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. Drew Tortoriello | Apr 12, 2022 | Egg Banking, Egg Freezing, future fertility
Many patients come to me in their late 30s and 40s to either assess their relative fertility or to start fertility treatments, and they are often unpleasantly surprised to find out that their ovarian reserve is low. It might be age-appropriate or even lower than age...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Feb 23, 2022 | Egg Banking, Egg Donation
For many women, disease, the physiological decline in ovarian reserve (DOR) and spontaneous or pathologically induced menopause will preclude pregnancy using own eggs. For such women, the performance of IVF using the eggs of a chosen young third party (egg donor-ED)...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher and Dr. Drew Tortoriello | Oct 6, 2021 | Cycle, Egg Banking, Karyotyping, Uterus, Violet
In order for a human embryo to develop into a viable, healthy pregnancy it needs to be “competent” (capable, upon being transferred to the uterus, of propagating a viable pregnancy). Currently, the most reliable determinant of such embryo “competence” is the...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Sep 21, 2021 | Chromosomes, Egg Banking, Karyotypically, Preimplantation, RPL
The bottom line is that because of the traumatic effect of freezing on egg viability and “competency” the statistical chance of each frozen/ thawed egg ultimately resulting in a baby is only at best 6-8%. So, while success rates following the transfer of embryos...
