Discover Super Foods to Help Increase Your Fertility

Nutrition and optimum fertility go hand-in-hand. Look: When you eat as many nutrient-rich foods as possible – Super Foods – you may actually increase your fertility. Fertility super foods can help you revamp your overall diet and whole-body lifestyle. Why is this important? Key nutrients play a vital role in improving one’s reproductive system.

Fertility Super Foods

Rather than relying on concentrated supplements, it is better to eat nutrient-rich foods. Remember: Taking a folic acid supplement when you are trying to get pregnant is recommended.

If you eat as many nutrient-rich foods as possible – Super Foods – you have best chance of boosting your fertility.

Sunflower Seeds and Sunflower Seed Butter

Sunflower seeds are an excellent source of vitamin E. Supplementation with vitamin E has been shown to boost male fertility. Specifically, it’s been shown to boost sperm count and motility, and improve DNA fragmentation.

Freshly Squeezed Grapefruit and Orange Juice

Grapefruit juice and orange juice are very high in the polyamine putrescine, which may improve egg and semen health. Putrescine helps both egg and sperm cells maintain their chromosomal integrity.

Mature Cheeses

Mature cheeses are high in polyamines which play an important role in keeping the reproductive system healthy – specifically egg quality in women 35 and older. Polyamines are proteins found in plant and animal products. They are also naturally occurring in humans.

Full-Fat Yogurt and Ice Cream

A Harvard study found that women who ate full-fat dairy products were less likely to experience ovulation problems than women who ate primarily low-fat dairy products. Full-fat products included whole milk, ice cream, cream cheese, and other cheese.

Cow Liver

Cow liver is high in many nutrients that are vital to reproductive health.

Cooked Tomatoes

Cooked tomatoes are high in the nutrient lycopene, a powerful antioxidant.

Lentils and Beans

Beans and lentils are a good source of protein, and research has found that women who get more of their protein from plant-based sources instead of animal sources are less likely to experience ovulation problems. Lentils contain high levels of the polyamine spermidine, which may help sperm fertilize the egg.

A Healthy Body Mass Index (BMI)

A healthy body weight and diet is essential to increasing your chances of becoming pregnant. Strive to achieve and maintain a healthy body mass index (BMI) to keep your reproductive cycle in balance. A BMI of 19 to 24 indicates a healthy weight. Anything above 24 or below 19 may be hindering your chances of ovulation and conception.

Expertise to Help You Increase Your Fertility

It is important to work with a fertility specialist having the education and clinical experience required to design a customized treatment plan meeting your personal needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center – or call 917.525.5496.

drjohnzhang, September 24, 2019. No Comments. Category: Fertility.

How to Treat Male-Factor Infertility Using HRSS

Identifying and choosing high quality sperm to fertilize an egg is crucial in male-factor infertility cases. Any and all negative influence of male-factor infertility must be negated to ensure successful embryo development. Why does this matter? HRSS technology is helping embryologists see, identify, and choose only high quality sperm cells for fertilization of an egg in vitro. With HRSS technology, embryologists are able to better visualize sperm for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) administration. Bottom line: Couples who have multiple failed IVF cycles are the primary benefactors of HRSS.

Male-Factor Infertility

Dr. John Zhang is one of only a few fertility treatment specialists offering HRSS technology. Look: HRSS optimizes the sperm selection process for improving the success of ICSI.

HRSS Technology

At 6000 x magnification – using Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) microscopy – it is possible for embryologists to see finer morphological details of sperm. Using conventional 500 x magnification, these details would go unnoticed.

The best part? By viewing sperm cells at 6000 x magnification, lab technicians can identify quality sperm cells that are optimum for fertilization of a healthy egg.

Once optimum sperm cells have been identified, a two-pronged process takes place.

Selection
Injection

Once the quality sperm cells are selected and separated using HRSS, they are injected into the egg for fertilization. Each egg receives a single sperm injection.

Reduces chances of a negative impact a sperm can have on a perfectly healthy egg
Removes any negative influence that male-factor infertility may have on successful embryo development
Increase the chances of a viable pregnancy

HRSS Identifies Optimum Sperm

A sperm cell’s normal appearance makes it more likely to be comprised of normal chromosomes and DNA structure. Here’s the deal: Optimum sperm morphology correlates directly with successful egg fertilization and embryo implantation. Morphology is the most important criteria when judging the quality of a sperm cell.

Sperm motility – ability of the cell to swim
Sperm morphology – overall assessment of the cell’s shape, size, and physical appearance

HRSS optimizes the selection of quality sperm. Quality sperm is crucial for improving ICSI. The best part? The process of ICSI improved overall and – consequently – IVF pregnancy success rates are higher.

