Fertility Treatment During This Economic Downturn
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Making It Affordable, Micro IVF, NYS IVF Grant on 05. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
Financial hardships have increased fertility challenges for many couples attempting to build their families. According to a new study release at the ASRM meeting in Atlanta last week, the recession has severely affected access to fertility treatment in this country.
Fifty eight percent of infertile couples who chose not to pursue therapy cited cost as [...]
Is My Biological Clock Running Out?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Age Related Infertility, FSH, Fertility Screening, IVF, Micro IVF on 19. Aug, 2009 | 3 Comments
Tears start to course down the cheeks of my patient, her immediate response to the message I just conveyed to her. Minutes before, with great angst anticipating the depressing effect my words will have on her, I proceeded to explain how her FSH was slightly elevated and her antral follicle count was a disappointing [...]
Medications for IVF Treatment
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, IVF, Infertility Information, Micro IVF on 18. Jun, 2009 | 8 Comments
• The success of IVF largely depends on growing multiple eggs at once
• Injections of the natural hormones FSH and/or LH (gonadotropins) that are normally involved in ovulation every month are used for this purpose
• Additional medications are used to prevent premature ovulation
• An overly vigorous ovarian response can occur, or conversely an inadequate response
Medications [...]
Cryopreservation of Embryos
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Cryopreservation, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, Infertility Information, Micro IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 10. Jun, 2009 | 1 Comment
In 1985, my mentors, Drs. Howard W. Jones Jr. and his wife Georgeanna Seegar Jones, the two pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in the USA and the entire western hemisphere, proposed the potential benefits of cryopreserving or freezing embryos following an IVF cycle. They predicted that cryopreserving embryos for future transfers would increase the overall success [...]
MicroIVF, a Better Alternative to Intrauterine Insemination
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in IVF, Infertility Information, Micro IVF on 12. May, 2009 | 9 Comments
MicroIVF, also known as MiniIVF and minimal stimulation is an IVF procedure whereby a patient’s ovaries are stimulated with oral medications (clomid) usually with a minimal amount of injectable gonadotropins. The process then proceeds in identical fashion to conventional IVF with egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo culture and ultrasound guided embryo transfer. This new protocol cuts [...]
