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Exposed: The Truth Behind Doctors Hiding Embryo Photos in IVF

I provide a free second opinion for patients who have failed IVF cycles in other clinics, and one of the things I ask them is to share photographs of their embryos. However, many doctors get upset and agitated when patients demand photos of their embryos. Here is w......

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Overcoming Semen Collection Challenges in IVF – Use the Male Factor Pak from Malpani Clinic

Sometimes IVF cycles get canceled because the man cannot produce a semen sample on demand at the time of the egg collection. This is often because he's very stressed out, and obviously masturbating in a hospital room or sometimes a hospital bathroom is not much fun,......

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How do we make sure our patients get the best IVF care

We do only single embryo transfers ( SET) . We do only Day 5 ( blastocyst) transfers – even for poor ovarian responders. We share embryo photos routinely and proactively with all patients. This documentation gives them priceless peace of mind they have received t......

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Taking Control of Your IVF Journey: The Role of Patient Education

When we tell patients to become IVF experts, we aren’t telling them to learn embryology – you can’t do IVF in your own bedroom. What we mean is that you need to know enough about IVF to be able to differentiate between a good IVF doctor and a bad IVF doctor. A well-i......

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Transparency Troubles in IVF Treatment – Is your doctor hiding information from you?

Many IVF patients do their first IVF treatment cycle with lots of hopes. Especially during the first consultation, the doctor is very hopeful and optimistic, because he is in sell mode. You get to talk to the senior brand name doctor who tom-toms their high success ra......

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Why do I like treating IVF patients who ask me lots of questions?

Most IVF doctors in India are quite paternalistic, and they get put off when patients ask questions. They feel that patients are challenging their authority and that the job of a patient is to leave everything in the doctor's hands because the doctor is an expert medi......

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Empowerment of IVF patients through Knowledge

Patients often don't understand why we insist that they take the time and trouble to educate themselves about the IVF process. Their general attitude is - We're just patients. As laymen, what do we understand about medical technical niceties? And after all, aren't we......

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Unveiling IVF Clinic Malpractices – when doctors blame patients for the IVF failure

Whenever patients sign up for IVF treatment, doctors are very charming and enthusiastic, because they are in “sell mode”. They brag about how high their success rate is; how good their technology is; how many patients they've treated; and use photos of celebrities as......

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The Costly Truth: Exposing IVF Doctors' Deception and the Importance of Embryo Photographs

My blood boils when I see how IVF doctors take advantage of patients' ignorance and cheat them. Today, most IVF doctors don't bother to give photographs of embryos to their patients, even though they know that the only thing an IVF clinic can do is make an embryo. And......

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Protect Yourself: Understanding the Overutilization of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy in IVF Treatments

Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy are one of the most overused, misused, and abused procedures today for infertile patients. It’s widespread to see that a lot of doctors will still do these - both before doing an IVF cycle, and afterward as well. And it's very easy for the......

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