Higher positive pregnancy rates
More successful embryo implantations
Increased full-term pregnancies

HRSS Increases IVF Pregnancy Success Rates

At New Hope Fertility Center, our patients have a high chance of IVF pregnancy success through the use of HRSS technology. It can’t be emphasized enough. The best quality embryos are created in vitro by using the healthiest sperm to fertilize one good egg.

In addition to noticeable increases in pregnancy success rates achieved through HRSS technology, studies have shown a decline in the rate of spontaneous abortions occurring in IVF pregnancies.

To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang, call 917.525.5496.

drjohnzhang, September 20, 2019. No Comments. Category: Male-Factor Infertility.

Why Frozen Embryo Transfers Result in High IVF Pregnancy Success

Freezing quality embryos after a fresh IVF cycle will increase a couple’s chance of conceiving in the future. Look: Pregnancy success rates for a Frozen Embryo Transfers (FET) are higher than a fresh IVF transfer because a woman has the opportunity to wait until her uterine lining returns to an ideal state for embryo implantation. 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.

World Renowned FET Expertise in NYC

It is important to work with a fertility specialist having the 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 917.525.5496.

drjohnzhang, September 17, 2019. No Comments. Category: Frozen Embryos.

How Painless Needle-Free IVF Works

Dr. John Zhang’s new Needle-Free IVF is works painlessly because the protocol does not require invasive injections or blood draws. Look: This patient-friendly IVF protocol eliminates the fear, pain, and anxiety experienced with injections and blood draws. How it works: The patient’s ovaries are stimulated into producing multiple egg follicles through the use of oral fertility medications. That’s not all. Hormone levels are measured through urine and saliva tests. Needle-Free IVF also lowers the patient’s cost of fertility medications.

Needle-Free IVF is Pain Free & Patient-Friendly

No shots
No needles
No blood draws

Needle-Free IVF Benefits

Through Needle-Free IVF, patients are treated in a less-invasive manner.

No shots
No needles
No injections
No blood draws

Needle-Free IVF Protocol

How is Needle-Free IVF patient-friendly?

Improves patient safety
Improves patient compliance with medication regimen
Reduces possibility of error in medication administration
Eliminates the risk of accidental needle sticks

Needle-Free IVF Fertility Medications

Depending on the woman’s medical needs, an oral fertility medication – typically Clomid and/or Letrozole– are 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

Compared to the Mini-IVF Protocol

In Very Well Family (8/20/18) – Dr. John Zhang explains that producing too many eggs with large doses of injectable fertility drugs can backfire and cause medical problems, such as PCOS. Look: Our Mini-IVF protocol is a simple, convenient, and patient-friendly fertility treatment protocol calling for a minimal amount of stimulating fertility medication injections to produce 3 to eggs. Bottom Line: A woman’s body no longer needs to be forced into producing multiple eggs to achieve a successful IVF pregnancy.

Compared to Conventional IVF Protocol

A Conventional IVF protocol calls for daily injections of hormone medications to produce multiple egg follicles – 10 – 15 one cycle. These egg are retrieved surgically and then fertilized in vitro for transfer to the woman’s uterus. Excess quality embryos may be cryopreserved for future Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) procedures.

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.

Difficult Patients Welcome

Women diagnosed as difficult or hopelessly infertile by other fertility clinics are welcomed at New Hope Fertility Center. The best part? Because of our One Good Egg Policy, we happily accept candidates for IVF that other fertility clinics decline to treat and have proven success where others failed to even try.

Egg Collection Results and Success Rates

Our Needle-Free IVF protocol has resulted in comparable egg collection results as that of the Conventional IVF protocol. We are – on average – able to retrieve at least 10 eggs from patients who have undergone our Needle-Free IVF protocol. These results are reassuringly comparable with other IVF protocols in terms of number of eggs collected and pregnancy success rates.

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. Bottom Line: This quality air filtration system provides optimal clean air pressure in every laboratory process.

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 917.525.5496.

drjohnzhang, September 13, 2019. No Comments. Category: Needle Free IVF.

Why Dr. Zhang Promotes PCOS Awareness in September

During the month of September, Dr. John Zhang promotes Polycistic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness to his patients and the general public. PCOS is a serious reproductive disorder that affects teenage girls and grown women. PCOS is the leading cause of female infertility. PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association sponsors this movement offers supportive resources, information, and PCOS awareness events. The best treatment for infertile women suffering from PCOS is IVF. Women suffering from infertility due to PCOS respond very well to injectable fertility medications and have a high percentage rate of successful ovulation.

