Avoiding IVF Disasters: Are Your Embryos in Safe Hands?
Posted by Dr. David Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Embryo Transfer, IVF, Infertility Information, Laboratory, Treating Infertility on 22. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Practicing medicine for the past 30 years, I have developed an enormous respect for those things that happen to people that are beyond our control. Sometimes, the issue of preventability is a gray one and defies definitive blame assignment. Yet, when the dust settles there remain victims who are harmed for whom we are all [...]
Should You Disclose The Identity of An Egg Donor?
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Egg Donation, Infertility Information, Treating Infertility on 18. Oct, 2010 | 1 Comment
It has been my experience as well as that of others in the field that many individuals conceived through gamete donation are curious about their donor and the donor’s other offspring. They may fantasize about their genetic parent and siblings. They are curious if they look like them and have similar behavioral traits. [...]
Is Disclosure To My Child About Her Donor Parentage Wise?
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Egg Donation, IVF, Infertility Information, Sperm Donation on 13. Oct, 2010 | 2 Comments
I received this letter from a former donor egg recipient. It made me think about what it might be like, years after the actual procedure for a child who grows up wondering about his/her donor parent.
Dear Dr. Kreiner,
I want to thank you and your wonderfully caring staff for all you did to [...]
Reflecting on The Nobel Prize Being Awarded to Dr. Robert Edwards, IVF Pioneer
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, IVF, Treating Infertility on 12. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Dr. Robert Edwards, the IVF pioneer responsible for the first successful IVF in the world, was announced as the recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize for physiology. Dr. Edwards’ successful development of IVF technology was originally received by the public media as more science fiction than science. As a first year medical student [...]
The Middle Years of Reproductive Endocrinology
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Reproductive Health, Treating Infertility on 18. Aug, 2010 | 8 Comments
I entered the field of IVF in 1985 when the pregnancy rate at the Jones Institute, the most successful program in the country, was 15 percent.
IVF’s Early Years
Practicing reproductive medicine during the ’80s was like having a new love or beginning a new romance — all of it seemed liked a miracle, and everything [...]
