Marissa (39y) and her husband, Pete (43y) presented with a history of having had 2 healthy children together. Marissa was a normally menstruating/ovulating lady with a fertile husband. The birth of her 2nd child was complicated by partial delivery … Read more
Dr. Sher Blog
Official Blog of Dr. Geoffrey Sher
Selecting the Ideal Protocol for Controlled Ovarian Stimulation!
“IVF is neither a pure art or a pure science. Rather it is a blend of both!”
“Virtually nothing that we do clinically in IVF can be fully supported or validated by “gold standard statistical analysis. This is because in … Read more
Case Report: Endometrios Causing IVF Failures due to Embryo Implantation Dysfunction (IID)
After 4 years of trying to conceive without any success, Rosa (35y) and her husband Jim (42y), achieved a spontaneous pregnancy in 2014. Sadly, the pregnancy miscarried at 5 weeks. Jim had perfectly normal sperm parameters. Rosa underwent a hysterosalpingogram … Read more
Case Report: Woman with Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR) and Age-related Secondary Infertility whose Husband has Autoimmune Infertility Following Vasectomy Reversal
Juanita, a 42y old who, between 2003 and 2007, had delivered 3 children in a prior relationship. Carlos, her new partner of 3 years, had 3 children through spontaneous conception, in a prior relationship. He had undergone vasectomy in 2004 … Read more
Case Report: Recurrent IVF Failure due to Uterine Adenomyosis and Intrauterine Fibroid Polyps, Requiring Gestational Surrogacy
Linda (43y) and her husband Graham (49y) had been trying to conceive for 6 years. She had been pregnant once before in 1993. This pregnancy, which was initiated in a previous relationship was aborted, without subsequent complications. Linda had been … Read more
Endometrial Receptivity Array (ERA): Is There an actual There, There?
The blastocyst and the endometrium are in a constant state of cross-talk. In order for successful implantation to take place, the blastocyst must be at the appropriate stage of development, and needs to signal a well synchronized endometrium to ‘accept … Read more
Case Report: “Unexplained” Recurrent IVF failure: Was the Underlying Cause Overlooked?
Mary, a 37y female had never conceived in spite of >6 years of trying. . She had undergone multiple (failed) cycles of IVF-with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Her husband, Brian, was originally diagnosed with oligospermia with a sperm count of … Read more
Case Report: Patient with Repeated IVF Failures, Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR) and Autoimmune Hypothyroidism (Hashimoto’s Disease)
Beryl, 39y and her husband Jack is 36y presented with a history of 5 years of infertility. They had failed 2 attempts at IVF (both in 2918). Beryl had normal regular, ovulatory menstrual cycles. She had hypothyroidism caused by an … Read more
Case Support: Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR) + Male Infertility
CASE REPORT #1: Advancing age, Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR) + Male Infertility
Geoffrey Sher MD
Case History:
Mary D. (42y) and her husband, Chris (43y) recently had a SKYPE consultation with me. The couple had been trying to have a … Read more
Launching of Sher-Fertility Solutions and Future Case Supports
With the launching of Sher-Fertility Solutions (SFS), I will as of April 1st, take on a new and expanded consultation role. Rather than having hands-on involvement with IVF procedures I will, through SFS, instead provide fertility consultations (via SKYPE) to … Read more
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