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The baseline ultrasound scan

November 30, 2009 By 2 Comments

Before starting a stimulated treatment cycle with clomiphene citrate (Clomid), with injectables or with a combination of both, we customarily do a baseline ultrasound sometime around day #1 to day # 5. What are we looking for with this? Actually, it’s more of what we’re NOT looking for. We’re specifically looking to see that there [...]

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Conceiving after being told about blocked tubes

November 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Nine years ago, I was referred a patient by an OB. He had performed laparoscopic surgery on her and told her that her tubes were both blocked and were “unsalvageable”.  So, we did IVF and she got pregnant with twins on her first cycle. She came back a few years later to use her remaining [...]

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