A guide for traveling abroad for surrogacy
By Janine Oakman Intended Parents requesting surrogacy come from all walks of life and each have different stories about how they came to this point -searching for a surrogate to carry their baby. I...
View ArticleHelping Embryologists Improve Embryo Selection
The Eeva™ Test – Giving Embryologists More Confidence for Embryo Selection Dr. Alan Thornhill, Consultant Clinical Research Scientist, Assisted Conception Unit, Guy’s Hospital, London Which embryo...
View ArticleEducating Ourselves about Multiple Births
Rise in twin births Even as early as the year 2000 many women were having the opinion that having twins was “glamorous”, “cute”, adorable and fun. The reality is, it’s not, its hard work. Your...
View ArticleThe Reverse Mother’s Day Care Guide
Holidays can always be tough when we are dealing with infertility. Many holidays revolve around families and children. So for those of us without kids those holidays can just plain suck. As I was...
View ArticleRishona Teres: Medical Nurse
Medical-Surgical Nurse since 1996. Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner since 2004. Currently at the Huntington Reproductive Center in west Los Angeles, CA.Originally from the East Coast, I’ve been living...
View ArticleHow much does an IVF baby cost?
This Abstract was written and presented by Dr. Vasiliki A. Moragianni of Boston IVF at ASRM 2012. AUTHORS: Vasiliki A. Moragianni, MD, MS1,2, Konstantinos N. Aronis, MD3, Denny Sakkas, PhD2, Alan S....
View ArticleDiligence = Pregnancy for these traveling IP’s
Our July trip to Prague was unsuccessful. We got 4 highly fragmented, oddly dividing embryos and we transferred all four with a 10-20% chance of one taking. I returned home to read every success...
View ArticleKnow Your Egg Donor
Andrea Bryman is one of the top psychologists in the U.S. specializing in screening donors and surrogates plus assisting people with fertility issues they face by helping them adjust to their...
View ArticleShould we bring abandoned embryos to the USA?
Embryos from other countries This opens up a huge Pandora’s Box in the world of third party reproduction. We know that the USA has over 400,000 embryos in the freezer. Some of them are long forgotten...
View ArticleThe Real Deal on India’s Gestational Surrogates.
Often when Americans think of India, we think of an overly large third world country that is poor, filled with billions of hungry people, dirty faced kids, and unfortunate living conditions. We have...
View ArticleGuaranteed Baby or Your Money Back: Too Good to Be True?
In IVF, it is well known that the success rate in most countries and most clinics is not more than 40%. But for the patient, the harsh reality is it is either zero or hundred percent – you either get...
View ArticleHow a Surrogate Becomes a Surrogate in India.
After Global IVF owners, Lauri and Kathryn, returned from their investigative trip to India this past January, we were inundated with questions regarding how surrogates are recruited by surrogacy...
View ArticleAmerican Egg Donors in India
By: Eloise Drane and Carrie Bloedorn 1. What inspired you to start your egg donor program? In early 2011 Carrie started receiving calls from prospective parents asking her to send donors to India to...
View ArticlePsychological Screening for India Surrogates
These answers have been provided by psychologist Seema K Terangpi. Psychologist on staff at Ethical Surrogacy International. 1. Do surrogates receive psychological testing? As per our mandate we do...
View ArticleChoosing Surrogacy in India
By: Bernadette Hunton It’s been over a year since my children were born and when asked if I’ll ever do it again, I still don’t have a solid answer; however, I think the fact that I don’t have a solid...
View ArticleThe Real Legal Situation with Surrogacy in India?
By: Anurag Chawla & Pooja Yadav, Advocates Surrogacy Laws India Surrogacy is now a well-known concept throughout the world. In recent past decades, the concept has gained immense popularity in...
View ArticleExpiration Date Concerning Childbearing?
Should We Have An Expiration Date Concerning Childbearing? Recently Miriam Zoll wrote a piece for The Atlantic, Pregnant at 60 that explored childbearing after menopause which brings us to the age...
View ArticleEgg Freezing: Fertility’s New Frontier
By: Brigitte Adams. Today’s world is very different from our mother’s. Marriage rates are declining and divorces are rising. More women are entering the workforce and are every bit as career-driven...
View ArticleWhat you should know about AMH levels and your fertility
What you should know about AMH levels and your fertility Did you know that we are born with a predetermined or finite number of potential eggs? When a girl is born she is born with about a million...
View ArticleCelebrities Infertility Secrets?
Does She or Doesn’t She? (Only her fertility specialist know for sure) When we look at celebrities like Elton John, Ricky Martin, or Neill Patrick Harris who have had children over the years it’s a no-...
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