Patient Stories

Women of all ages continually benefit from the OSF Women’s Health and FertilityCare each year. Whether it’s natural family planning or the treatment of infertility, to those just starting the menstrual cycle or those nearing menopause, the OSF Women’s Health and FertilityCare helps patients at every stage in life.

关于OSF妇女健康和生育保健最好的部分是使命伙伴和项目对患者的持久影响。

Read below for just a few of the highlighted stories, told by the patients themselves, on how the OSF Women’s Health and FertilityCare impacted their lives.

Brooke Billeter - Byron, Illinois

“My story withNaPro technologybegan when my husband and I went to a Natural Family Planning seminar that was hosted by our Diocese. The speaker was talking about the varying types of infertility and what causes them. It wasn’t too far into the seminar when I looked to my husband Jake and said ‘This is exactly what I have!'

At this particular point she was speaking about Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). I had been having issues ever since puberty which had gone misdiagnosed by multiple doctors for eight years, but 45 minutes into this seminar I felt as though I was finally getting answers! I started seeing Dr. Edison Lim at OSF Medical Group – Cherry Valley and was diagnosed with PCOS.

From that point on, I was on a hormonal treatment but still wasn’t cycling regularly, so Dr. Lim suggested I should have an Ovarian wedge resection procedure.

I underwent the surgery in November, 2014. Within two months of trying to conceive, we found out we were expecting and now have an extremely outgoing, healthy, happy four-month old son!

“Without the NaPro education at our Natural Family Planning seminar, I would still be infertile with no answers insight.

因为了不起的OSF女性健康和生育护理团队,我怀孕了,现在得到了世界上最大的祝福。”

Ashley Householter - Eureka, Illinois

“After experiencing more than a year of infertility, my husband Aaron and I decided to explore theCreighton Model FertilityCare Systemthrough the OSF Women’s Health and FertilityCare.

The model is a great way to monitor your own body, instead of using other medications. The practitioners discovered that my infertility was caused by polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD).

From the moment I met Dr. Jillian Stalling, she really took over my care and administered in-depth testing that I wasn’t getting with my previous doctor.

去年12月,为了治疗多囊卵巢,我接受了NaPro楔形切除手术。手术后一个多月,我丈夫和我发现我们怀了双胞胎!这一切都没有使用促排卵药物!

We had a lot of people praying for us, and my husband and I believe in God’s plan. I thank Him for His blessings for leading us to Dr. Stalling and the OSF Women’s Health and FertilityCare's services.”

Carla Zaio - Oak Park, Illinois

“I first heard about the OSF Women’s Health and FertilityCare through my church near Chicago as part of a family planning program for marriage preparation.

I started working with a NaPro coach and began charting my natural cycles with the克莱顿模式生育护理系统。

Some charting irregularities were detected, and my coach recommended I contact Dr. Jillian Stalling.

After some initial laparoscopy procedures, I underwent a 13-hour endometriosis removal surgical procedure by Dr. Stalling in 2014.

Later that year, my husband and I found out we were expecting a baby! Now we have a beautiful baby boy, Jaxson Lee Zaio, our little miracle!

With infertility, it’s easy to feel hopeless and disappointed, but Dr. Stalling restored my hope.

在参加OSF女性健康与生育护理之前,我之前的医生都没有给我一个准确的诊断。

I want to thank everyone at OSF HealthCare who directly or indirectly had a part in leading me on my path. Even if you’re not directly involved, every little bit of effort helps patients like me!”

Tiffany & Josh Noel - Morton, Illinois

Josh and Tiffany Noel, of Morton, were married in 2005. After six years of marriage, the couple realized starting a family wasn’t happening naturally and began having concerns about their fertility.

他们本以为成为父母是一段快乐的旅程,结果却变成了充满不确定性的过山车,最终给他们带来了最好的礼物。

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From a Doctor

Annevay Conlee, MD - OSF Medical Group

“作为一名OSF医疗保健的家庭医生,我很高兴看到女性从我们提供的生育保健服务中受益。

We have developed a center focused on women to improve their health as well as treat infertility.

在OSF医疗保健设施中提供这种资源对周围社区来说是一项巨大的资产。

When being treated for infertility, the approach is to improve a woman’s health and treat the medical problem that is causing or decreasing a woman’s fertility.

In doing this, not only are we helping her achieve her goal of improving fertility and having a child, but also making her a healthier, more empowered woman with much more knowledge of how her body works.”