What is a biochemical pregnancy?
Oct 16, 2018
Waiting for the pregnancy test after assisted conception is in some ways the most difficult period of time. Even when the pregnancy test is positive pregnancy, the potential outcome is…
Celebrating Forty Years of IVF
Jul 24, 2018
Can you believe it’s been forty years since Louise Joy Brown, the first ever “test tube baby”, was born? Conceived as a result of in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, baby Louise paved the…
Thoughts on Becoming a Mother While Struggling with Infertility
May 9, 2018
This is dedicated to all the women struggling to build their families. The author is unknown, but her thoughts are so on point; beautiful, yet painful. Regardless of your trials…
How safe are your frozen eggs and embryos?
Mar 15, 2018
Taking steps to preserve fertility for men and women is important to the physicians and staff at GENESIS. To set our patients’ minds at ease, our laboratory director, Dr Alka…
Tyra Banks talks about her emotional IVF journey
Apr 4, 2018
It’s so refreshing when celebrities show us that they’re just like the rest of us. Recently, Tyra Banks opened up to PEOPLE magazine about the details of her fertility struggles. The…
When is enough, enough?
Feb 27, 2018
Deciding when to stop treatment is a very personal decision. There is completely stopping infertility treatment, and there is also taking a break long enough to regain mental equilibrium and…
The importance of Air Quality in an IVF lab
Feb 14, 2018
Healthy air makes healthy babies: How environment affects embryo quality in IVF The quality of air within an IVF lab will inevitably affect embryonic development and therefore has a critical…
Egg Donation and Orthodoxy
Jul 21, 2017
Let’s Create a More Certain Future Since the birth of the first baby conceived in vitro, more than five million babies have been born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies, or ART.…
Everything Happens
Jun 30, 2017
Recently, a patient came to see me to discuss the result of her HSG, the X-ray procedure that was done to check her internal anatomy. As I always do, I…
Natural Fertility Boosters and Remedies
Jan 6, 2017
From Dr Oz’s advice on the best positions for conception to Hippocrates’ mixture of honey, cumin and other herbs to open the cervix, there are no shortages of natural remedies…
