by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 18, 2016 | Infertility, IVF, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
It is inevitable reality that all women will at some point or another, experience a progressive decline in their reproductive potential. This occurs as their ovarian egg population falls below a theoretical threshold. Ultimately once it is all but depleted, a total...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 11, 2016 | Abnormal, Chromosomes, Controversial Post, Embryo Incompetency, IVF
Human embryo development occurs through a process that encompasses reprogramming, sequential cleavage divisions and mitotic chromosome segregation and embryonic genome activation. Chromosomal abnormalities may arise during germ cell and/or preimplantation embryo...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 6, 2016 | Infertility, Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), IVF, Male Infertility, micro ivf
Micro-IVF differs from “conventional IVF” in that when performed on younger women (<36Y) who have normal ovarian reserve (AMH=>2.0ng/ml and basal FSH= <9.0MIU/ml) it requires less effort/time/human resources to conduct, This allows for a significant reduction...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 4, 2016 | Family, Gay, gay and lesbian, Gay and lesbian families, IVF, LGBT, Surrogacy
Gay, lesbian, or transgender individuals experience the same fears as any individual in the world. One of these is trepidation that they might not be able to have children. In the United States of America, same-sex marriage has been legal nationwide since June 26,...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 3, 2016 | In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, IVF, Marriage, secondary infertility, Women
While Primary infertility refers to the inability of a woman who has never been pregnant in the past, to conceive, Secondary Infertility is defined as an inability to conceive more than 1 year after having conceived in the past. Most patients find it difficult to...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 3, 2016 | Assisted reproductive technology, DNA, Doctor, Infertility, Infertility doctor, IVF, Male Infertility, Sperm, sperm chromatin structure assay, testicular sperm extraction
The Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay (SCSA): A Measure of the Potential of Sperm to Help Propagate a Viable Pregnancy In about 40% of infertility cases, male factor is the sole cause. In approximately another 40% it is solely a female factor and in the remainder (20%)...
