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Fertility Specialist Aimee S. Chang, M.D.
She is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist. Dr. Chang completed her sub-specialty fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, after which she served on its faculty as an Assistant Professor and Director of the Oocyte Donor Program.
She is an active member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, (more…)
Ovulation Induction (“Fertility Drugs”)
* Injectable (Follistim™, Gonal-F™, Repronex™, Bravelle™): highly purified preparations of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and/or luteinizing hormone (LH) which are taken as subcutaneous injections. These medications provide for a much more potent stimulation than the oral ovulation medications, and as such require much more frequent monitoring.
Ovulation Induction (“Fertility Drugs”)
* Oral (Clomiphene Citrate, Clomid™, Serophene™): oral tablets which function as mixed estrogen agonists and antagonists depending on the tissue (i.e. compete with estrogen for receptor sites). Use of this medication can lead to monthly ovulation for those women who normally do not ovulate on their own, ovulation of more than one egg for those women who do ovulate on their own, and better synchronization of the uterine lining.
Recurrent miscarriage
Recurrent miscarriages
The evaluation and treatment of recurrent miscarriage involves seeking uterine, genetic, immune, or hormonal factors that explain miscarriages to form a basis for treatment to improve the chance of successful (more…)
Shady Grove Fertility Centers has office locations in
Rockville, Annandale, Fair Oaks, Baltimore, Leesburg, Annapolis, Woodbridge, Bel Air, Columbia, Frederick, Dunkirk, Easton, Salisbury, Waldorf, Washington, DC.
Have you tried out Shady Grove Fertility Center?
Shady Grove Fertility Center is America’s largest and most progressive fertility center performing approximately 4200 IVF cycles including 600 egg donation cycles and an equal number of ovulation induction and IUI cycles annually.
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In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which egg cells are fertilized by sperm outside the womb, in vitro. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulation process, removing ova (eggs) from the woman’s ovaries and letting sperm fertilize them in a fluid medium. The fertilized egg (zygote) is then transferred to the patient’s uterus in an effort to establish a successful pregnancy.
This question is the most asked question that fertility doctors receive. Of course this is understandable. You are about to fork out over $10 grand and have high hopes for success. Everyone wants to know the odds for a successful pregnancy before entering IVF (In Virtro Fertilization).
In 2002 about 28% of cycles in the United States in which women underwent IVF and embryo transfer with their own eggs resulted in the live birth of at least one infant. Since 2002 we have seen this number slowly creep up! So good news the odds are about 1 in 3. Now, there is a HUGE but in this number for IVF success. The facts are enormous that effect the outcome of IVF. (more…)
Glosario de la infertilidad
Analisis de semen
Examen microscopico del liquido eyaculado pare determiner el numero de espermios, su forma, y su habilidad pare moverse.
Anovulacion
Falla o ausencia de ovulacion.
Biopsia de endometrio
Es la extraccion de un pequeflo trozo de tejido del endometrio (more…)
Primary infertility describes couples who have never been able to become pregnant after at least 1 year of unprotected sex (intercourse).
Secondary infertility describes couples who have been pregnant at least once, but have not been able to become pregnant again.