Fertility Blog - Inception Fertility

Conception at 40 and Beyond: Does IVF Help?

Stats for Age 40-47 % of Cycles Cancelled \#Egg Retrievals (ER) Total # Positive Pregnancy Test \# Pregnancies Lost % Loss (Viable Pregnancy/Egg Retrievals) Age \# Initiated Cycles (pri...

Highlights from 2008 ESHRE

This past summer, Dr. Herbert and I had the opportunity to travel to Barcelona, Spain for the annual meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Thoug...

ASK THE EXPERTS - Pregnancy After Failed IVF

Question: A friend of mine recently conceived a couple of months after two failed IVF cycles. Did she really need IVF in the first place or did the IVF change things to make it more lik...

Shortcomings of the HSG

  An Example X-Ray of a normal HSG An example X-Ray of ...

Something in the Air

This year Pacific Fertility Center is undergoing a much anticipated structural and design change. The clinic located on the fifth floor at 55 Francisco Street was purchased in 1999 from...

First Educational Series Program a Success

“Disclosure of Use of Sperm or Egg Donors.” The speaker was Dr. Bob Nachtigall, a local Reproductive Endocrinologist, who has done much research and published numerous papers on various...

ASK THE EXPERTS - Addicted to Caffeine

Question : I'm a heavy coffee drinker, consuming five cups per day. I'm concerned that my addiction to caffeine will hurt my chances of getting pregnant. How much caffeine is acceptable...

Single Embryo Transfer

twins, triplets , and higher order multiples. Over the last twenty years, the incidence of multiple birth has increased nationally. According to the National Vital Statistics Report and...

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