by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Aug 28, 2024 | Cost, Cost of IVF Treatment
Insurance Benefits Insurance Benefits is a complex journey that both our patients and our staff travel through daily. Sometimes that path is clear and easy, and other times it can be a journey fraught with pitfalls. We hope this post helps explain how those...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Nov 7, 2023 | Age and Fertility, Aneuploidy, Chromosomal Abnormalities, Chromosomes, Cost, Gender Selection, Genetically Testing IVF Embryos, Preimplantation
Preimplantation Genetic Screening/Testing for Aneuploidy Genetic testing in IVF, specifically Preimplantation Genetic Screening/testing for Aneuploidy (PGS/PGT-A), is a crucial process. It involves examining the chromosomes in embryo cells to determine their...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 3, 2023 | Cost, Cost of IVF Treatment, Egg Banking, egg competency, Egg Donation, Egg Freezing, Embryo Transfer, Fertility Preservation, Financial, In Vitro Fertilization, IVF
For more than 50 years, scientists have been working to perfect the art of freezing and storing a woman’s eggs, also known as “egg banking”. Although there have been challenges, the progress has been both amazing and promising. Since the birth of the first...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Sep 14, 2023 | Age and Fertility, Cost, Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR), DOR, Genetically Testing IVF Embryos, IVF, IVF for older women, PGS, Staggered IVF
Staggered IVF With PGS/PGT: A Major Breakthrough in the Treatment of Older Women and Those with Diminished Ovarian Reserve “Staggered (ST) IVF refers to the process whereby embryos are intentionally frozen and cryobanked for elective transfer to the uterus in a...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jul 24, 2023 | Assisted reproductive technology, Cost, Donor, Egg Banking, Egg Donation, Embryo Transfer, IVF, IVF Genetic Screening, PGS
Egg donation is when a woman donates her eggs for assisted reproduction or research purposes. In assisted reproduction, it usually involves using IVF technology, where the eggs are fertilized in a lab. Unfertilized eggs can also be frozen for future use. Egg donation...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Feb 24, 2022 | Audit, CDC, Cost, SART
Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards were responsible for the birth of the world’s 1st IVF baby, Louise Brown, in 1978. Since then about >5 million babies have been born worldwide, and the number is growing fast. The introduction of Assisted Reproductive technology...
