Reproductive Partners Fertility Blog » obesity http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog Helping couples acheive the dream of being parents. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:12 +0000 en hourly 1 Obesity is a factor in IVF success http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/671/obesity-is-a-factor-in-ivf-success.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/671/obesity-is-a-factor-in-ivf-success.html#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:32:06 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=671 We have said it before and now a new study in the July 2011 edition of Obstetrics & Gynecology again confirms it: obesity has an adverse effect on the chance of IVF success.

They reviewed the records of 1,721 women undergoing their first IVF cycle with their own eggs. Women with a normal BMI were compared with women with class …

]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/671/obesity-is-a-factor-in-ivf-success.html/feed 0 IVF success-does a woman’s weight matter? http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/519/ivf-success-does-a-womans-weight-matter.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/519/ivf-success-does-a-womans-weight-matter.html#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:26:05 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=519 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.

  You bet it does.  …

]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/519/ivf-success-does-a-womans-weight-matter.html/feed 0 Obese men-Want to improve your sperm? http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/508/obese-men-want-to-improve-your-sperm.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/508/obese-men-want-to-improve-your-sperm.html#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:44:23 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=508 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.

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]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/508/obese-men-want-to-improve-your-sperm.html/feed 0 Obesity impairs IVF success http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/341/obesity-impairs-ivf-success.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/341/obesity-impairs-ivf-success.html#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:59:22 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=341 One of the issues I discuss with new patients when it's pertinent is weight loss in order to improve the chance of IVF success.

The latest evidence supporting this is in an article in the February 2010 edition of Fertility & Sterility looking at the outcomes in different groups based on BMI (body mass index as kilograms per square meter). …

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