by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 12, 2015 | Failed IVF, Infertility, IVF
Are unsuspecting infertile women at increased risk through the drugs and treatment they administered with fertility treatment? When it comes to fertility drugs (e.g. gonadotropins such as Follistim, Gonal F, Puregon, Bravelle, Menopur, Lupron, Superfact, Ganirelix,...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 12, 2015 | Failed IVF
There is a relatively high success rates following tubal re-connection (reanastomosisis) in cases of previous tubal ligation (a birth rate of +/- 50% within 3 years of a successful surgery). However, IVF performed in a center of excellence produces almost the same...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 12, 2015 | Fertility Preservation
For more than a thirty years, attempts by medical scientists to freeze and bank (cryobank) a woman’s eggs have yielded limited success. In fact, to date, since the birth of the 1st “frozen egg baby” in the mid 1980’s, fewer than 2,000 births resulting from the...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 3, 2015 | Gender Selection, Infertility, IVF
Couples have for centuries sought to influence the gender of their offspring. More than seven centuries ago the ancient Chinese developed a birth calendar said to be able to predict gender on the basis of when conception occurred. Later, the ancient Greeks suggested...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 3, 2015 | Failed IVF, Infertility, IVF
One often hears the expressed opinion that the BCP suppresses response to ovarian stimulation. This is not the case, provided that the BCP is overlapped with administration of an agonist (e.g. Lupron, Buserelin, Superfact) for several days leading up to the start of...
