Embryo Mix Up – Can We Prevent Them?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Cryopreservation on 29. Sep, 2009 | 2 Comments
Father Thomas Berg, Executive Director of the Westchester Institute for Ethics and the Human Person, said the recent case of a woman implanted with an embryo from another couple was the sort of “tragic mistake” that can happen” in “the unregulated world of IVF.” I agree that mixing up gametes and embryos is tragic and [...]
In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Culture
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Co-culture of Embryos, IVF on 26. Aug, 2009 | 0 Comments
• Sperm and eggs are placed together in specialized conditions (culture media, controlled temperature, humidity and light) in hopes of fertilization
• Culture medium is designed to permit normal fertilization and early embryo development, but the content of the medium is not standardized.
• Embryo development in the lab helps distinguish embryos with more potential from those [...]
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 | 1 Comment
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 [...]
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 | 0 Comments
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 [...]
What Are My Odds?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Age Related Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Co-culture of Embryos, Embryo Glue, Infertility Information on 18. Mar, 2009 | 9 Comments
One of the first questions that most people ask is “what is the chance for success?” In 2002 about 28% of cycles in the United States in which women underwent IVF and embryo transfer with their own eggs resulted in the live birth of at least one infant. This rate has been improving slowly but [...]
