, in plain English.

Every fertility-specific term you're likely to hear during your first consultation. Bookmark this page.

AMH Hormone
Anti-Müllerian Hormone — a blood test estimating how many eggs you have left. Higher is generally better, but the number is meaningful only in context with age and other markers.
Antral follicle count Ultrasound
The number of small egg-containing sacs visible on ultrasound at the start of a cycle. A second estimate of ovarian reserve, alongside AMH.
Blastocyst Embryo
An embryo at day 5 or 6 of development, with about 100 cells. Most transfers happen at this stage.
Beta hCG Pregnancy test
A blood test that measures pregnancy hormone levels. We run two, 48 hours apart, after a transfer to confirm a viable pregnancy.
FET Procedure
Frozen Embryo Transfer — placing a previously frozen embryo into the uterus. Often has equal or better success than fresh transfers.
ICSI Lab technique
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection — directly injecting one sperm into one egg. Used for male-factor infertility or prior fertilization failure.
IUI Procedure
Intrauterine Insemination — placing washed sperm directly into the uterus around ovulation. A lower-intervention treatment.
Letrozole Medication
An oral fertility pill (Femara) taken for 5 days early in a cycle to encourage ovulation. The most-prescribed first-line medication for IUI.
PGT-A Genetic test
Pre-implantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy — a biopsy of an embryo to count chromosomes before transfer. Common for patients 35+.
Reciprocal IVF Procedure
An IVF cycle where one partner provides the egg and the other carries the pregnancy. Common for female-female couples.
Stimulation Cycle phase
The 8–14 days of injectable hormones that grow multiple eggs to maturity before retrieval.
Trigger shot Medication
A single injection (usually hCG or Lupron) given 36 hours before egg retrieval to finalize maturation. The "go time" of an IVF cycle.