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Hello Dr. Sher. I have a question about the Agonist/Antagonist Conversion protocol I am to start this protocol, and I wonder if it matters if I use Menopur or Gonal-F/Follistim during the stimulation? The reason for this question is that I have done 7 stimulation cycles, and in two of them, I was put on […]

I am turning 41 in a couple weeks and unfortunately just had to make the heart wrenching choice to medically terminate our Trisomy 21 pregnancy at 13 weeks. Two years ago, I had a miscarriage/ D&C due to Trisomy 10. My husband is 38 years old and we have 3 healthy children. We never had

Hello, I have had two, late, second trimester losses, back to back. Both of these losses have happened since I was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune, eosinophillic esophagitis. What is your familiarity with reproductive immunology and how likely is there a correlation between diagnosis of autoimmune disease and miscarriage?

Hi I am currently doing suppression before embryo transfer. I am almost 2 month into suppression with lupron depot, letrozole, and norethindrone. I had done 2 months of suppression with just lupron about 6 months ago before a transfer that failed. I just had bloodwork done and my estrogen, lh, and fsh are all low

Hello, dear doctor. Listened to you podcast and been blown away by your expertise! I am a youthful 45 year old trying to get pregnant. Gotten pregnant 2 years ago naturally, but miscarried in week 9. Had done 3 IVF since. First with birth control, menopur (300 IU), cetrotide from day 4 stimm., HcG trigger.

Hi, I’ve had two egg collections resulting in 5 embryos (3 of which didn’t survive thawing) and 3 on the second round. In my first fresh embryo transfer I passed a couple of large blood clots the day after transfer, with no heavy bleeding and a negative result. I was told this could likely be

Hello_Dr._Sher, I_am_42_yrs_old_with_a_low_AMH_(less_than_1)_trying_to_get_pregnant_for_the_2nd_time._My_first_pregnancy_was_natural_when_I_was_38._I_started_my_2nd_fertility_journey_with_IUI_where_we_discovered_endometritis_from_my_poorly_healed_C_section_scar._Since_clearing_that_up,_I_have_gone_through_3_rounds_of_IVF._Between_round_1_and_2,_I_got_pregnant_naturally,_but_miscarried_at_8_wks._In_round_2,_I_had_3_fertilized_eggs_2_that_reached_blastocyst_but_were_not_eupoloid_in_the_end._In_this_round_we_used_the_micro_dose_Lupron_protocol_but_with_out_birth_control_prior_to_starting._In_round_3_we_went_back_to_an_estrogen_patch_priming_protocol_which_resulted_in_lower_estrogen_levels_and_2_fertilized_eggs_that_did_not_make_it_past_the_blastocyst_stage. For_round_4_my_doctor_wants_to_do_the_microdose_flare_protocol_with_the_birth_control_for_8-12_days_before,_however_there_is_no_plan_to_overlap_the_BCP_with_a_GRH_agonist_as_you_have_suggested_in_your_online_information_on_factors_affecting_IVF_outcomes._Should_I_be_concerned_about_this?_Would_you_reccomend_a_different_protocol_instead? How_do_you_typcially_determine_the_number_of_days_on_bcp_before_starting_a_microdose_flare_protocol? _Do_you_monitor_FSH_and_LH_levels_at_the_start_and_during_the_BCP_period? Thank_you_in_advance_for_your_input. Also,_this_form_is_not_functioning_properly._I’ve_tried_typing_my_question_on_my_phone_and_my_computer_and_the_space_bar_has_been_disabled_on_both._Hence_the_underscore_spaces_between_words._You_may_want_your_IT_to_fix_this.

Can you kindly tell me what is the appropriate level of estradiol in a modified natural cycle? I am in the middle of a MN cycle. They had me take letrozole for 5 days and roughly 10 days later I had a lining that is 9.8 mm and trilaminar and follicle big enough to trigger

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I’m interested in getting an IUD and freezing my eggs. I’d like to do the IUD insertion while under anesthetia for egg retrieval. Is that possible? Thanks!
Isabella

Hello- I’m looking to discuss possible embryo creation. does your practice take insurance?