Monthly Archives: December 2019
How PGT-M Prevents Common Genetic Diseases
Preimplantation Genetic Test-Monogenic (PGT-M) is a new and innovative technology used in conjunction with IVF. PGT-M prevents a parent who is a known carrier of a single gene disorder from passing that disease on to a baby conceived via IVF.
PGT-M Embryo Screening
PGT-M screens embryos for the presence of common genetic diseases in conjunction with IVF.
- Hemophilia
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Tay Saches Disease
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Duchennes Muscular Dystophy
- Thalassemia
After a woman’s eggs have been surgically retrieved and fertilized in vitro, developing embryos will be tested upon reaching the blastocyst stage (5 to 6 days after fertilization occurs). A few cells are gently removed from each embryo using microsurgery technology. Our expert embryologists then analyze the cells using a probe that is specifically designed to test for a specific gene disorder. PGT-M diagnoses the presence of a genetic defect in an embryo.
Only Healthy Embryos Are Transferred
Embryos testing positive for a genetic disease are not transferred to the woman’s uterus. Only healthy embryos are used for a fresh transfer or cryopreserved for future Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) procedures.
PGT-M is conducted in conjunction with Cutting-Edge IVF Protocols.
Candidates for PGT-M
- Women over 35 undergoing IVF using their own eggs
- Couples having a history of multiple failed IVF attempts
- Patients having a family history of genetic disease
- Couples where one or both partners are known carriers of genetic disease
- Couple who have a child born with a genetic disease
- Couples who have a history of recurrent miscarriage
PGT-M Technology Expertise
Dr. John Zhang’s PGT-M technology expertise in conjunction with IVF offers the highest pregnancy success rates and best overall patient satisfaction. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang call 212.969.7422.
How PGT-A Increases IVF Pregnancy Success Rates – 30%
Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidies (PGT-A) will screen the chromosomal normality of each and every embryo culturing in vitro during your upcoming IVF treatment. PGT-A identifies high quality embryos by ruling out those with aneuploidy – an extra or missing chromosome.
PGT-A Increases IVF Pregnancy Chance by up to 30%
Recent research statistics show that a PGT-A biopsy and screening dramatically increases a woman’s chance of conceiving a healthy baby through IVF – by up to 30 percent. Cells are extracted from a blastocyst embryo and evaluated by our expert embryologists. When aneuploidy embryos are detected, they are not transferred. Only high quality embryos are selected for fresh transfer or Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) procedures.
Poor quality embryos result in:
- Low chance of pregnancy
- High chance of miscarriage
- High risk for birth defect
Candidates for PGT-A in Conjunction with IVF
- Women over 35 using their own eggs
- Women having a history of 2 or more miscarriages
- Women having failed multiple IVF cycles
- Patients having a family history of genetic disease
- Couples who have a child born with genetic disease
- Women who want Family Balancing – Gender Identification & Selection
Cutting-Edge IVF Protocols
PGT-A is conducted in conjunction with Cutting-Edge IVF Protocols.
PGT-A Technology Expertise
Dr. John Zhang’s PGT-A technology expertise in conjunction with IVF offers the highest pregnancy success rates and best overall patient satisfaction. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang call 212.969.7422.
Season’s Greetings! FREE Wine Piano & Egg Freezing Social January 15th
Mark your January 2020 calendar to make sure you attend our FREE Wine Piano & Egg Freezing Social hosted by Jennifer Kulp-Makarov, MD, FACOG.
Click here to register your free attendance and reserve your complimentary raffle ticket.
- Wednesday, January 15th 2020
- The New Hope Piano Lounge – 4 Columbus Circle
- 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
As our guest, you will receive a complimentary raffle ticket for a chance to win a free egg freezing cycle.
FREE Wine Piano & Egg Freezing Social
Dr. Makarov is a Board Certified OB/GYN, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Specialist (REI) who will present informative egg freezing facts.
- Why you should consider freezing your quality eggs for the future
- Everything you need to know about the egg freezing process
- How you can freeze your eggs with NO INJECTIONS
Why do we offer free egg freezing social events? Because every woman needs more information and realistic data about preserving her future ability to have biologically-related children.
Informative Egg Freezing Social
Our January 15th egg freezing social will cover:
- What is egg freezing?
- How is egg freezing done?
