Tag Archives: fertilization
01.19.2012
Male Fertility: The Other Half
Joseph A. Hill, III, M.D. Board-Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Approximately 40% of infertility is related to the male. Key to understanding male fertility is analysis of the semen. Semen samples can vary from month to month, or even day to day because it takes about 72 days for sperm to develop within the testicles. Unlike eggs, which are present since you were born, sperm [...]
10.29.2010
BIRDS AND BEES PART V
Joseph A. Hill, III, M.D. Board-Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Let me tell you ‘bout the “Birds and the Bees” And the flowers and the trees And the moon up above And a thing called “Love” (Herb Newman) On the day of fertilization, still within the comforting confines of the fallopian tube’s ampullary region, the genetic material of the sperm (male pronucleus) and the genetic [...]
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, [...]