PCOS Awareness

Because they don’t know the signs and symptoms, most women don’t suspect PCOS is the cause of their inability to get pregnant. PCOS is a condition causing up to 20 percent of women in America to be infertile due to cysts growing on the ovaries. This occurs when a women generate excessive androgens – male hormones.

Signs and Symptoms of PCOS

Irregular menstrual periods
Pelvic pain
Excess hair growth on the face, chest, stomach, thighs
Weight gain
Acne and oily skin
Patches of thickened skin

Complications of PCOS can include:

Infertility
Gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure
Miscarriage or premature birth
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis — a severe liver inflammation caused by fat accumulation in the liver
Metabolic syndrome — a cluster of conditions including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels that significantly increase your risk of cardiovascular disease
Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes
Sleep apnea
Depression, anxiety and eating disorders
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Cancer of the uterine lining (endometrial cancer)

Ovulation Problems Due to PCOS

No ovulation (anovulation)
Infrequent or irregular ovulation

Menstrual Cycle Problems Due to PCOS

Irregular menstrual cycles occur when a woman does not ovulate regularly

No periods at all
Infrequent periods
Periods that occur too frequently
Heavy periods lasting for many days/weeks
Bleeding/Spotting occurring between apparently normal cycles

Important Fertility Awareness Movements

Other fertility awareness dates throughout the year.

Cervical Health Awareness Month: January
Endometriosis Awareness Month: March
National Woman’s Health Week: May 8^th – 14^th
World Infertility Awareness Month: June
Men’s Health Month: June
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: September
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: October
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: October 15^th

Avid Promoter of PCOS Awareness

It is important to work with a fertility specialist having the education and clinical experience required to design a customized fertility treatment plan meeting your personal needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center –call 917.525.5496.

drjohnzhang, September 10, 2019. No Comments. Category: PCOS.

How to Family Plan for the Future by Freezing Your Ovarian Tissue

Family planning for the future is by freezing ovarian tissue is a trending proven safe and successful procedure. Ovarian tissue freezing is accomplished through an outpatient surgical procedure by removing a thin piece of the outer membrane of one of the woman’s ovary – the preserved ovary. The outer membrane of an ovary is where a woman’s eggs are located. This ovarian tissue is cryopreserved for later transplant to the woman’s other ovary – the non-preserved ovary. The National Institutes of Health reported that [h]uman ovarian tissue transplantation has resulted in the birth of over 70 children worldwide.

Candidates for Ovarian Tissue Freezing

A woman only releases one egg per month during her natural cycle. It only takes one good quality egg to have a healthy baby.

There are many females who should consider ovarian tissue freezing.

Female children who do not have fully developed ovaries
Female children or teenage girls who have been diagnosed with cancer
Women in their prime reproductive years who have been diagnosed with cancer
Women wanting to postpone motherhood past their prime reproductive years
Women wanting to donate their ovarian tissue to help women who are unable to produce good eggs

Celebrated Experts Helping to Preserve Future Fertility

The celebrated fertility specialists at New Hope Fertility Center provide all-encompassing cryopreservation techniques for protecting the fertility of both women and men.

Ovarian Tissue Freezing
Egg (oocyte cryopreservation) and embryo freezing
Sperm freezing

Ovarian Tissue Freezing Can Preserve Future Fertility

According to a 2015 study published in the journal of Human Reproduction, 10 out of 32 women facing chemotherapy were able to conceive naturally after undergoing ovarian tissue freezing before cancer treatment.

Natural Fertility Restored

At some determined time in her future, a woman’s fertility can be readily restored and she can naturally have a baby.

The woman’s frozen ovarian tissue is retrieved from cryopreservation and thawed
The ovarian tissue is transplanted to the patient’s ovary through simple stitching in an outpatient procedure involving minimal pain
The ovarian tissue comes to life and begins to function normally – as though it were never removed
The woman can then conceive naturally without the need for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

Convenient Conception Options Post-Ovarian Tissue Transplant

To help along the natural conception of a baby for women who have undergone an ovarian tissue transplant, New Hope Fertility Center offers:

Timed Intercourse
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

Timed Intercourse

By monitoring your ovarian cycle through ultrasound and blood tests, the fertility care team at New Hope Fertility Center will determine your optimal time for intercourse – your ovulation window. To increase your chances of conception, determining your ovulation window gives you the 2 to 3 day period every month that is the optimal time for you and your partner to have sexual intercourse.

Your basal body temperature will rise in the two days following ovulation. This temp rise can last for one to three days post-ovulation. The longer your basal body temperature stays high, the better chance you have of conceiving with regular sexual intercourse during your ovulation window.

