This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, former partner and Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
In an abstract …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
A poster presentation showed that …
One of the misconceptions about fertility treatment in our book, "Conceptions & Misconceptions" is the notion that "more is not necessarily better; better is better." In other words, quality is more important than quantity. This is especially important when considering embryos.
When a couple ends a cycle with poor quality embryos the focus is usually on the eggs. But now …
Traditionally a two day period of abstinence has been recommended prior to ovulation or an IUI. A recent study in the March 2010 issue of Fertility & Sterility suggests that shorter period of absintence results in better pregnancy rates. In this study an ejaculatory abstinence period of less than 2 days before IUI produced the highest pregnancy rates per cycle …
For a long time we have been able to assess a man's sperm quality by looking at the number of sperm, the effective motility of the sperm and the shape of the sperm to evaluate a man's fertility potential. But we now know that what we can see only tells us part of the story. In recent years a lot …