Getting to Know our Medical Advisory Board: Dr. Temeka Zore
When did you know that you wanted to be a reproductive endocrinologist? I knew I wanted to a REI after my first rotation in my second year of residency. I was drawn to the patients I was able to meet, the rapidly evolving technology, and the ability to advocate and...
Read More...Progyny Webinar: Prioritizing Your Mental Health During Your Fertility Journey
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While mental health has become a focal point for many in the past year, the stigma and silence continue, especially on the path to parenthood. Family building is an incredibly stressful experience; 55% of people feel infertility is more stressful than unemployment and 61%...
Read More...Progyny Webinar: How to Support Your Employees During Their Family Building Journey
April 18–24 is National Infertility Awareness Week. Despite the fact 1 in 8 couples have trouble building their families, there’s still a stigma around infertility, and many people don’t know how to support their colleagues or friends experiencing it. In this webinar, we discuss how managers can support their employees...
Read More...Getting to Know our Medical Advisory Board: Dr. Alan Copperman
Why did you become a reproductive endocrinologist? As a medical student, I cared for a patient who was struggling to build her family. I became fascinated by how molecular and cellular events contribute to a patient’s journey, and I began to focus my studies on reproductive medicine. As reproductive endocrinologists,...
Read More...From a Member’s Point of View: The Progyny Experience
In honor of 2021’s National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW, April 18-24), we wanted to take a moment to highlight three very different stages and experiences surrounding infertility. In this recording, we will hear from three different Progyny members. Although their journeys and steps are different, there is one common theme...
Read More...National Infertility Awareness Week 2021
For those dealing with infertility or struggling to build their family, one week of dedicated awareness might come nowhere close to covering the rollercoaster many couples and individuals have been experiencing for months, if not years. However, taking one week to dedicate to National Infertility Awareness is a celebration of infertility and the strength of...
Read More...COVID-19 Resources
Updated: March 18, 2021 We have been experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year now, and although some things have returned to normality, we are still facing high death tolls and seeing unprecedented challenges to healthcare. Progyny has been operating throughout, and our Patient Care Advocates have been providing...
Read More...Progyny Webinar: What to Know About the Vaccine While Trying to Conceive
Progyny is committed to ensuring all of our members are fully supported on their fertility and family building journeys, especially as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why we hosted a free 30-minute webinar to discuss what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine. Whether you are thinking about...
Read More...Progyny Webinar: Journey to Fatherhood: Finding Support in the Journey
Progyny is launching a three-part webinar series to focus on men and infertility. For our first webinar, we explored the emotional impact of infertility on men. Infertility is often mischaracterized as a female issue, but it affects men too. And because of the stigma around it, men are often left...
Read More...Progyny Webinar: Infertility in the Black Community: Understanding Your Health Conditions and Finding the Right Doctor
February is Black History Month, and in its honor, Progyny hosted a webinar about understanding the health conditions that increase infertility in the Black community and finding the right doctor. We expanded the dialogue we started with our Fertility and Maternal Health in the Black Community webinar by pulling together...
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