What Do You Know About Your Fertility? – Part 1, Biological Clock
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Age Related Infertility, Infertility Information on 04. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
What Do You Know About Your Biological Clock?
Women have a biological clock. Everyone knows that. The problem is that a lot of the information people think they know about their fertility and reproduction is not true. The blurring of fact, opinion, myth and misunderstanding makes for a treacherous misinformation landscape. The knowledge gap [...]
Endometriosis and Your Fertility
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Endometriosis on 16. Dec, 2009 | 4 Comments
Endometriosis has made the news lately because Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has stepped up to use her celebrity to shed light on this disease.
I don’t have to tell you that endometriosis can be a very painful illness and that it can cause infertility. It is often a reproductive lifelong struggle in which tissue that [...]
Micro IVF May Be Your Answer
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Micro IVF on 03. Dec, 2009 | 3 Comments
You’ve already crossed the bridge from “We’re going to get pregnant!” to “We need help…” But this other side looks filled with more obstacles, including expensive and risky fertility medications.
How far do you have to go just to have a baby?
Micro IVF (sometimes called MiniIVF) may be your answer.
The primary point of MicroIVF: fewer fertility [...]
Hydrosalpinx
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Causes of Infertility, Hydrosalpinx on 06. Nov, 2009 | 3 Comments
A hydrosalpinx is a fallopian tube that is blocked at its distal end on the opposite side from the entrance to the uterine cavity. It may be diagnosed by a hysterosalpingogram or in severe cases by pelvic ultrasound. The hydrosalpinx is filled with inflammatory fluid and is most likely the end result of [...]
Drs. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, the Pioneers of IVF in the USA
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Dave Kreiner, MD, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine on 24. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
In 1987, I completed my Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellowship under 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.
This picture was taken at their house on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk during one of the bimonthly journal clubs. [...]
