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 [...]
East Coast Fertility Offers Free Seminar on Treating and Financing Infertility
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Free Fertility Seminars, Innovating the Financing of Infertility, Innovation in Treating and Financing Infertility on 06. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
East Coast Fertility is offering a free seminar: What You Need to Know Now If You Are Trying to Have a Baby: Innovations in the Treatment and Financing of Infertility. There is no charge for attendees, and all are eligible to receive a free fertility consultation with Dr. Kreiner and a discount coupon for some [...]
Is This Stress Making Me Look Fat?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Stress Relief on 05. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
I’m racing a 40 foot sailboat in 25 to 30 NNW winds yesterday out of Manhasset Bay. Gear was breaking, sails ripping, we broached twice….nearly did a “death roll” (when the boat gets knocked down and the tip of the mast nearly hits the water). A competitor had a man overboard; the USCG and NCPD [...]
In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Culture
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Co-culture of Embryos, IVF on 26. Aug, 2009 | 1 Comment
• 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 [...]
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 [...]
