Sher Fertility Solutions
Ten years of writing on IVF, fertility and reproductive medicine from Sher Fertility Solutions. Ten years of writing on IVF and fertility.
Staggered-IVF involves the use of Preimplantation Genetic Testing [/blog/preimplantation-genetic-sampling-pgs-using-next-generation-gene-sequencing-ngs-method-of-choice/] of advanced embryos (blastocysts) to identify those that are euploid (“c...
Endometriosis [/blog/endometriosis-and-infertility-sfs/] is a complex condition where, the lack or relative absence of an overt anatomical barrier to fertility often belies the true extent…
All multiple pregnancies pose a risk to both mother and offspring. Pregnancy induced maternal complications such as miscarriage [/blog/recurrent-pregnancy-loss-rpl/], pre-eclampsia, antepartum and post-partum hemorrhage…
Most pregnancy induced placental complications that compromise placentation and intrauterine development have their origin in conditions that present prior to conception. As such, a…
Indiscriminate selection and use of protocols of Controlled Ovarian Stimulation (COS) [/blog/controlled-ovarian-stimulation-cos-for-ivf-selecting-the-ideal-protocol/] can be decidedly detrimental to egg and embryo
Oscar-nominated director Amanda Micheli’s provocative documentary, Vegas Baby followed several aspiring parents, who desperately wanted to have a baby but were struggling w...
About 1/3 of infertility is caused by a male factor [/blog/male-infertility/], one third by a female factor and another third is due to a…
In 2005, my associate Levent Keskintepe PhD and I introduced Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) with the ability to identify all chromosomes in the embryo’s…
Neither sex contributes more heavily than the other to infertility problems. Roughly one‑third of all infertile couples can trace their infertility to the woman,…
I am very proud to be featured in a new documentary film, VEGAS BABY, which follows several of my patients gambling on infertility treatment…
IVF treatment always exacts a profound emotional and financial toll on patients/couples. Needless to say, the financial burden is often crippling; however, ask any…
_ Everything Has its Season_ GEOFFREY SHER MD Dear Patients and Friends, After some 35 years in the field of Assisted Reproduction (AR), having founded the…
It is important for patients/couples contemplating IVF with their own eggs, to be aware that usually, in more than 50% of cases a single attempt…
One of the most common questions asked by patients undergoing IVF relates to the likelihood of their eggs fertilizing and the likely “quality" of their…
There is a great deal of confusion when it comes to defining egg “quality.” Most people interpret terms such as “mature/immature/post-mature” eggs as implying…
Embryo transfer (ET) is undoubtedly a rate limiting factor in IVF. Unquestionably, the IVF doctor’s expertise in performing ET as one of the most…
It is only through propagation of our biological offspring that we as humans can leave a lasting legacy of our existence. Perhaps this explains…
The conventional way of conducting IVF treatment is to provide patients with opportunity to undergo treatment any time they are ready to do so.…
It is hard for me to believe that more than three decades have flown by since I first introduced intrauterine insemination into the clinical…
CONVENTIONAL GNRH ANTAGONIST (GNRHA) PROTOCOLS: GnRH antagonists (e.g. Ganirelix, Cetrotide, and Orgalutron) are currently used with many controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) [/blog/controlled-ovarian-stimulation-cos-for-ivf-selecting-the-ideal-protocol/] protocols. The…
