A client called the other day to tell me that she is going in for an endometrial scratch procedure this cycle to prepare for a frozen embryo transfer next month. She said her fertility doctor described it as "cultivating the soil".

One of the ways I describe my work is that we cultivate the soil before planting the seed, so I wanted to dig a little deeper into endometrial scratching and how it helps support implantation.

Endometrial scratches are done in cases where repeated embryos have been transferred and not resulted in pregnancy....