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. [...]

Vitamin D Deficiency May Diminish Your Fertility By David Kreiner, MD and Brianna Rudick, MD

Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Causes of Infertility, Dave Kreiner, MD, Infertility Information, Reproductive Health on 06. Dec, 2010 | 8 Comments

Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is present in a variety of forms but has recently been recognized as playing a critical role in reproduction.  It is essential in the production of sex hormones in the body.  It is thought that a deficiency of Vitamin D may lead among other things to ovulation [...]

“I Didn’t Know, Doc”

Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Infertility Information on 28. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments

A friend of mine was complaining to me about the trouble he got into with his homeowner’s association because he did not hide his empty garbage cans in his garage but left them behind his cars in front of his house.  It was 20 feet from the curb, he claimed, still distraught that he should [...]

The Perfect Game

Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Fertility Screening, Infertility Information, Mind-Body Fertility Connection, Reproductive Health, Treating Infertility on 09. Jun, 2010 | 1 Comment

I grew up on baseball in the 1960’s with the likes of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.  A few years later Tom Seaver and the Miracle Mets held my fancy.  Over the years I have been intrigued by many baseball spectaculars such as Mark McGwire and his run to break Roger Maris’s homerun record and [...]