There’s No Business Like Show Business, Except Fertility
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in IVF, News, Octomom, Single Embryo Transfer on 03. Dec, 2009 | 2 Comments
The Fertility news is constantly highlighted in sensational headlines, the most recent of which was, “49 year old woman conceives with own egg through IVF”. In the past several months, readers have been entertained with “Octomom”, “a woman pregnant with a supposed dozen”, “Jon and Kate plus eight” and “a 62 year old mother [...]
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 [...]
The Gift of Life and Its Price
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, High order Multiple Births, Innovating the Financing of Infertility, Regulation of IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 07. Sep, 2009 | 4 Comments
IVF has been responsible for 1 million babies born worldwide who otherwise without the benefit of IVF may never have been. This gift of life comes with a steep price tag that according to the NY Times article, “Gift of Life and Its Price” Sunday, October 11, 2009, hits $1 Billion per year for [...]
A Dozen Embryos!?$#… 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 | 6 Comments
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 [...]
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 [...]
