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 | 2 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 | 3 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 [...]
The Perfect Game
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Fertility Screening, Infertility Information, Mind-Body Fertility Connection, Reproductive Health, Treating Infertility on 09. Jun, 2010 | 1 Comment
I grew up on baseball in the 1960’s with the likes of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. A few years later Tom Seaver and the Miracle Mets held my fancy. Over the years I have been intrigued by many baseball spectaculars such as Mark McGwire and his run to break Roger Maris’s homerun record and [...]
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 | 2 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 [...]
Secondary Infertility
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Fertility Testing, IVF, Micro IVF, Secondary Infertility, Treating Infertility on 20. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
Sometimes my patients who have difficulty conceiving their second child feel like second class citizens in the infertility world. Unlike their infertile peers without a child they perceive that friends, family and even their doctor’s offices do not have the same sympathy and concern for them as they observe others without a child receive. [...]