- How to choose the best IVF center to freeze your eggs.
- How many eggs do you need to freeze?
- What is the cost of egg freezing?
- What should you know before deciding to freeze your eggs?
Egg Freezing Social Event Financial Benefits
When you sign up for an egg freezing consultation at one of our monthly events, you will receive:
- A free consultation worth $500 – plus an ultrasound
- 6 months of free oocyte (egg) cryopreservation valued at $600 or more
- A medication discount from Ferring Pharmaceuticals for women who qualify
Needle-Free IVF Egg Freezing
Injectable fertility medications are no longer required to undergo IVF. Our Needle-Free IVF protocol prescribes non-injection fertility medications. All fertility medications are self-administered orally and nasally. The patient’s hormone levels are monitored through saliva and urine tests. No daily injections or blood draws.
Egg Freezing Candidates
Women who are:
- Focused on present-day education and career opportunities
- Not planning on getting pregnant during their prime reproductive years
- Not able to find their life partner
- Facing cancer treatment – chemo or radiation
- Planning on undergoing IVF and are likely to produce multiple eggs, but have ethical or religious concerns over freezing embryos
Needle-Free IVF Egg Freezing
You no longer need to face injecting fertility medications when undergoing IVF. Our Needle-Free IVF protocol prescribes non-injection fertility medications. All fertility medications are self-administered orally and nasally. The patient’s hormone levels are monitored through saliva and urine tests. No daily injections or blood draws.
Pregnancy Success Rates
Pregnancy success rates using frozen eggs are comparable to those using a fresh egg. Successfully increasing IVF Pregnancy Success Rates requires all-encompassing fertility care. At New Hope Fertility Center, we have comprised a team of World Class Fertility Specialists who are committed to working in tandem to bring every patient tomorrow’s cutting-edge IVF treatment – today.
Egg Freezing Expertise
It is important to work with a fertility care team having the research and clinical experience required to design a customized egg freezing plan meeting your personal and medical needs. To reserve your invite at our FREE January 15th Egg Freezing Social at New Hope Fertility Center CLICK HERE – or – call 212.969.7422.
How Ozone Sauna Therapy Helps Ovarian Rejuvenation Treatment
Ozone Sauna Therapy helps a woman’s body take-in and utilize oxygen. Ozone Sauna Therapy is a helpful aid for women undergoing fertility treatment. It is especially beneficial for women over 35 undergoing Ovarian Rejuvenation Therapy. For more information about Ozone Sauna – email us at ozone@nhfc.com.
Ozone Sauna Therapy
Ozone is quite similar to oxygen – it is comprised of three atoms. It’s a whole body treatment offering strong physiological and antibacterial benefits that increase the chance of conception.
- Antioxidant
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antiviral
Did you know? In the early 20th century, ozone was used as an antiseptic to sterilize medical instruments.
Other Common Ozone Uses
- Cancer treatments
- Skin disorders
- Bed ulcers
- Joint problems
- Lung diseases
- Vascular diseases
- Fungal infections
- Vaginal rejuvenation
- Female and Male infertility
Ozone Sauna and Fertility Treatment
For women past their prime reproductive years who are trying to get pregnant, ozone potentially offers a wide range of fertility-boosting benefits. At New Hope Fertility Center, we offer Ozone Sauna Therapy as part of a comprehensive and customized fertility treatment plan. Whether a woman has been struggling for years to conceive – or – is working on getting pregnant after 40, ozone is a powerful tool that we offer to promote the health of her reproductive system. This therapy is also beneficial for to improve a man’s quality and quantity of sperm.
- Low Ovarian Reserve (Low AMH)
- Poor Egg Quality
- Poor Response to IVF
- Thin Endometrial Lining
- Inflammatory Disease of the Uterus/Vagina.
- Cellular Repair
- Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Fertility Awareness
Pregnancy success is reliant on many patient-focused variables.
- Age
- Infertility diagnosis
- History of previous pregnancies
- History of previous miscarriages
- Number of failed IVF cycles – fresh and frozen embryo transfers
- Number of embryos transferred in a single cycle
- IVF protocol recommended
- IVF ancillary procedures used – ICSI, Assisted Hatching, In Vitro Maturation
- Cutting-Edge Genetic Testing to select only quality embryos for transfer
- Gender Selection
Best IVF Protocols
Challenging Patients Welcome
We don’t refuse those patients diagnosed as a challenging case. At New Hope Fertility Center, we welcome patients rejected by other fertility specialists because they are deemed to be hopelessly infertile.
