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 [...]
Embryo Rejection
Posted by Dr. David Kreiner in Embryo Transfer, Infertility Information on 10. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
Dear Fertility Doc:
Two months ago I had my first IVF cycle & it did not work. I was wondering what common reasons there are a body would reject the 2 embryos that seemed to look good on the 3rd day?
A few years ago I had a healthy child that came naturally with out even trying. [...]
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 | 2 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 | 1 Comment
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 [...]
