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Category: About Fertility

Choosing the Best Blastocyst for Transfer

Other than performing preimplantation genetic screening, the embryologist cannot assess with the naked eye which embryos are chromosomally normal. What we do have is years of research in morphometrics which…

Infertility Stress is Stressing Me Out

Misnomer or not, the belief that infertility is a psychologically driven condition exists. It is true that extreme circumstances of stress such as famine and in times such as war,…

Surgical Scoring System for Submucosal Fibroids

Fibroids, also known as leiomyoma, are benign smooth muscle tumors within the uterus. These fibroids can be positioned on the outside of the uterus (subserosal), within the uterine muscle (intramural)…

Patient Centered Care

The delivery of health care has traditionally focused on a paradigm known as ‘disease management’ based on guidelines formulated from medical studies and expert opinions. A new trend has emerged…

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): What to Expect When You Are Not Expecting

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a lifetime affair. It manifests often in the late teens early twenties often causing irregular menstrual cycles and elevated androgen (male hormone) levels. This hyperandrogenemia can…

Laser Assisted Hatching of Vitrified Embryos

A human egg or oocyte is surrounded by an outer protective shell known as the zona pellucida. As an embryo develops from zygote (day 1) to blastocyst (day 5), the…

Advocacy and Access to Care: The Importance of Getting Involved

On May 2nd, the New Hampshire State Senate was set to vote on HB 217. If this piece of legislation passed as written, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment for infertility may…

Reproductive Freedom: Why Freeze Your Eggs?

When pregnancy is desired, success is expected immediately. Yet, the ability to have a baby is age related and the ‘Biologic Clock’ may run out before the right partner appears.…

Transfer of Cryopreserved Embryos: Does It Increase Risk of Malformations?

In one of the largest studies to date to address the issue of whether reproductive technologies increase the risk of birth defects researchers came to the conclusion that the transfer…

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