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RESOLVE of New England’s Annual Conference: Fertility Treatment, Donor Choices, and Adoption

Resolve, a non-profit infertility patient support-group, will be holding their annual New England conference on Saturday, November 5th, in Marlborough, MA.  Resolve provides patients with education, advocacy and support throughout…

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Making Infertility Treatment More Affordable

Treatment of infertility, for example in-vitro fertilization (IVF), is expensive. How much you pay depends on whether you have insurance coverage for infertility services including IVF, the amount of your co-pay, and of your deductable. For those…

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Become an Advocate for Infertility Benefits

In 1987, the Massachusetts state legislature mandated that certain infertility benefits be provided by commercial insurers. This notable achievement was accomplished in large part due to the efforts of Resolve, a…

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Family Building for Same Sex Couples

Family building options for same sex couples include adoption, foster care, embryo adoption, surrogacy, donor sperm insemination (DI), donor oocyte with gestational carrier, and shared maternity. For male same sex…

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Progesterone Support in IVF

Progesterone is critical for the establishment and continuation of a successful pregnancy. Exogenous progesterone has been given in IVF since IVF’s inception. The reason was thought to be due to…

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Donor Oocyte Part V

After the birth of a child is achieved from donor oocyte IVF, parents often ask what they should tell or reveal to their child in later years. The Ethics Committee…

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Donor Oocyte Part IV

Selection criteria for an oocyte donor are personal and couple-dependent. Some medical parameters may influence a couple’s decision when narrowing their choice from a group of acceptable donors. The donor’s…

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Donor Oocyte Part III

If a couple decides to pursue donor oocyte IVF, it is important to insure that other clinical components of the process are in good working order. This includes the function…

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Donor Oocyte Part II

Taking the clinical step to donor oocyte is a very big step and one taken only after considerable thought and discussion. Donor oocyte is never a couple’s only option but…

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