Medicated Timed Intercourse

A variation of timed intercourse is Medicated Timed Intercourse. Here’s the deal: Typically, a woman only produces one healthy egg per monthly cycle. With Medicated Timed Intercourse, you will be prescribed oral fertility medications – Clomid or Femara – to stimulate your ovaries into producing multiple eggs during one monthly cycle. Because you are producing multiple eggs, your chances of conception increase during your ovulation window during a timed intercourse cycle. But there’s a catch: A multiple pregnancy may be conceived through Medicate Time Intercourse.

Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

Timed intercourse is often used in conjunction with Intrauterine Insemination (IUI). IUI is the generally the same treatment protocol followed through medicated timed intercourse. After an injectable ovulation trigger medication – hCG – has been self-administered, a concentrated amount of sperm is inserted into the woman’s uterus via her cervix in a simple office procedure similar to a Pap smear.

Ovarian Tissue Freezing Expertise

Ovarian tissue freezing is a state-of-the-art fertility preservation technique. It is important to work with a fertility care doctor having the experience required to design a customized fertility preservation treatment plan meeting your personal needs. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. John Zhang at New Hope Fertility Center –call 917.525.5496.

drjohnzhang, September 6, 2019. No Comments. Category: Ovarian Tissue Freezing.

Why You Should Seek Support From Friends During IVF

Your IVF journey doesn’t have to be a secret. Share your story and your journey with friends – and family members – you know will be excited and support you. There is so much power and positivity in having the support of friends – and family – through your IVF journey. There are many feelings to be shared by those going through fertility treatment. You must know that you are not alone. IVF often becomes the most important focus of one’s life. This can lead to the rest of your life spinning out of control. This can be difficult to deal with and hurt your chance of becoming pregnant.

IVF Support

Dr. Zhang includes you – his patient – as a member of his fertility team. In-house, extensive fertility counseling services are here to support you through the entire IVF process.

Being proactive with your mental and emotional health is key to making sure you are doing everything you can to be successful in getting pregnant. Look: A woman’s health benefits from fertility counseling during her struggle to conceive. Many of the challenges of infertility can be addressed through individual, couple, and group counseling. You have invested large financial resources in your fertility treatment plan. Bottom Line: To secure your investment, it is important to do everything you can to make sure you are successful.

Professional In-House Fertility Counseling

Professional In-House Fertility Counseling with Allison Rosen Ph.D. is recommended by the fertility specialists at New Hope Fertility Center in NYC. That’s not all: We are dedicated to promoting how patients can increase their chances of achieving a healthy pregnancy through genetic testing in conjunction with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

Introducing In-House Fertility Clinical Psychologist, Allison Rosen, PhD

As an experienced clinical psychologist specializing in infertility, Dr. Allison Rosen has helped hundreds of couples cope during their struggle to have a baby.

Experienced Clinical Psychologist
Researcher
Author
Educator

Through individual, couple, and group counseling, the Doctor addresses the many challenges of dealing with infertility including:

Pregnancy Loss
Couple Conflict and Coping
Complex Decisions Involved in Family Building Through Donor Egg or Sperm
Parenting After Infertility

Education of Dr. Rosen

A. – University of California – Graduated Summa cum Laude and Honored as most outstanding student in the college of science
Master’s Degree and Ph.D – Michigan State University
Certificate of Psychoanalysis – William Alanson White Institute

Reducing Pregnancy Loss through Genetic Testing

Today’s Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) helps to increase the healthy birth rates of babies through genetic testing. This is because only the healthiest embryos are transferred for implantation during a fresh IVF cycle and/or Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET). Genetic testing helps to reduce the number of cycles required to achieve a healthy pregnancy.

Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS)

PGS is the testing of an embryo’s overall chromosomal normalcy prior to being transferred to the patient’s uterus in conjunction with IVF. PGS detects chromosomal deficiencies – aneuploidy – an extra or missing chromosome in an embryo.

PGS Increases Pregnancy Success Rates Up To 30%

PGS dramatically increases a woman’s chance of conception. Only the healthiest embryo(s) are transferred. Embryo biopsy and screening can increase a patient’s chance of a successful pregnancy by up to 30 percent.

Candidates for PGS

Because advanced maternal age (over 35) adversely affects the quality of a woman’s eggs – oocytes – resulting in chromosomal abnormalities, New Hope Fertility NYC recommends PGS in conjunction with IVF to patients over the age of 35.

Women having a history of recurrent miscarriages (2 or more)
Women having failed IVF cycles
Gender Selection – Family Balancing

PGS Detects Low Quality Embryos

By extracting a cell from an embryo and analyzing it, poor quality embryos are detected. Biopsy of this cell will not damage the embryo.

