Tag Archives: embryo transfer
11.03.2011
What Makes a Good Endometrium and How is it Monitored?
Danielle Vitiello, Ph.D., M.D. Board-Eligible Reproductive Endocrinologist
Historically, we have been limited the means of assay endometrial receptivity. It is a dynamic organ that needs to be evaluated as such. Embryo implantation occurs when the endometrial receptivity is precisely well orchestrated. When the window of receptivity does not meet optimal implantation timing of the embryo, pregnancy will not occur. Endometrial biopsies where [...]
10.14.2011
New Technology Could Increase Chances of Success for Patients Undergoing IVF
Lynette A. Scott, Ph.D. HCLD Director, Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratories
The Fertility Centers of New England has introduced a novel incubator system which allows continual harmless observations of developing embryos. In a clinical Assisted Reproduction practice (ART), the best methods of embryo selection are those that do as little harm to the embryos and which also rely on the basic biology of the oocyte and [...]
08.31.2010
How The Fertility Centers Of New England Selects Embryos For Transfer
Lynette A. Scott, Ph.D. HCLD Director, Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratories
Just as our physicians treat patients as individuals, the embryologists at The Fertility Centers of New England treat embryos individually. Similar to the physician who uses the patient’s history, physical examination, and laboratory assessment to obtain a specific profile of that patient, we obtain an embryo profile at specific time points following egg retrieval, insemination, [...]
05.21.2010
Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET): Rethinking the “one pregnancy and done” philosophy
Danielle Vitiello, Ph.D., M.D. Board-Eligible Reproductive Endocrinologist
Many couples with infertility both desire and welcome the birth of twins, thus affording an instant family often after years of frustration, disappointments and inability to conceive adopting a “once and done” motto. Limitations of insurance coverage and increasing competition amongst infertility centers demands that pregnancy be achieved in as few cycles as is [...]
