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Hello, I was treated with Clomid day 5-9 and I am 36 years old. I failed to get pregnant 5 months and was prescribed this because of pcos. At the ultrasound at 12 days I had 4 mm endometrium and 21 mom follicle. I had a positive ovulating test (lh surge in urine test) two […]

Hi Dr. Sher, I just received my day 5 call and the nurse said I have 14 early blasts (and one more developing). Is this good news or should they all have reached blastocyst stage by now? Is it likely that I will get a big drop off before tomorrow Day 6?

Hello, I am 40 yr old female with low ovarian reserve. I responded poorly to my first protocol OCP/antagonist. That cycle was cancelled and I was restarted on estrogen priming antagonist protocol with clomid and omnitrope adjuncts. I cleared my baseline US on 5/18 with follicles seen on both the right and left. However today

Dr Sher My doctor says I have to undergo genetic testing to confirm if I have ZP1 mutation. My blood works and hormone level are within normal range. She says the eggs are killed before retrieval as there is abnormal/no zona. Have you ever seen such cases? I am devastated and never heard of such

Aloha Dr. Sher! I just finished a second IVF cycle that was a total failure. I just turned 41, AMH .6, FSH 15, AFC 5. I had three follicles that were 17-20 at trigger but only retrieved one egg that had abnormally shaped cytoplasm and did not fertilize normally (no PN). First IVF I had

Dear doctor, I want to ask you about recurrimg pregnencies I have been faced with over a year now. I just had a third one with the same scenario like the previous ones. In week 4 I sudenly lose the pregnancy. All the tests we did are good and there is no explanation for this

Hi Dr. Sher, I am on the verge of giving up. I have just gone through 4 failed egg donor transfers. I have Hashimotos, so for the last 2 transfers my doctor put me on Prednisone, low dose aspirin, Neupogen, and one session of Intralipids. The one transfer I had implantation (HCG of 35 but

I had stimulation done and during it it had antral follicles growing and got to 21,19 15,13 on day 11 ,with a high dose of 4501u ,on day 11 it was stepped down to 225iu as I complained of feeling fulness in the stomach.

I tested positive 9 days post ovulation. On the day of my expected period, I did a blood test and got 82 miu/ml, I was scheduled for a second test because of my previous miscarriages, I went in for my second blood test, and my beta HCG was 128 miu/ml. There was a 48 hour

Good morning Dr. Tortoriello, I am just following up to our last visit. I am wondering if the blood results came back in and also I received a Horizon Advanced Screening kit and I was wondering if that was an error or do you want me to take it. Only because our embryo has already