Low quality embryos result in:

Low pregnancy success rates
High miscarriage rates
High chance for birth defects

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)

NGS is a new method of PGS. NGS is the latest genetic screening test for primary candidates undergoing IVF. NGS is used for comprehensive chromosome testing of embryos created through IVF. NGS is on the horizon to replacing PGS because of the procedure’s lower cost and reduced errors.

NGS allows embryologists to screen for defects on the chromosomal level with higher accuracy and more detail than ever before. PGS results are comprehensive and a higher resolution than any other genetic testing method because it detects more translocations.

NGS is also helpful for those couples wanting to plan their family through gender selection.

Celebrated Fertility Counseling

It is important to work with a fertility counselor if you are undergoing fertility treatment. To schedule your initial consultation with Dr. Allison Rosen at New Hope Fertility Center call 917.525.5496.

drjohnzhang, September 3, 2019. No Comments. Category: IVF Support.

Fertility Counseling Awareness

couple-white-looking Infertility awareness is low in adolescent girls and in grown women. Misconceptions about reproduction contribute to delayed childbearing and infertility. Fertility awareness counseling would help these women optimize their future fertility and make informed reproductive choices throughout their life. Our fertility specialists make you a member of our team. We offer extensive fertility counseling services to support you through the entire process.

Fertility Counseling Awareness

Being proactive with your mental and emotional health is key to making sure you are doing everything you can to be successful in getting pregnant. Look: A woman’s health benefits from fertility counseling during her struggle to conceive. Many of the challenges of infertility can be addressed through individual, couple, and group counseling. You have invested large financial resources in your fertility treatment plan. Bottom Line: To secure your investment, it is important to do everything you can to make sure you are successful.

Professional In-House Fertility Counseling

Professional In-House Fertility Counseling with Allison Rosen Ph.D. is recommended by the fertility specialists at New Hope Fertility Center in NYC. That’s not all: We are dedicated to promoting how patients can increase their chances of achieving a healthy pregnancy through genetic testing in conjunction with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
Introducing In-House Fertility Clinical Psychologist, Allison Rosen, PhD
As an experience clinical psychologist specializing in infertility, Dr. Allison Rosen has helped hundreds of couples cope during their struggle to have a baby.

Experienced Clinical Psychologist
Researcher
Author
Educator

Through individual, couple, and group counseling, the Doctor addresses the many challenges of dealing with infertility including:

Pregnancy Loss
Couple Conflict and Coping
Complex Decisions Involved in Family Building Through Donor Egg or Sperm
Parenting After Infertility

Education of Dr. Rosen

A. – University of California – Graduated Summa cum Laude and Honored as most outstanding student in the college of science
Master’s Degree and Ph.D – Michigan State University
Certificate of Psychoanalysis – William Alanson White Institute

Reducing Pregnancy Loss through Genetic Testing

Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS)

PGS Increases Pregnancy Success Rates Up To 30%

Candidates for PGS

Women having a history of recurrent miscarriages (2 or more)
Women having failed IVF cycles
Gender Selection – Family Balancing

PGS Detects Low Quality Embryos

By extracting a cell from an embryo and analyzing it, poor quality embryos are detected. Biopsy of this cell will not damage the embryo.

Low quality embryos result in:

Low pregnancy success rates
High miscarriage rates
High chance for birth defects

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)

NGS is also helpful for those couples wanting to plan their family through gender selection.

Renowned Fertility Counseling

drjohnzhang, August 27, 2019. No Comments. Category: Fertility Counseling.

August is National Breastfeeding Month

World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 – 7) and National Breastfeeding Month are launched on August 1^st. During this month, the people supporting this movement celebrate the benefits of breastfeeding. Most importantly, women and men give support to those who breastfeed anytime – anywhere.

Breastfeeding Benefits

There is clear evidence that breastfeeding saves lives by protecting babies from life-threatening infections and illnesses. Over 820,000 lives could be saved if all babies were breastfed during the first 6 months after birth.

When women all over the world receive support to breastfeed – children thrive.

Other Awareness Movements

Fertility awareness dates throughout the year.

Cervical Health Awareness Month: January
Endometriosis Awareness Month: March
National Woman’s Health Week: May 12^th – 18^th
World Infertility Awareness Month: June
Men’s Health Month: June
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month: September
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: September
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: October
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: October

Infertility 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
Genetic testing to select only quality embryos for transfer – PGD, PGS/NGS
Gender Selection

Best IVF Protocols

Difficult Patients Welcome

We don’t refuse those patients diagnosed as a difficult 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