Fertility Cares Blog

Category: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

What You Should Know About Freezing Your Eggs

Advances in fertility care and technology offer an opportunity to take control of your reproductive health and postpone pregnancy until a later date. Freezing healthy eggs at an early age…

Do Women With Endometriosis Have Lower IVF Success Rates?

One of the long unanswered questions from women experiencing endometriosis has been, “Do women with endometriosis have lower IVF success rates, particularly do they have lower rates of embryos implanting…

Embryo Grading

Many patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) commonly ask questions about embryo grading, from, “What is the quality of my embryo(s)?” or “What is the grade of my embryo(s)?” and…

IUI vs. IVF: Success Rates and Determining the Right Treatment for You

When a couple is having difficulty conceiving, there is a spectrum of treatment options ranging from “low tech” treatment (like oral agents with timed intercourse or intrauterine insemination (IUI)) all…

Unexplained Infertility Explained

Nearly all infertility patients come to a fertility clinic wanting to get pregnant and understand why they have not been able to conceive. Although in most cases, particularly those under…

Has IVF Become Safer or Easier to Undergo Than in the Past?

Many patients who are considering infertility treatment have questions including, “Has IVF become safer or easier to undergo than in the past?” There are a number of misconceptions, including high-order…

What is the Benefit of a Freeze-All Cycle?

A fresh embryo transfer occurs in the same IVF cycle in which the embryos were created (a “fresh” cycle). Any embryos remaining following a fresh embryo transfer can be frozen…

What Happens During Embryo Transfer?

An embryo transfer is the last part of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process. At Fertility Centers of New England, all embryos are grown for 5 days to the Blastocyst…

What to Expect During and After an Egg Retrieval

Many patients wonder, “what happens to my eggs during and after their egg retrieval?” The following is a brief outline of what to expect during and after an egg retrieval.…

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