IVF treatment always exacts a profound emotional and financial toll on patients/couples. Needless to say, the financial burden is often crippling; however, ask any woman who has undergone IVF, and she will likely tell you that the emotional impact was … Read more
Everything Has its Season
Geoffrey Sher MD
Dear Patients and Friends,
After some 35 years in the field of Assisted Reproduction (AR), having founded the First Private (non-university based) IVF program in the United States in 1984, and having been influential in … Read more
It is important for patients/couples contemplating IVF with their own eggs, to be aware that usually, in more than 50% of cases a single attempt will not result in a live birth and furthermore that the chance of success declines … Read more
One of the most common questions asked by patients undergoing IVF relates to the likelihood of their eggs fertilizing and the likely “quality” of their embryos. This is also one of the most difficult questions to answer. On the one … Read more
There is a great deal of confusion when it comes to defining egg “quality.” Most people interpret terms such as “mature/immature/post-mature” eggs as implying that the timing of egg retrieval was off. This is, at best, a gross over-simplification and … Read more
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) refers to inflammation of pelvic structures including the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, bowel, and the smooth membrane that lines the surface of the pelvic cavity (the peritoneum). PID follows infection which reaches pelvic structures as … Read more
Embryo transfer (ET) is undoubtedly a rate limiting factor in IVF. Unquestionably, the IVF doctor’s expertise in performing ET as one of the most important factors that will determine IVF outcome. It takes confidence, dexterity, skill, gentility and above all, … Read more
It is only through propagation of our biological offspring that we as humans can leave a lasting legacy of our existence. Perhaps this explains why the desire to have children is a basic human instincts and why an inability to … Read more
The conventional way of conducting IVF treatment is to provide patients with opportunity to undergo treatment any time they are ready to do so. But such delivery of services in fact often falls short of affording access to the most … Read more
It is hard for me to believe that more than three decades have flown by since I first introduced intrauterine insemination into the clinical arena (Journal of Fertility & Sterility, April, 1984). At that time and for more than 2 … Read more
Cyclical Estrogen Therapy Prior to Embryo Transfer, in Post-Menopausal Women and those with Prolonged Hypothalamic Amenorrhea can Reduce the Chance of Failed IVF and Miscarriage
Selecting the Ideal Protocol for Controlled Ovarian Stimulation!
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