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  1. In the Category: IVF, Nominated for Best Supporting Role Is…

    by on 05-17-2011 at 01:09 PM


    Many husbands complain that they feel left out of the whole IVF
    process as all the attention and care is apparently directed towards
    the woman. If anything they may feel that at best they can show up
    for the retrieval at which time they are expected to donate their sperm
    on demand. If you should fail at this then all the money, time, hope
    and efforts were wasted all because you choked when you could not
    even perform this one “simple” ...
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  2. Questions about Using Donor Insemination

    by on 02-15-2011 at 05:03 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by katt31 View Post
    Hi everyone, after a year and a half of unsuccessfully trying to conceive, my husband and I starting to consider alternative options. I'm leaning toward DI, but I have so many questions.

    -Do you see any benefits to DI over adoption or vice versa?
    -What are the pros and cons of using sperm from an anonymous donor versus someone we know? (my husband and I are having major disagreements about this, I lean toward an anonymous donor, but he wants to use a relative)
    -If we
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  3. iui versus micro ivf versus IVF

    by on 02-07-2011 at 08:20 AM
    iui versus micro ivf versus IVF
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    Dear Fertility Doc,

    I had three negative IUI cycles. I was on clomid and ovidril which produced ample follicles. IVF is not covered under our insurance and 12,000.00 with no guarantee is very expensive. Is micro-ivf advisable? Is it advisable to do a fourth IUI which is covered under insurance? i had been going for acupuncture which I didn't do for the first three IUI cycles.

    Yours truly,

    Frustrated ...
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  4. Embryo Rejection: Metabolomics and Proteinomics

    by on 01-20-2011 at 05:07 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by TheFertilityDoc View Post
    The metabolomics and proteinomics testing is expected to nearly perfect our ability to select the viable embryo most likely to develop into a fetus and baby. Though we all anxiously awaiting their development for standard IVF use, it is expected that it will be another 5 years before this technology becomes available commercially.

    In the mean time our Single Embryo Transfer program results in a 50% pregnancy rate at East Coast Fertility and when not combined with other discounts
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  5. World's Oldest Mom After IVF Dying at Age 72

    by on 12-24-2010 at 02:55 PM


    The world’s oldest Mom after IVF, using donated eggs, is dying at age 72. It was just 18 months ago that she gave birth.
    When she was 70, Rajo Devi Lohan and her husband Balla underwent IVF treatments in Baddhu Patti, India, to conceive their only child, Naveen.
    Now 72, Rajo is bedridden and doesn’t have the strength to lift 18-month-old Naveen. She has never recovered from her pregnancy. Her uterus ruptured after her c-section and she suffered from internal ...
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