Fifteen years ago, the conceptwas devised but the technology was not there to support it. INVOcell is a gas permeable plastic capsule made in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratory and contains a mixture of eggs and sperm. The eggs and sperm are collected in a...
An ectopic pregnancy occurs whenever an embryo attaches outside of a woman’s uterine cavity. Although difficult to estimate accurately, it has been reported that as many as 2 percent of pregnancies land in ectopic locations and 98 percent of ectopic pregnancies are...
Dr. Richard T. Scott Jr. of Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, has developed tests for embryos in a bid to improve birthrates. <Click here to read the article here>
If you are unable to carry a pregnancy to term, working with a gestational carrier may be an option for your family. What is a Gestational Carrier? A gestational carrier, also known as a gestational surrogate or gestational mother, is a woman who carries and gives...
When you finally decide it’s time to try to figure out why pregnancy isn’t happening, one of the first steps your doctor may ask for is a sperm analysis. This procedure is typically part of a fertility investigation for couples who have not been able to conceive. In...
One of the gender differences in human reproduction is that men make new sperm continuously throughout their lives and women make all of their eggs before they are born. Men are capable of conceiving children late in life while women usually exhaust their supply of...
