Don’t miss Dr. Silverberg tonite on KVUE news!
His patient Susan shares her journey to motherhood and Dr. Silverberg will discuss the new world-wide study on identifying high quality embryos for in vitro fertilization and how it can help patients like Susan.
Be sure to tune in to @KLBJ Medical News with Perry Watson next Monday at 5:00 pm
Perry will be talking with Dr.
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The new year will bring renewed hope for many couples trying to get pregnant. As you resolve to make changes to enhance your fertility (such as maintaining an optimal weight, diet and lifestyle), you may wonder what steps your fertility doctor will take to enhance his or her skills and improve your chances.
First of all,
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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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Dr. Kaylen Silverberg, has been asked to serve as the principal investigator on a worldwide embryo biomarker study that could lead to a more precise method of selecting viable embryos for transfer in IVF cycles. The findings will hopefully benefit couples that struggle with infertility and recurrent miscarriage, as well as women of advanced maternal age.
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As I was reading the headlines in the news I came across this statement: “Women given drugs during fertility treatment to stimulate their ovaries to produce extra eggs have an increased risk of developing borderline ovarian tumors”, Dutch researchers said. What ?!?! I continued to read the study which further stated that women who had IVF treatment had double the likelihood of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer compared to those who didn’t.
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College. Career. Marriage. Baby. The new natural order in a woman’s life sometimes wreaks havoc on nature’s design for fertility. Studies show that approximately 20 percent of women wait until after age 35 to begin their families.* Society tells women that they can have it all without warning them that waiting too long to have a baby may interfere with a woman’s ability to conceive.
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We have been talking about egg freezing in our latest discussion group on Facebook. In case you missed Dr. Silverberg’s recent interview on YNN Austin where he talks about this latest technology, you can catch it here!
Join us on Facebook and let us know what you think about this latest fertility preservation technology!
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It’s go time! An IVF cycle is like starting a new job. There’s the stress and excitement of tackling a new experience, plus the challenge of learning the “jargon” and committing to daily tasks that will involve your time and energy. This is an important time to take care of yourself. Reducing stress through physical activity (i.e.
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We are talking about fertility preservation through egg freezing on Facebook. We would love to know your opinion on this hot topic. If you had a friend or sibling who is focusing on career first, would you recommend they seek out information on egg freezing to preserve their future fertility?
http://www.facebook.com/texasfertilitycenter#!/texasfertilitycenter
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You’re ready to devote your time, emotional reserves, and discretionary income to getting pregnant. Up until now, your physical discomfort has been at the hands of skilled and ultra-competent healthcare professionals. You’ve endured blood draws, vaginal ultrasounds, and possibly even laparoscopic day surgeries. But that was different. Now it’s you or a significant other who will literally stick it to you.
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