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	<description>The inside view from a reproductive endocrinologist</description>
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		<title>Failed tubal reversal</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/06/27/failed-tubal-reversal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am 41 and my tubes are blocked. I had to go out ofstate to do a Fallopian Tube surgery with a tubal surgery specialist. I was told it had a 70% chance of being successful, but it failed. I am sad the doctor was unable to unblock my tubes. What can I do now?
Minerva [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PCOS at age 42</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/03/30/pcos-at-age-42/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/03/30/pcos-at-age-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Dr.
On CD 3 during my ultrasound they noticed left over follicles from Cycle #1. Just when I thought I was going two steps forward I feel as though I took two huge steps backwards.
My follistim injectables were 300 iu for 5 days and then they lowered it to 225 iu for 2 days and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UCLA Journal Club MARCH 2010</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/03/24/ucla-journal-club-march-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/03/24/ucla-journal-club-march-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Journal club is one of those things that I don’t look forward to, but which afterward, I’m glad I went. About once a month, I carpool all the way from Orange County near Disneyland, to a restaurant just a block from the UCLA campus. A fellow RE, an embryologist and I battle the LA traffic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The spectrum of fertility treatment: From the severe to the minimal</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/03/17/the-spectrum-of-fertility-treatment-from-the-severe-to-the-minimal/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/03/17/the-spectrum-of-fertility-treatment-from-the-severe-to-the-minimal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fertility Strategies]]></category>

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Fifth-Party Reproduction: Utilize a sperm donor. Utilize an egg donor. Utilize a surrogate to carry the baby.
Fourth-Party Reproduction: Utilize two out of the three (egg donor, sperm donor, surrogate)
A) Third-Party Reproduction: Utilize either one of a sperm donor, egg donor or surrogate
B) In-Vitro-Fertilization with PGD: Take the wife&#8217;s own eggs and the husband&#8217;s own sperm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why you hate politics and why you can&#8217;t afford to</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/01/20/why-you-hate-politics-and-why-you-cant-afford-to/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/01/20/why-you-hate-politics-and-why-you-cant-afford-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life and Happiness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re like me, the two most common reactions you see from people when politics comes up in casual conversation are negative ones. Either you get an avoidant rolling of the eyes, “Ugh. Not politics again, please” or an angry “I hate those _____ (insert name of party or special interest group)”. Never do you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions from last month</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/01/13/questions-from-last-month/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/01/13/questions-from-last-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Doctor,
Hello, I would be very grateful if you could help me. I ahve GP in the Uk, that unfortunately only gives you 10 mins for a meeting. He told me that my test results were noraml but does not go into anymore detail.
I reaaly need an insight into what the hormone levels mean in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First visit with a Reproductive Endocrinologist Part 3. The discussion</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/01/01/first-visit-with-a-reproductive-endocrinologist-part-3-the-discussion/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2010/01/01/first-visit-with-a-reproductive-endocrinologist-part-3-the-discussion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can guess, many of the tasks that we reproductive endocrinologists do throughout the day are highly repetitive, such as measuring follicles, performing inseminations, reviewing blood test results. Even the most critical tasks such as egg retrievals and embryo transfers are actions that we do over and over again.
The one part of my work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First visit with a Reproductive Endocrinologist Part 2. The paperwork</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2009/12/19/first-visit-with-a-reproductive-endocrinologist-part-2-the-paperwork/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2009/12/19/first-visit-with-a-reproductive-endocrinologist-part-2-the-paperwork/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Not ready to get professional fertility help? Many times, the uncertainty of what to expect during the initial visit to a RE makes some people hesitant about taking that first step. So to help you out, here’s a typical example of the progression of events.
Let’s picture that you want to be pregnant and have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Visit with a Reproductive Endocrinologist</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2009/12/06/first-visit-with-a-reproductive-endocrinologist/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2009/12/06/first-visit-with-a-reproductive-endocrinologist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you take that first step and make an appointment with an RE, you might appreciate a preview of what to expect. The following describes this important first visit, which we officially call a New Consultation visit.
In my practice, the couple will sit across from me and we’ll spend about an hour together. Sometimes it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The baseline ultrasound scan</title>
		<link>http://fertilityfile.com/2009/11/30/the-baseline-ultrasound-scan/</link>
		<comments>http://fertilityfile.com/2009/11/30/the-baseline-ultrasound-scan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IVF-MD</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fertility Strategies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s more of what we&#8217;re NOT looking for. We&#8217;re specifically looking to see that there [...]]]></description>
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