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Hello, I saw your podcast with Dr Aimee. I wanted to ask what treatments is given in case of HLA DQ alpha in both partners? We both have it unfortunately and are experiencing recurrent ivf failure ( had two chemicals and 2 negatives)

Good afternoon, I recently heard your interview with Dr. Aimee (the Egg whisperer) about reoccurring implantation failure. My husband and I are seeing a fertility specialist in the Chicagoland area and we have gone through the gambit of miscarriage from natural cycle at 7.5 weeks (likely genetic issue with the embryo) to me needing Levothyroxene

Hello, I am on cycle day 12 and went for my bloodwork and ultrasound. My ultrasound showed a dominant follicle in the left measuring 24mm and my bloodwork was showing I was going to ovulate soon. My doctor instructed me to trigger. Is a 24 mm follicle pre-trigger too large/overripe? Does the follicle grow much

Hello, My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for 8 years now. We reside Alberta, Canada. We have attempted 5.5 IVF ICSI cycles. I am wondering if your clinic does the IVF procedures differently then in Canada? Is it worthwhile to use a different clinic, are the process and medications different?

Hi Dr. Sher, I’m 34 with history of 2 early losses last year and DOR (last AMH 1.49). I have around 16 antral follicles based on ultrasound. Just finished my first round of stims and only yielded 6 eggs. Only 1 was mature at retrieval and 4 matured overnight. The mature egg fertilized and is

Hi, I have already had three cycles of IVF with my last one being the most successful. My protocol was 7 units omnitrope and testosterone gel with norethindrone for a few weeks before stopping norethindrone to start my cycle. I then did 300 follistim, 150 menopur, clomid 100mg and dexamethasone and cont the omnitrope. The

Hi Dr Sher, I have recently had some basic immune blood tests, including NK cell profile, NK cell cytotoxicity assay and Th1/Th2 cytokine ratio assay. The results show that my NK percentage was 11.56% and I have significantly raised Th1/Th2 cytokine ratios. I have no known family history of immune issues. What do these test

I am 32, have PCO. I have experienced EFS in all egg collections, medicated and unmedicated. Recently, I found out I have ZP1 homozygous mutation (autosomal recessive) which means maturation oocyte defect. Is there a way to find eggs or shall I proceed to a donor?

Dr. Sher, My husband and I are 25 years old and have been trying for 2 years to conceive. I have stage 4 endometriosis, and had our first transfer 10/10 which failed. The protocol I was placed on was just standard birth control, estrogen and PIO injections. We are scheduled to transfer our last 2

Thanks for taking the time to provide all this info and answer questions on this blog. It’s so very much appreciated. We just had a frozen embryo transfer cancelled due to a thin lining and excess fluid in the endometrial cavity. We were hoping for any thoughts you may have. Especially in regards to the