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What To Expect On Your First Infertility Visit
Approximately 40% of infertility is related to the female, 30% to the male – in 20% there may be a combined problem (10% of infertility is unexplained). For that reason patients are encouraged to come in as a couple to review both partners’ history. The female history will focus on the menstrual cycle, which gives [...]
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Why Can’t I Have Another Baby?
Almost half of infertility occurs following an initial pregnancy that may have occurred soon after discontinuing contraception. This problem, known as secondary infertility, is often overlooked or downplayed by physicians who see these patients as being fertile and are then reluctant to evaluate or treat. Maternal age and the duration of secondary infertility are critical [...]
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Fertility Treatment and Ovarian Tumor Risk
Recent headlines have reported that IVF treatment is linked to ovarian tumors based on a recently published study. The findings are not different than was was reported over 10 years ago, and media coverage often misleads the public into making assumptions that may not be true. Many studies in the past have reported positive or [...]
How to Evaluate an IVF Program with 5 Important Questions
Five of the Most Important Questions to Ask 1) Ask to see the program’s official CDC pregnancy statistics. The Wyden Bill requires that all IVF programs report their results to the CDC yearly. While this is a law, it is not enforced by any significant penalty. Treatment centers that do not report their data know [...]
Biological Clock
A female has the maximum number of eggs she will ever have as a fetus in utero at 20 weeks gestation, approximately 20 million. During the last 20 weeks of in utero development, over 90% of the eggs will be lost, forming scars in the ovary. At the time of birth, there are about a [...]
Video- How Much Does Infertility Treatment Cost?
In this video, Dr. Michael L. Freeman from the Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine addresses the cost of infertility treatment. FIRM Costs for IVF can be found here. Before proceeding with infertility treatment, in particular with IVF, ask for all the costs to be given up front. We will provide you with a written statement [...]
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Video- When is it time for infertility treatment?
In this video Dr. Michael L. Freeman from the Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine discusses when it is appropriate to investigate and treat infertility.
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Video- Male Infertility
In this video, Dr. Travis W. McCoy from the Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine discusses the male infertility evaluation and treatment process.
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