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Many women are now postponing childbearing, as a result of which they will often seek consultation after 35. While it's true that IVF technology is very helpful, it is also equally true that as women get older, their ovarian reserve drops, and since this decline in eg......
It's important to be hopeful and optimistic when starting an IVF treatment, but it's equally important to be realistic, and the fact that an IVF cycle doesn't have a 100% pregnancy rate means you need to be prepared for failure. The truth is that while we can control......
We see many older infertile patients who are upset because their doctor has told them that their chances of getting pregnant with their own eggs are poor because they have a low AMH level and a poor antral follicle count and that because their ovarian reserve is poor,......
We see many older infertile patients who have failed an IVF cycle and were told by their doctor that the reason for the failure was their poor ovarian reserve, as reflected by their low AMH level and poor antral follicle count. These doctors tell them that their chanc......
Many patients come to me asking for a second opinion because they have been told by their doctor that they have poor ovarian reserve because their AMH level is poor. This has become a common test, which is being overused, misused, and abused because it’s a simple bloo......
Many doctors seem to take a perverse pride in putting patients in their place. This is why they will do their best to confuse the patient, either by using a lot of medical jargon, or by refusing to answer the patient’s legitimate questions, by making fun of their Dr.......
I get very upset when I see patients who have been cheated by IVF doctors. It’s not just that I am angry with the doctor who has taken advantage of the patient’s ignorance and gullibility to earn more money – after all, this is perfectly reasonable and logical from h......
We are seeing many patients of advanced age who have chosen to put off childbearing because they wanted to pursue a career. They are worried about the fact that they don’t have much time left to have a baby, especially when they realize that their ovarian reserve is p......
In a perfect world, an infertile couple could walk into any IVF clinic, and be very confident that the IVF clinic was well equipped, the embryologists were experienced, and the doctor was an expert at providing high-quality medical care. Unfortunately, this is not tr......
The healthy young 30-year-old woman sitting in front of me was visibly upset and frustrated. She was demanding answers to her questions – and I was the fourth IVF specialist she was visiting. Why is my AMH level so low? Why is my antral follicle count so low? Why is......