by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Aug 1, 2018 | IVF
Unlike virtually every other form of medical treatment in America, IVF is largely not covered by insurance. To make matters worse, patients often require more than one attempt to have a reasonable chance for success and the majority of people needing this treatment...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Aug 1, 2018 | IVF
Women should not delay trying to have a baby, thinking that as long as they are ovulating regularly the biological clock can simply be put on hold or that they can simply to freeze their eggs and then later decide if/when to thaw them for use. The truth is that as a...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jul 31, 2018 | IVF
There is little doubt that stress and emotional lability plays a role in the normal physiological/hormonal regulation of the menstrual cycle. After all, Eskimos often stop ovulating and menstruating during long dark winters, young women confronted by a major emotional...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Apr 16, 2018 | egg competency, Egg Quality, Eggs, IVF, PCOS
Immature Egg Cell One commonly hears patients undergoing IVF report that they had too many “immature eggs” or immature egg cells, and inferring that had more time been allotted to ovarian stimulation and the administration of the “trigger shot” been...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Mar 25, 2018 | Age and Fertility, IVF
There is little doubt that age is a very important determinant of IVF outcome. This is mainly because a woman’s eggs undergo deterioration in quality as her age advances to and beyond her mid 30’s. Remember, eggs have been in the woman’s ovaries ever since she was...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Apr 17, 2017 | Infertility, IVF
One of the most common questions asked by patients undergoing IVF relates to the likelihood of their eggs fertilizing and the likely “quality” of their embryos. This is also one of the most difficult questions to answer. On the one hand many factors that...
