He’s Up TV Commercial
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Resources on 08. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
This is East Coast Fertility’s current commercial airing throughout the Metro area. Ten Months, its the best age… Because you get to buy them their first pair of shoes.
No More “Jon and Kate” Casualties
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Single Embryo Transfer on 06. Jul, 2009 | 2 Comments
on and Kate Plus Eight has brought the tragedy of the high order multiple pregnancy to the American living room. This is a subject that I was first introduced to when I entered the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility in 1985 at the Jones Institute in Virginia. In those days, fertility treatments, [...]
Medications for IVF Treatment
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, IVF, Infertility Information, Micro IVF on 18. Jun, 2009 | 0 Comments
• The success of IVF largely depends on growing multiple eggs at once
• Injections of the natural hormones FSH and/or LH (gonadotropins) that are normally involved in ovulation every month are used for this purpose
• Additional medications are used to prevent premature ovulation
• An overly vigorous ovarian response can occur, or conversely an inadequate response
Medications [...]
Cryopreservation of Embryos
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Cryopreservation, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, Infertility Information, Micro IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 10. Jun, 2009 | 0 Comments
In 1985, my mentors, Drs. Howard W. Jones Jr. and his wife Georgeanna Seegar Jones, the two pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in the USA and the entire western hemisphere, proposed the potential benefits of cryopreserving or freezing embryos following an IVF cycle. They predicted that cryopreserving embryos for future transfers would increase the overall success [...]
Polycystic Ovarian Disease
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Infertility Information, PCOS on 02. Jun, 2009 | 2 Comments
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a condition in which a woman’s hormones are out of balance. It can cause problems with your periods and make it difficult to get pregnant. PCOS may affect the way you look and can be associated with a variety of health problems including diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
PCOS is the most [...]