- No refusals based on a woman’s advanced maternal age
- No refusals based on low FSH levels
- No refusals based on the number of potential eggs (follicles) a woman can produce per fresh cycle
- No refusals because a woman does not respond well to fertility medication
One Good Egg Policy
Customized IVF care is the best. Remember: It only takes one good egg and one healthy sperm to make a baby. Our focus is to help you produce good quality eggs during a fresh IVF cycle – not a high quantity of eggs using large doses of injectable fertility medications.
Ozone Sauna Therapy Expertise
Dr. John Zhang recommends Ozone Sauna Therapy to increase your chance of pregnancy. The Doctor especially recommends Ozone Sauna Therapy for his older patients who are trying to get pregnant through IVF or Ovarian Rejuvenation Treatment.
To schedule your Ozone Sauna Therapy treatment at New Hope Fertility Center – call 212.969.7422 – or email us at ozone@nhfc.com.
Discover Painless Needle-Free IVF in NYC
Is the Future of IVF – Needle-Free? – Maressa Brown – Parents – September 30, 2019
A fertility clinic in New York City has developed a form of in vitro fertilization that uses pills and a nasal spray, as well as urine and saliva tests instead of pricey injections and blood draws. Here’s what you need to know about needle-free IVF, or NF-IVF.
If you’re exploring IVF, you’ve learned about the bevy of side effects and steep cost of the conventional method. But what you might not have heard about just yet is a less invasive alternative called Needle-Free IVF, which is being touted as a groundbreaking technology offered exclusively by New Hope Fertility in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about the specifics and the cost of needle-free IVF.
The method was developed by John Zhang, MD, MSc, PhD, the founder/CEO of New Hope, in 2016. The unique method involves oral pills, vaginal suppositories, and nasal spray, but no injections, notes Zaher Merhi, MD, FACOG, the director of IVF research and development in IVF technologies at New York’s New Hope Fertility Center.
“Conventional IVF protocols have been used for over 35 years,” Dr. Merhi says. “It is about time to update IVF protocols to minimize risks and inconvenience related to conventional IVF. Conventional IVF involves daily injections and almost daily blood draws, which are too intense and heavy on patients’ body and mind. Injections are painful and expensive.”
To sidestep these uncomfortable aspects of traditional IVF, New Hope’s needle-free method involves oral and nasal fertility medications to more gently stimulate the ovaries into producing egg follicles. Because this process isn’t as rough on the body, patients are able to steer clear of conventional IVF side effects like weight gain—and get even higher-quality results, according to Dr. Merhi.
“If you think about pills and injections as food for the eggs, the less eggs there are, the less food they need,” Dr. Merhi explains. “Injections are strong food, so if you overfeed low number of eggs with injections, you will hurt their quality. A lot of studies have shown that less eggs retrieved due to minimal ovarian stimulation is correlated with better quality eggs.” This is especially true for women who are considered advanced maternal age (35+) and/or who have low ovarian reserve.
Like many conventional IVF patients, needle-free IVF patients start with a course of oral contraceptive tablets to prepare and stimulate the ovaries. But unlike conventional IVF, doctors will monitor the levels and baselines of pregnancy hormones (FSH, LH, estradiol, and progesterone) through urine and saliva, as opposed to daily blood draws. These tests “. . . are accurate for the hormone profiles that are needed for cycle monitoring, as long as the patient follows the instructions of the collection method,” Dr. Merhi says.
The patient then takes a “proprietary combination of nasal sprays” followed by a final spray for ovulation induction. Once a patient is cleared for retrieval, egg retrieval is done just as it would be with conventional IVF.
“Generally in the U.S., conventional IVF costs between $10,000-15,000,” Dr. Merhi says. By comparison, needle-free IVF will run between $5,000 and $7,000. The reason: “Conventional IVF involves taking injections which are very expensive,” according to Dr. Merhi.
Your chances of conception with needle-free IVF are “identical” to conventional IVF’s success rates, Dr. Merhi notes. That means that it varies from 40 to 65 percent in women under 35 and declines as women get older, down to less than 5 percent in women over 42.
