One couple’s journey through female and male factor infertility
When Allison P. and her husband Albert decided to start a family about three years ago, they couldn’t understand why they weren’t getting pregnant. Seeking answers, Albert was diagnosed with unexplained male factor infertility, and the couple decided it was time to get help from an IVF specialist in Los Angeles.
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Factors for finding the right fertility specialist
Choosing a doctor to help you have a baby is a big decision. When you need fertility diagnosis testing and treatment, you want an expert who is just as committed to growing your family as you are. If you live in Southern California, you’ll probably start by looking for a fertility specialist in LA,
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Two big factors to consider in how many eggs to freeze
For women who want the best shot at having a baby sometime in the future, egg freezing is somewhat like buying an insurance policy for their fertility. The process is similar to IVF, except that instead of being fertilized right away, all eggs retrieved are frozen and saved for later.
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IVF Without Medication – Is Going Natural for You?
No doubt ovarian stimulation, using self-injected medications to cause your body to produce multiple eggs during a cycle, gives you more eggs to work with during in vitro fertilization. But you might be a candidate for natural IVF, an option in which you just let nature take its course.
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Modified Natural IVF Offers Hope for Infertile Couples
Every year members of our Los Angeles fertility center team attend the world-recognized American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s (ASRM) Scientific Congress and Expo. Thousands of attendees – the brightest minds in the field – come together to share ideas and advances in reproductive technology. And this year,
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You may have heard that after IVF you are more likely to have a boy. There is some truth to that. During an IVF cycle, the embryos are cultured for a few days in the laboratory before they are transferred back into the woman’s uterus. The day of transfer is not set in stone, and you can put the embryos back any time between the 2nd and 5th day without comprising pregnancy rates.
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