by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Nov 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
With cervical Incompetence (CI) the cervix starts to shorten (efface) and dilate too early in the pregnancy giving rise to late (2nd trimester) miscarriage or premature birth. It can occur with first pregnancies (“Primary Cervical Incompetence”) or after a prior...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
About a decade ago, I, along with my associate, Levent Keskintepe PhD were the first to introduce full chromosome Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) into the IVF clinical realm to try and identify euploid embryos whose cells contained the required 46 chromosomes...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Case Report: **For the purposes of anonymity, I will be referring to the patient as RL throughout this blog.** RL, a 31-year-old woman, presented with a 7 year history of inability to conceive, in spite of 2 prior fresh and 1 frozen IVF attempts, where a total of six...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hi Dr Sher, I’m 42 years of age. Until very recently, I knew nothing about IVF, and I now find myself in a scramble to optimize my chances with it. Despite a lifelong dream of having a healthy baby and happy family, it has taken me this long to find a great man/dad I...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Following ovulation, what remains of the ruptured follicle transforms itself into a structure called the Corpus Luteum (CL) which produces progesterone. The purpose of progesterone is to prepare the uterus to accept and support an early pregnancy until it is able to...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Aug 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Consider the fact that between 40 and 43 of age, the success rate per cycle of treatment with injectible fertility drugs alone, with or without intrauterine insemination (IUI) is 2- 3%. Since it is 6-8 times higher with “conventional” With “conventional IVF” it...