Although needle-free IVF is suitable for any patient, it’s particularly useful for patients who:
- Have a fear of needles
- Want more natural and holistic fertility treatment options
- Have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
- Have problems self-administering medication
- Experience discomfort or bruising due to injections
- Avoid blood draws, perfect for women with difficult veins
- Have a higher risk of OHSS (Ovarian Hyper-Stimulation Syndrome)
The only factor that would disqualify a patient from being a candidate for needle-free IVF is an allergy to the oral medications or vaginal suppositories. “Otherwise, everyone qualifies,” Dr. Merhi says. “So far, the majority of patients who have gone through NF-IVF love it.”
Needle-Free IVF Expertise
It is important to work with a Needle-Free IVF expert having the cutting-edge technology and clinical experience required to design a customized treatment plan meeting your financial and medical needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center – call 212.969.7422.
Where to Go For Cutting-Edge Mini-IVF™ in NYC
When you undergo a cutting-edge Mini-IVF™ protocol – you will produce 3 to 5 high quality eggs in one treatment cycle. Look: When only quality eggs are produced, your chance of a successful pregnancy is dramatically increased. Plus, you will spend less on fertility medications because you will be prescribed lower dosages. The best part: Your body won’t be overtaxed by having to produce the 10 to 15 eggs typically reached in a Conventional IVF Cycle – which may or may not be of good quality.
Mini-IVF™ Protocol
- A fertility medication regimen prescribed for you to produce 3 to 5 quality eggs
- Cycle monitoring through ultrasound imaging and blood tests
- Surgical egg retrieval
- Fertilization of egg and sperm in vitro via (ICSI)
- Culture and monitoring of embryo(s) via EmbryoScope technology
- Grading and selection of quality embryo(s) for fresh transfer and/or future (FET)
- Single Embryo Transfer (SET)
First Class IVF Technology
First Class IVF Technology, ingenuity, and standards set New Hope Fertility Center apart from all other fertility clinics – worldwide. Look: Our patients are our first priority and we strive to provide stellar IVF treatment through a customized, evidence-based approach. Bottom Line: We have designed a cutting-edge environment with the specific goal of maximizing every patient’s chances of having a baby.
Through our new IVF technology, ingenuity, and high standards of care, every patient receives superior IVF treatment.
- Cutting-Edge IVF Laboratory
- Powerful Air Filtration System
- Controlled and Uncontaminated Environment
That’s not the best part. Our IVF laboratory is designed with a powerful air filtration system supporting the success of our intricate procedures and research. Why is this important? This controlled air system facilitates an uncontaminated environment.
- Highest Medical Standards in the Industry
- Highest Scientific Standards in the Industry
- Highest Academic Standards in the Industry
- Highest Research Standards in the Industry
New IVF Technology Air Filtration
New Hope Fertility Center boasts one of the largest and most powerful laboratory air filtration systems in the world. Having both cooling and purification air filtration systems, our lab facility provides optimal clean air pressure for the performance of intricate IVF technology.
- Outside air is taken into the filtration system
- Air is guided along an insulated path toward a main air handling system
- Air is funneled into an initial triple-filter process to remove the bulk of impurities
- Air is passed to a custom-designed quad-filtration system
- The power of a 737 jet engine is then harnessed to completely purify the air and cool it to an optimal temperature
- Optimally temperate and pure air is released to circulate throughout the entire IVF laboratory
Pregnancy Success Rates
Yearly ART data on IVF success rates is a rich source of information for potential IVF patients. This data gives patients an idea of their average chances of pregnancy success through IVF. At New Hope Fertility Center, IVF success rates vary in the context of patient and treatment characteristics:
- Age
- Infertility diagnosis
- History of previous pregnancies
- History of previous miscarriages
- Number of failed IVF cycles – fresh and frozen embryo transfers
- Number of embryos transferred in a single cycle
- Type of IVF procedure – Conventional IVF, Mini-IVF™ or Natural Cycle IVF™
- IVF ancillary procedures used – ICSI, Assisted Hatching, In Vitro Maturation
- Genetic testing to select only quality embryos for transfer – PGD, PGS/NGS
- Gender Selection
Cutting-Edge Mini IVF Treatment Based on Patient Reviews
Only a cutting-edge Mini- IVF clinic will receive IVF success stories from their patients. At New Hope Fertility Center, we strive to maintain our position as a cutting-edge IVF clinic by producing high pregnancy success rates. Our reputation as a first class IVF clinic, has earned us the status of being a renowned leader in IVF globally.
