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” ...
Originally Posted by katt31 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 ...
iui versus micro ivf versus IVF Share 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 ...
Originally Posted by TheFertilityDoc 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 ...
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 ...