IVF / ICSI / Frozen Embryos

We've all heard the one egg, last-ditch Hail Mary IVF cycles that have resulted in babies (although never for us). But here's a story that takes the improbable cake. A baby just celebrated her nine-month ...

Boston IVF has developed a way to monitor IVF cycles without quite so many needlesticks. According to NECN news, their new Saliva Test replaces blood draws when it comes to monitoring hormone levels during a stim cycle. "Women can now spit into a container, seal it and drop it off to be analyzed," ...

Texas Fertility Center Doctor Leads World-Wide Study on Identifying High Quality Embryos for In Vitro Fertilization, IVF

(PRWEB) December 13, 2011 - Texas Fertility Center physician Dr. Kaylen Silverberg, MD, has been asked to serve as the principal investigator on a world-wide embryo biomarker study that ...

Finding out that you're a 'poor responder' is part of the IVF rollercoaster for many women. After completing weeks of invasive testing and self-injecting one or more medications daily, poor responders are stressed to see that only a small handful of follicles (if that many) are maturing in response to the stimulation medication. Depending on her history, her doctor's preferences and other factors, the "go/no go" decision needs to be made.

The question becomes: do you continue with IVF, knowing ...

One of the most controversial topics in assisted reproductive technology (ART) is the decision concerning the number of embryos that should be transferred during an IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycle. Recently, Dutch researcher Dr. Marieke Lambers reported a fascinating relationship between a mother's height, IVF cycles in which two embryos are transferred (DET) and twin pregnancies. In her presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Dr. Lambers reported ...

What happens when a couple that has been through the IVF wringer finds the right reproductive endocrinologist to work with their family and their gestational carrier (surrogate)? A friendly, trusting relationship, a lot of medical teamwork and a set of twin girls on the way.

Carolyn Savage and her husband Sean Savage have been all over the news since September 2009. For nine months, Carolyn cautiously navigated her way through her last pregnancy. A history of infertility and pregnancy loss was one of the reasons for her caution; the other reason however ...