One of the more interesting issues with egg donation is how recipients select an egg donor. It’s a real dilemma. Do you go for looks; someone who resembles you, someone with strong academic credentials, someone who shares your interests or someone who has a strong record of effectiveness as a previous egg donor?
A number of years ago there was …
If you did a “man on the street” interview, or more correctly a “woman on the street” interview, and asked “Why do you think a woman freezes her eggs?” the answer I would expect would be to avoid age related problems with her eggs. Maybe many women do fertility preservation for age reasons, but studies are now showing that the …
Although most people know that fertility declines with age, a new study shows that many young adults don’t have a clear understanding of what age it actually becomes harder to get pregnant.
Researchers in Australia surveyed 1,215 university students with a 34-item online questionnaire regarding their expectations for future parenthood and their fertility knowledge. Of the students surveyed, only 46 …
The world’s first in vitro fertilization (IVF) baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in 1978 in the U.K. Since then, approximately 8 million babies have been born world-wide as a result of IVF. In the United States alone, approximately 1.5-2 percent of all babies born these days are conceived via IVF.
In the past 40 years, since the conception and …
The latest data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) show that Assisted Reproductive Technology, basically IVF, (ART) usage in the United States is increasing, while the multiple birth rate from ART cycles is decreasing. SART’s Preliminary Clinic Summary Report for 2016 consolidates data from 377 member clinics, performing 242,618 ART cycles, resulting in the births of 71,296 babies.…
A new study, presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, suggests that endometrial scratching may not be as efficacious in improving implantation rates as was once thought.
Endometrial scratching is a procedure that is often performed prior to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer in an attempt to improve pregnancy rates. …
When someone has one or especially more unexpected failed IVF cycles with high quality embryos, one of the conditions I have searched for is chronic endometritis. The diagnosis can be made with an endometrial biopsy and then needs to be treated with a long course of specific antibiotics. In my experience curing chronic endometritis has been a factor in making …
A new study, presented on July 3rd at the 2018 annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), provides more evidence to confirm that fertility drugs do not increase a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 58,000 women in Denmark, who underwent fertility treatment with assisted reproductive technology (ART) between …
A recent study published in the journal Fertility & Sterility gives us more information about the chance of having a healthy child after transferring a mosaic embryo. The study was able to show that mosaic embryos can result in the delivery of healthy babies and the extent of mosaicism may influence this chance.
The study looked at 77 women, who …
A new study published in the journal, Human Reproduction, shows that latent genital tuberculosis (TB) can cause a decline in a woman’s egg count. While other studies have shown a that genital tuberculosis can cause tubal and uterine factor infertility, this is the first study to show a relationship between latent tuberculosis and low egg reserve.
The study was …
