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 [...]
There’s No Business Like Show Business, Except Fertility
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in IVF, News, Octomom, Single Embryo Transfer on 03. Dec, 2009 | 2 Comments
The Fertility news is constantly highlighted in sensational headlines, the most recent of which was, “49 year old woman conceives with own egg through IVF”. In the past several months, readers have been entertained with “Octomom”, “a woman pregnant with a supposed dozen”, “Jon and Kate plus eight” and “a 62 year old mother [...]
How to Make Single Embryo Transfer a Reality
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Single Embryo Transfer on 09. Sep, 2009 | 9 Comments
It’s been so long since you first dreamed about having a baby. If you’re like many fertility patients, by now you’ve had a few thoughts that an adorable set of twins might be challenging — but a fun relief after all of your waiting!
The sobering truth: multiple pregnancies — even with ‘just’ twins — are [...]
The Gift of Life and Its Price
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, High order Multiple Births, Innovating the Financing of Infertility, Regulation of IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 07. Sep, 2009 | 5 Comments
IVF has been responsible for 1 million babies born worldwide who otherwise without the benefit of IVF may never have been. This gift of life comes with a steep price tag that according to the NY Times article, “Gift of Life and Its Price” Sunday, October 11, 2009, hits $1 Billion per year for [...]
A Dozen Embryos!?$#… Who will stop this madness?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Cryopreservation, High order Multiple Births, Octomom, SART, Single Embryo Transfer on 19. Aug, 2009 | 6 Comments
Just when I thought it was safe to go back to my office at East Coast Fertility, a little over 5 months post Octomom, I was confronted once again with shocking news. This time it was a record breaking 12 embryos implanted. Eight is alarming and wrong, a dozen just five months later makes me [...]