- High IVF pregnancy success rates
- Holistic IVF protocols
- Customized IVF treatment plans
- Reduced dosages of fertility medications
- Reduced patient physical stress
- Reduced patient emotional stress
- Reduced patient financial stress
At New Hope Fertility Center, we welcome difficult patients – those previously diagnosed by other fertility specialists as hopelessly infertile.
- No age restriction
- No FSH level requirement
- No requirement to produce multiple eggs per cycle
- No sexual orientation discrimination
Expertise in Mini-IVF™ Technology
It is important to work with a Mini-IVF ™ fertility doctor having cutting-edge technology. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center – call 212.969.7422.
Why IVF Pregnancy Success Rates Increase With FETs
IVF pregnancy success rates using a Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) are higher than a fresh embryo transfer. Look: The patient’s body has the opportunity to wait until her uterine lining returns to an ideal state for embryo implantation. Freezing quality embryos after a fresh IVF cycle will increase a couple’s chance of conceiving in the future. This is not even the best part. Through embryo cryopreservation technology, couples can avoid the financial and physical strain of undergoing multiple fresh IVF cycles.
Benefits of the Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Through FET, couples can try again – sooner than later – if their fresh IVF cycle fails. If the fresh IVF cycle is successful, the couple can undergo a FET at a time when they decide to have more children in the future.
Bonus Benefits of FET
- Couples can plan their family through gender selection
- Couples increase their chances for a healthy singleton pregnancy
- Healthy pregnancies have been achieved after an embryo has been frozen for up to 10 years
Through world class laboratory technology, our pregnancy success rates through FET has increased substantially in recent years. That’s not all. Only high quality embryos are cryopreserve to be later transferred in future FET procedures. This success has made FETs an increasingly popular option to consider before considering a subsequent fresh IVF cycle. Bottom Line: With FET, couples can increase their chance of pregnancy per fresh egg retrieval and ultimately save money by avoiding the expense of another fresh IVF cycle.
Frozen Embryo Transfer Procedure
To begin the FET procedure, hormone medication is administered to suppress the woman’s pituitary gland and reduce the chances of unexpected ovulation. Estrogen acts to thicken and mature the uterine lining – like the natural estrogen produced by a developing egg follicle during a normal menstrual cycle.
During estrogen administration, monitoring of the uterine lining is required.
- Transvaginal ultrasound for the doctor to evaluate the thickness of the uterine lining
- Blood tests for the doctor to evaluate the level of estrogen in the blood
Double Benefit of FET: Monitoring for timing of transfer during a FET cycle is more flexible than in a fresh IVF cycle. The FET procedure is much less stressful on patients because the transfer date can be adjusted.
Progesterone is a medication administered in preparation for the FET to make the uterine lining receptive to the implantation of the embryo.
- Progesterone matures the uterine lining
- Progesterone creates a window of implantation in anticipation of a set FET date
- Lupron injections are ceased upon the beginning of progesterone administration
- Embryos are scheduled for thaw in the laboratory
- FET is scheduled on a set date
- Progesterone is continued daily to help prepare the patient’s uterine lining for implantation of the fertilized egg – the embryo
- After the embryo transfer, a pregnancy test is scheduled on a date prescribed by the doctor through a blood draw
Healthy pregnancies have been achieved after an embryo has been frozen for up to 10 years. Pregnancy success through FETs is determined by the quality of the frozen embryo.
Single Embryo Transfers
Our fertility specialists promote the practice of Single Embryo Transfer (SET) to reduce health risks associated with multiple pregnancies and births. Cryopreservation of surplus embryos for future FET procedures is encouraged by the fertility specialists at New Hope Fertility NYC – in lieu of repeated, expensive fresh IVF cycles.
Pioneering Vitrification Method of Freezing Embryos
The flash-freezing technique of vitrification makes it possible to ready fresh embryos rapidly for cryopreservation. Using the vitrification method, embryos freeze quickly and damaging ice crystals do not form between cells. We are leaders in embryo cryopreservation. Dr. John Zhang was one of the first doctors in the United States to implement the vitrification method of embryo freezing.
