Creating One Baby At A Time
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, Embryo Transfer, IVF, Reproductive Health, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Treating Infertility on 26. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
It was fifteen years ago that I sat listening to a lecture about the hazards of multiple pregnancy and how IVF had increased multiples so drastically in the preceding ten years. What a depressing thought. I loved helping women conceive. I was living my dream, practicing the infertility and IVF I had [...]
Embryo Mix-Up: Tragic Error Leads To Miracle Baby
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Embryo Transfer, IVF, Laboratory, Reproductive Health on 19. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
The case of a mix-up of frozen embryos in a Michigan IVF program in Feb. 2009 yet again became a media splash with the affected couple appearing on ABC News to promote their new book, “Misconceptions”. The couple who already had a set of twins as a result of a successful IVF recounts a story [...]
Embryo Co-Culture To Improve Pregnancy Success
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Co-culture of Embryos, Embryo Transfer, IVF, Treating Infertility on 12. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Successful IVF is dependent on many factors. The quality of the egg and embryo, the placement of the embryo into the uterus and the environment surrounding implantation are all paramount to the ultimate goal of creating a pregnancy that leads to a live baby.
Typically, patients present with their own gametes so the genetics and pregnancy [...]
A Better Way To Screen Embryos For Genetic Defects: ACGH
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Age Related Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Fertility Screening, IVF, PGD on 04. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Pre-embryo genetic screening (PGS) was developed to help weed out embryos containing inherited metabolic disorders and genetic abnormalities prior to implantation. It was thought that PGS could be used to minimize the risk of miscarriage and perhaps even increase live birth rates in older women IVF undergoing .
We have thus far been disappointed in our [...]
Fibroids and Your Fertility
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Tubal Disease on 26. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
Fertility is dependent upon so many things!
We must have healthy gametes (eggs and sperm) capable of fertilizing and implanting in a uterus with a normal endometrial lining unimpeded by any uterine or endometrial pathology. The sperm need be in sufficient number and capable of swimming up through a cervix which is not inflamed and provides [...]
