Sperm Meets Egg – Why Doesn’t It Work Every Time?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Male Infertility, Mind-Body Fertility Connection on 07. Sep, 2009 | 8 Comments
Why me? My wife never had an infection, surgery or any other problem? I have no difficulty ejaculating and there’s plenty to work with so why can my friends, neighbors and coworkers get pregnant and we can’t?
I hear these questions daily and appreciate the frustrations, anger and stress felt by my patients expressing these feelings [...]
Through My Eyes: A Historical Perspective of the Birth of IVF
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Dave Kreiner, MD, Dr. Howard and Georgeanna Jones, Journey To The Crib Video Series, Pamela Madsen, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine on 23. Jul, 2009 | 0 Comments
Journey To The Crib – Ep. 3 – Giving Birth To IVF at the Jones Institute on Vimeo.
My first day of fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology at the Jones Institute was the day the Institute moved from the old quarters at the medical school to their new location at Hoffheimer Hall. Movers carried boxes laden [...]
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 [...]
MiniIVF
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in IVF, Infertility Information, Micro IVF on 29. Apr, 2009 | 4 Comments
MiniIVF, also known as MicroIVF and minimal stimulation is an IVF procedure utilizing oral medications with or without minimal use of injectable gonadotropins when going through In Vitro fertilization. The process then proceeds in similar fashion to conventional IVF with egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo culture and embryo transfer. This new protocol is said to not [...]
Fertility Treatment During This Economic Downturn
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in IUI - Intrauterine Insemination, IVF, Infertility Information, Micro IVF, NYS IVF Grant on 28. Apr, 2009 | 1 Comment
Many patients are suffering even worse from their infertility woes because this terrible recession we are in makes it that much more traumatic to pay for the fertility treatments. Stress is augmented by the financial distress caused by trying to pay for treatment. Fortunately, at East Coast Fertility, we have several income based grant programs, [...]
