Luxury Lifestyles & Luxury Fertility Solutions: Beverly Hills IVF
When you maintain a luxury lifestyle, you’re used to a higher standard of comfort. That applies to your fertility solutions as well. Luxury fertility solutions include such extras as personalized treatment plans, the ultimate in discretion and elevated attention to every detail which applies to every option available. And you expect nothing less for your […]
IVF in Pasadena: Explore These 3 Fertility Options
In vitro fertilization isn’t new. In fact ever since the successful birth of baby Louise Brown nearly a half-century ago IVF has given hope to millions of infertile couples. At its most basic the process combines egg and sperm in a glass vessel (“vitro”). Fertilization occurs inside the vessel and once the embryo develops a […]
What Are the Types of PGT and What do They Uncover?
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) is a screening test that examines embryos created via IVF prior to their placement into the uterus. PGT uncovers many different genetic and chromosomal conditions that could gravely impact pregnancy and your future child. Here we take a look at just what kinds of conditions, and birth defects PGT uncovers. Before […]
What Are the Types of PGT and What do They Uncover?
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) is a screening test that examines embryos created via IVF prior to their placement into the uterus. PGT uncovers many different genetic and chromosomal conditions that could gravely impact pregnancy and your future child. Here we take a look at just what kinds of conditions, and birth defects PGT uncovers. Before […]
Robots and IVF: The Case of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
Conception occurs when the egg and the sperm meet, and the sperm penetrates the egg thereby fertilizing it, so an embryo develops. That’s basic biology and the way of reproduction. However, it doesn’t always work that way. Infertility makes conception difficult for about one in six people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. There […]
What is ERA and Do I Need It?
There is no doubt each and every IVF journey is a unique one. Some fortunate couples achieve pregnancy after one or two IVF cycles. And for others it may take a few more tries before pregnancy occurs. Sometimes there are more than a few IVF cycles and still no success. When that happens, it is […]
The New Normal: 4 Future Trends in Fertility
Science sees to it that innovations in every area of medicine are possible everyday by bringing technology to the forefront. As more and more couples postpone parenthood, fertility rates continue declining in this country and around the world. IVF and other fertility treatments help those couples and individuals who, for whatever reason, cannot conceive the […]
What is An Endometrial Biopsy, and Do I Need One?
The female body is such an interesting and often complicated machine, especially when it comes to reproduction. All of the “components” must work together, and their assignments align just so fertilization of one tiny, little egg occurs, and it implants successfully into the uterus, which is supple and waiting to nourish and grow that embryo […]
How Does Perimenopause Affect Fertility
A woman’s biology, in particular her reproductive biology, is complex and often riddled with misunderstanding. The transition to menopause is one area, in particular, where confusion seems to reign. While technically menopause occurs when a woman goes 12 consecutive months without a period, there is an extent of time, from two to twelve years prior […]
What Does PGT Look For?
One of the most tragic experiences for couples trying to conceive is a positive pregnancy test, followed by a miscarriage. Pregnancy loss is devastating no matter when it happens, but it’s especially crushing for those dealing with infertility. And for those couples or individuals who opt for IVF as a path to parenthood a failed […]