Poor Ovarian Reserve and IVF Outcomes
In general, women with low ovarian reserve will have difficulty in achieving pregnancy. But what about in advanced reproductive technology (ART) such as IVF?
Ovarian Reserve
Let’s first discuss what the term ovarian reserve means. Ovarian reserve refers to quantity, or number, of eggs remaining that are available to achieve pregnancy. We are unable to measure this exactly,
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After Infertility: Where Are They Now?
You can’t believe this in the fury of the storm, but many women who underwent infertility treatment feel grateful for the experience. Infertility Awareness Month concludes this week, but Texas Fertility Center will continue to share the message of empowerment and hope.
Over the past 30 years, Texas Fertility Center has walked alongside men,
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Choosing an Egg Donor
Egg Donor Needed
You receive the news from your fertility doctor that you need an egg donor to conceive, wow; now what? We want you to know two things. First, you are not alone. At Texas Fertility Center (TFC), we coordinate up to eighty egg donor cycles a year. Second, it is natural to grieve over the loss of a genetic link between you and your future child.
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I want a baby, but I have had my tubes tied!!
It is not uncommon for a woman to want to have another baby after having had a tubal ligation. There are many reasons women seek a reversal of their sterilization procedure. In some situations patients have undergone the sterilization procedure and later become divorced. When she finds another partner, she may want to have a baby with him,
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Famous and Infertile: Celebrities Who Have Dealt with Infertility
Up until recently, infertility was an intensely private matter. Women would go to great lengths to hide their challenges…which unfortunately led many to believe that infertility was a rare phenomenon. A refreshing thing has happened in the last 5 to 10 years. We have become more open about the issue of infertility – and many women are coming forth with their own stories.
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Success Rates: Truth or Fiction?
One of the most daunting challenges that I face in my everyday practice is giving reliable and realistic expectations for success of various treatments, especially in older women, or women with diminished ovarian reserve. Most of the large published reports involving treatments such as surgical correction of infertility or ovarian stimulation with intrauterine insemination studied women younger than 40 years old with normal ovarian function.
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How old is too old?
I have seen so many patients this week of age over 43 desiring fertility that I decided it would be useful to write a blog about it. Unfortunately many women as well as their primary care providers or even obgyns are unaware of the profound impact of a woman’s age on fertility. As a woman gets older,
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Infertility in your 40s Infertility Testing IUI, Intrauterine Insemination IVF