The Fertility Chase

Tune into WEtv on May 15!

Local fertility patients and physician, Dr. Craig R. Sweet, a reproductive endocrinologist and medical director of Specialists in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, will be featured in a new independently produced television series “The Fertility Chase.” The segment featuring Sweet and his patients is scheduled to air on Saturday, May 15 at 8:30 a.m. and will highlight the issue of embryo donation. The series begins airing on May 1, 8:30 – 9 a.m. EST on WE tv, the Women’s Entertainment cable television network. The launch of the series, produced by Exodus Productions, coincides with National Infertility Awareness Week, April 24 – May 1, a week dedicated to raising awareness about infertility, a condition affecting 7.3 million Americans.

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Read the “sweet success” story of one local couple featured on “The Fertility Chase”

For Walter and Amy Costello from Sanibel publicly sharing their personal journey through infertility is an opportunity to help negate the stigma that is often attached to fertility treatment.

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Read the story of two friends, Kerry Lewis and Christina Lynn, who share their story of friendship and the pursuit of motherhood on “The Fertility Chase”:

“As I approached the age of 44, I said to myself, ‘even though I’m still not married, I have a lot of love to give’ so I pursued having a child on my own,” says Lewis. “With a history of reproductive problems, I was devastated to learn from my previous physician that I would need a hysterectomy. I would never have a child of my own.”

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Additional Information and Links

• For more information on embryo donation, click here
• Follow Dr. Sweet on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest information on “The Fertility Chase” and other fertility news.
• To read more from Dr. Sweet, visit his blog at www.sweetfertility.com with the latest news on infertility, patient diaries and other great resources.