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 [...]
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 | 1 Comment
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 [...]
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 | 2 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 | 4 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 [...]
Are You in Fighting Reproductive Shape?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Reproductive Health on 08. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
Happy New Year! If you are like my patients, this traditional holiday wish/greeting is a heartfelt hope, a wish that 2010 will bring you the family of your dreams. In the very least, your most important resolution for the new year is to build the foundation for that family you always assumed you would have.
But, [...]
