Egg Freezing: Could You One Day Be Your Own Egg Donor?
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Age Related Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Egg Donation, Egg Freezing, Fertility Screening, IVF, Infertility Information, Secondary Infertility, Treating Infertility on 21. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
We are approaching a time that freezing eggs will be a standard option for an IVF program much like Embryo freezing is today. Despite the fact that hundreds of babies have been born apparently without an increase in defects or abnormalities, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has proclaimed that Egg freezing is still [...]
At Reproductive Crossroads….
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Causes of Infertility, FSH, Fertility Testing, IVF, Male Infertility, Treating Infertility on 17. Jun, 2010 | 2 Comments
Last week a patient presented to my office with a question that made me feel like I was responding to a Dear Abbey letter requesting help to make some crucial life decisions that were related to her reproductive health. As I pondered her query that I had heard so many times before I wondered [...]
Reproductive Endocrinology: Then and Now
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Causes of Infertility, Co-culture of Embryos, Cryopreservation, Embryo Glue, Endometriosis, High order Multiple Births, IVF, Infertility Information, Laboratory, Micro IVF, Physicians, Regulation of IVF, Reproductive Health, Research, Single Embryo Transfer, Treating Infertility, Tubal Disease on 02. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
My son is starting his second year residency in obstetrics and gynecology. He, like I was 30 years ago, is turned on by reproductive medicine and enjoys performing gynecologic surgery. When I decided then to specialize in reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) I was looking forward to being on the frontier of fertility [...]
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 [...]