FET Expertise in NYC
It is important to work with a frozen embryo transfer expert having the clinical experience required to design a customized IVF treatment plan meeting your personal needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center – call 212.969.7422.
FREE Wine Cheese & Egg Freezing Social on December 12th!
Next Thursday @ 6:30 p.m. – December 12th – you are invited to join our FREE egg freezing social hosted by Dr. Meir Olcha at 4 Columbus Circle – 3rd Floor – in NYC. You will discover everything you need to know about egg freezing. This social event is designed to present our cutting-edge egg freezing in conjunction with IVF. Why do we offer free egg freezing social events? Because every woman needs more information and realistic data about preserving her future ability to have biologically-related children.
Egg Freezing Informative Social Event
Our December 12th egg freezing social event will cover:
- What is egg freezing?
- How is egg freezing done?
- How to choose the best IVF center to freeze your eggs.
- How many eggs do you need to freeze?
- What is the cost of egg freezing?
- What should you know before deciding to freeze your eggs?
Egg Freezing Trend
Success rates for egg freezing have improved significantly in recent years. Women should be informed of their opportunity to freeze their eggs for social reason if they chose not to get pregnant within their prime reproductive years. These women should be aware that egg freezing does not guaranty a baby in the future. – The Guardian
The latest data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority (HFEA) shows the following trends in egg freezing:
- 32 percent of women freezing their eggs were under the age of 35
- 62 percent of women freezing their eggs were under 38
- 27 percent of women thawing their eggs for fertilization and implantation were over the age of 44
Egg Freezing Social Acceptance
Social egg freezing should be offered to single women approaching their mid-thirties. Improvements in egg freezing technologies mean a greater chance of egg-thawing survival today. Women should not be faced with childlessness because they cannot find the right partner – nor should they feel pressured into a relationship because of an aging ovarian reserve. – The Guardian
Social Event Financial Benefits
When you sign up for an egg freezing consultation, you will receive:
- A free consultation worth $500 plus an ultrasound
- 6 months of free oocyte (egg) cryopreservation valued at $600 or more
- A medication discount from Ferring Pharmaceuticals for women who qualify
Affordable Egg Freezing in NYC
Your eggs don’t have to age – even if you do!
Egg Freezing is affordable at New Hope Fertility Center.
- Free Egg Freezing Consultation
- $3,500 Egg Freezing
- Free Storage for 6 Months
Because every patient’s personal, medical, and financial needs are different, we offer customized IVF treatment.
Positive Pregnancy Success Rates
Pregnancy success rates using a woman’s egg that has been cryopreserved are comparable to success rates using a fresh egg.
Successfully increasing IVF Pregnancy Success Rates requires all-encompassing fertility care. At New Hope Fertility Center, we have comprised a team of World Class Fertility Specialists who are committed to working in tandem to bring every patient tomorrow’s cutting edge IVF treatment – today.
Egg Freezing Expertise
It is important to work with a fertility doctor having the research and clinical experience required to design a customized egg freezing plan meeting your personal and medical needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center – call 212.969.7422.
NICS Genetic Testing Increases IVF & FET Pregnancy Success Rates
Non-Invasive Chromosomal Screening (NICS) is an innovative and non-invasive genetic testing method used to detect chromosomal abnormalities in embryos culturing in vitro. NICS increases IVF and FET pregnancy success rates by up to 30%. NICS is an in vitro evaluation of the efficacy of a single-embryo transfer at the blastocyst stage (5 days growth). NICS is the sequencing of free genomic DNA in the culture medium of individual blastocysts and obtaining chromosomal ploidy information.
NICS Technology
The development of NICS technology at New Hope Fertility Center marks a huge and truly a momentous achievement. We are now one of only a handful of centers around the world offering a validated and accurate platform for analyzing embryologic DNA in a completely non-invasive fashion.
This cutting-edge technology detects chromosomal deficiencies in embryos – aneuploidy – an extra or missing chromosome.
When abnormal embryos detected using NICS, they are discarded. Only quality embryos are transferred to the mother’s uterus – or – frozen (cryopreserved) for future FETs.
