Category Archives: IVF Treatment
PGD Offers Hope To Couples With a High Risk of Genetic Disease
For couples at a high risk for genetic disease, the decision to have children is not a simple one. Couples must weigh their desire for children with the likelihood of a chromosomal defect. Thankfully, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, commonly referred to as PGD, allows genetic diseases to be identified in embryos as a part of in vitro fertilization. The embryos are tested prior to transfer and implantation to ensure healthy embryos are transferred.
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The Evolving World of Fertility – The Increasing Embryo Transfer Rates
In vitro fertilization, commonly referred to as IVF, treatment concludes with the transfer of embryos directly into a woman’s uterus. From there it is a waiting game to see if the transferred embryos implant, resulting in pregnancy. In traditional IVF treatment, multiple embryos are transferred with the belief that increasing the number of embryos also increases the chance of pregnancy. However, research shows this is not the case. Transferring multiple embryos does not increase pregnancy rates. What does increase is the likelihood of conceiving multiples which can result in significant health risks to both mother and child.
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Dr. John Zhang Discusses In-Vitro Maturization
Today I would like to discuss In-Vitro Maturization.
In-Vitro Maturization (IVM) is a technique that allows an egg that was not fully developed at the time of egg retrieval, to continue to mature in the lab. An immature egg takes more time to fertilize, therefore a woman’s ovulation time is around 14 days to insure that the egg will be at the proper stage for insemination. A culture medium is used to mature the egg, which contains important amino acids. Occasionally the amino acids can be supplemented with follicular fluid from the donor eggs to enhance egg maturation in the lab.
Trying To Conceive? – Don’t Lose Hope, You Still Have More Options
The journey to starting a family isn’t always easy. As many as one in every eight couples will have trouble trying to conceive. Seeing a negative result when you’ve done everything “right” can be stressful and heartbreaking. If you’ve been trying to get pregnant without success, do not give up hope! There are many treatment plans available to address a number of medical causes of fertility issues.
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Still Trying To Conceive – There Are Still Plenty Of Treatment Options
Trying to get pregnant without success is one of the most difficult situations a couple can experience. As time goes on it may seem as though your dream of a family is out of reach. If you have been trying to conceive for a long time without success, do not give up! There are a number of treatment options available to you to help you start a family.
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Getting Pregnant After 40 – There’s Still Hope
It is common knowledge that it can be more difficult to become pregnant naturally as a woman ages. However, being over the age of 40 does not mean that a woman is unable to conceive. It is possible to become pregnant after age 40 and to start a family.
For many years, fertility treatments meant large doses of fertility medication in order to push a woman’s reproductive system. Historically, in order to participate in treatments such as IVF, women had to have low FSH levels, be below a certain age and had to be able to produce multiple eggs during a cycle. These requirements meant that women over age 40 and women who were unresponsive to fertility medication were often unable to find fertility centers who were willing to help them.
What are my options for getting pregnant
One of the first questions a patient has when beginning fertility care is “How”? After trying for months or even years, becoming pregnant may seem like rocket science. There are several options for becoming pregnant while under the care of a fertility doctor.
Feel Like You’re The Last Of Your Friends To Get Pregnant? Take Control
Have you being trying to get pregnant without success? Have you tried tracking your basal body temperature or used ovulation testers but have still not gotten the positive test result you’ve been looking for? Do you find your frustration growing because you’re the last of your friends to start a family? If so, take control of your fertility by meeting with a fertility specialist.
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Encouraging Statistics When Trying To Conceive
For women who’ve had difficulty conceiving and having a child, parenthood can seem to be an unobtainable dream. The truth is, with some assistance and medical support the odds are in your favor. With fertility care you will be able to get pregnant and start the family you’ve always wanted.
The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies, also known as SART, compiles statistics on the success rates of in vitro fertilization. Used for decades, IVF is a successful means of treating a variety of causes of infertility including struggles due to male infertility factors. SART statistics are broken down by the age of the patient and the source of the eggs used for IVF.
