Click here for episode 1 The pregnancy test was negative again. As sad as this is, let’s temporarily depart from the obvious emotional aspects of this failed cycle and tackle the decision process scientifically. Caroline is 35 years old. She was presumed to not have ovulated regularly by virtue of her consistently negative ovulation tests. [...]
Failed IVF. What now?
June 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
In-Vitro Fertilization is the gold-standard treatment for infertility. Even so, it is nowhere near 100% successful. In general, it’s about 20-50% successful and in a very good case scenario, one can have expectations of 60-80% success. Because it does represent the ultimate in treatment, it is especially devastating when a cycle fails. I often have [...]
UK maintains policy against anonymity of sperm donors
June 26, 2008 By 4 Comments
It’s probably no coincidence that the UK’s policy removing anonymity from the sperm donation process has resulted in a shortage of donated sperm. It’s also probably no coincidence that we RE’s in the US are seeing more and more patients who come to us from Europe for their treatment. In the US, anonymity is safe [...]
The nature of trust: Part 2 – Trusting your doctor
June 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In a previous post, we discussed the general concept of TRUST. It might be helpful to read that before reading today’s piece. Now we’re ready to zero in on the specific topic of trusting doctors. How do you come to trust your doctor? Well, how do you come to trust ANYBODY? Simple. You take a [...]
Natural cycle IVF
June 4, 2008 By 4 Comments
Dear Dr. First of all, thank you for blogging online! I’ve found your website very resourceful and fun-to-read! I even liked your writing style very much! I’m a 32 years old female, trying to conceive in the past two years. We have been diagnosed as unexplained infertility with everything appears to be normal. Now we [...]
