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Dear Dr. Sher, with great interest have I read your articles on the “empty” follicle syndrome: I was diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency incl. elevated LH levels. In my two egg retrieval attempts only 1 egg could be retrieved out of a total of 4 follicles, using a 250 mcg hCG Ovidrel trigger. According to […]

I have unexplained infertility, age 33, partner 29. We have done all the testing(HSG,bloodwork,ultrasounds) and everything looks very normal. AMH 1.1 (which I’ve been told is a little low for my age but still normal). We have tried for 1.5 years, at first naturally then 1 rounds ovulation induction & 3 rounds of IUI. All

I’m currently on a short antagonist with a fresh cycle, following my egg retrieval the doctor noted she could see triple layer endometrium but there was no triple layer detected in the most recent scan so mentioned as she didn’t have a reference point maybe consider freeze all embryos. Lining was at 9mm at time

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