- NICS does not require an embryo biopsy (extraction of cells)
- NICS is non-invasive procedure because a small sample of culture media surrounding the embryo is extracted for testing
- NICS causes little to no stress on the embryo as it develops in vitro
Advantages of NICS Procedure
- Less embryo manipulation
- Culture media is processed on site (no transportation concerns)
- Avoids disruptive embryo biopsies which have been recently shown to increase the risk of pre-eclampsia and placental problems in pregnancy
Other Benefits of NICS
Other benefits of NICS in conjunction with IVF include:
- Improved birth rates of healthy babies
- Gender identification and selection
Candidates for NICS
- Any woman desiring prenatal genetic screening to rule out Down Syndrome or other syndromes
- Women desiring to lower the risk of a miscarriage
- Recurrent pregnancy loss (2 or more miscarriages)
- Recurrent implantation failure (multiple failed embryo transfers)
NICS Can Increase IVF Pregnancy Success Rate Up To 30 Percent!
State-of-the-art genetics technologies have proven to increase IVF pregnancy rates. Through the medical marvel of NICS in conjunction with IVF, genetic and chromosomal abnormalities can be detected in embryos.
- Only high quality embryos are transferred to the patient’s uterus
- Only high quality embryos are cryopreserved for future FET procedures
Aging and Embryo Quality
As a woman advances in age, the chance for low quality embryos increases.
Low quality embryos result in:
- Low pregnancy success rates
- High miscarriage rates
- High chance for birth defects
NICS Technology Expertise
Dr. John Zhang’s NICS technology expertise in conjunction with IVF offers the highest pregnancy success rates and best overall patient satisfaction. To schedule your initial consultation, call 212.969.7422.
Discover Dr. Zhang’s New At-HOME IVF Treatment
Dr. John Zhang is proud to offer a new IVF protocol specifically designed to help you successfully conceive a baby at home. You can now conveniently get pregnant with At-HOME IVF. Only one office visit is required for your outpatient egg retrieval. This is an individually designed IVF pick-up or deliverable package containing everything you need for an At-HOME IVF cycle – including fertility medications.
At-HOME IVF
- Zero injections
- Zero to minimal blood draws
- Zero to minimal office monitoring visits
- Lower treatment costs
- No missed work
- No pharmacy pick-ups
- 24/7 personal assistance
At-HOME IVF is a patient-friendly protocol designed to eliminate the fear, pain, and anxiety experienced with injections and blood draws. The patient’s ovaries are stimulated into producing multiple egg follicles through the use of oral fertility medications.
Candidates for At-HOME IVF
- Women with regular menstrual cycles – regardless of age
- Women diagnosed with PCOS having irregular menstrual cycles
At-HOME IVF Benefits
Patients are treated in a less-invasive manner.
- No shots
- No needles
- No injections
- No blood draws
- Only one office visit to perform your surgical egg retrieval
At-HOME Fertility Medications
Depending on the woman’s medical needs, an oral fertility medication – typically Clomid and/or Letrozole – is prescribed to gently stimulate her ovaries into producing multiple eggs. Synarel is administered nasally for 3 days at the beginning of the cycle and then again 36 hours prior to surgical egg retrieval to trigger ovulation.
- Clomid and/or Femara to stimulate egg production
- Synarel to trigger ovulation
- Oral progesterone tablets
- Vaginal progesterone suppositories
One Good Egg Policy
Customized IVF care is the best. Remember: It only takes one good egg and one healthy sperm to make a baby. Our focus is to help you produce good quality eggs during a fresh IVF cycle – not a high quantity of eggs using large doses of injectable fertility medications. This policy is perfectly suited for our new Needle-Free IVF protocol.
High Tech IVF Laboratory
Our goal is to maximize every patient’s chances of having a successful pregnancy. At New Hope Fertility Center, we offer the latest:
- IVF technology
- IVF ingenuity
- IVF customization
Our IVF laboratory is comprised of a powerful air filtration system to facilitate the best conditions for success of procedures and research. We have one of the largest and most powerful air filtration systems in the world. This quality air filtration system provides optimal clean air pressure in every laboratory process.
At HOME IVF Expertise
It is important to work with an IVF expert having the cutting-edge technology and clinical experience required to design a customized treatment plan meeting your financial and medical needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center – call 212.969.7422.
