Archive for the ‘Fertility’ Category

Egg Freezing Liberates Women from the Biologic Clock—Learn How with Upcoming Seminar & Webinar

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

On September 1st, 2010, West Coast Fertility Centers will sponsor a unique educational seminar to educate and empower women on the topic of preserving their fertility. Whether for medical reasons or personal choice, women can learn how to liberate themselves from the biologic clock.

 

Seating is limited and reservations are strongly recommended. To secure your place at this life changing event on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 from 6-8 PM at our West Coast Fertility location in Fountain Valley, please contact us directly at 714-513-1399.

 

Dr. David Diaz will also host an informative webinar on Egg Freezing on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 5 PM (PST). Please register for the webinar directly online by clicking here.

 

The Incredible Science of Egg Freezing

 

Fertility preservation by egg freezing is the latest frontier that has been overcome by the fertility experts at West Coast Fertility Centers (WCFC) in Orange County, California. The prospect of halting the Biologic Clock for women is now a reality by preserving their healthy, viable eggs during the best reproductive years. The effect of physiologic aging had long been the enemy of fertility due to the limited supply of eggs formed at the time a woman is born. As age advances, the decline in the number and quality of eggs, also known as oocytes, continues to accelerate with little or no warning.

 

To help women preserve their eggs when they are healthy and robust, the laboratories of West Coast Fertility Centers (WCFC) have refined the technique of shielding the eggs from the effects of freezing. A unique set of freezing fluids, known as the Landa Freezing Technology, was developed over the past ten years, giving women the option of harvesting and storing their eggs indefinitely.

 

David Diaz, MD, FACOG, a fertility expert with 22 years experience, will explain how to determine who is a candidate for egg freezing; how patients are selected and a brief overview of the egg freezing technique at WCFC. Dr. Diaz and the members of his team will lead the discussion with visual presentations and the opportunity to meet a patient who had a healthy baby after egg freezing. A private tour of the surgical suite and accredited laboratories at WCFC will also be given.

 

Those who may benefit from egg freezing include: young, single women diagnosed with cancer that can preserve their eggs from chemotherapy and radiation; young women who wish to preserve their fertile eggs until they are ready to start their family; women undergoing IVF who prefer to freeze unfertilized eggs versus embryos for ethical reasons. The Frozen Egg Bank, Inc will also explain how certain women can still have a family by selecting frozen eggs from young healthy donors whose eggs are stored at the Frozen Egg Bank.

 

The Egg Freezing Program at WCFC has resulted in the births of 54 healthy babies, more than any program in the Western United States. Eight additional pregnancies are also on-going as of August 2010.

 

David Diaz, MD, FACOG is Medical Director of West Coast Fertility Centers, one of the most successful and innovative fertility centers in the country, with 22 years experience in providing state-of-the-art reproductive fertility treatments to people wishing to have children. West Coast Fertility Centers is a proud affiliate of Extend Fertility.

 

We look forward to seeing you at our events!

 

Direct link to our press release

 

Direct link to our Egg Freezing YouTube video

 

www.EggFreezing.com

Moral Debate

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

 

In vitro fertilization a moral debate for parents

Dish of Embryos 

 Many couples who have already had success with in vitro fertilization and who do not want to have another baby face a moral debate: Do they donate their extra embryos to research, to another couple or simply discard them? The moral debate regarding frozen embryos continues, read this article and the response from Dr. Diaz. We are also interested in hearing your thoughts on this subject. 

 

 

Frozen Egg/Blastocyst Culture

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

   

Another Happy Frozen Egg Mom-to-be Tours The Embryology Lab

 

 After their first OB-Ultrasound; Stephanie, her husband, and her parents proudly hold pictures of the newest member of their family.

 

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     Stephanie, her husband, and her parents are seen here touring the egg freezing laboratory with Dr. Diaz and Embryologist Antoine La. Antoine is showing the family where her frozen eggs were kept for 6 months.

 

     The Frozen Egg Bank would like to celebrate our newest frozen egg pregnancy. Stephanie and her husband came to us in 2008 with high hopes of finally starting their family. In planning Stephanie’s IVF treatment, she expressed concern regarding surplus embryos from her cycle.  Traditionally, extra embryos created from a fresh IVF cycle are frozen and kept for future frozen embryo transfers.  This is one of the main reasons couples find egg freezing to be very beneficial. For personal and ethical reasons she requested to freeze her extra oocytes instead of freezing any embryos from her IVF cycle. From Stephanie’s fresh cycle, 28 eggs were retrieved and 15 of her eggs were mature enough to utilize in her IVF treatment.  Stephanie and her husband decided to inseminate 3 of her eggs, and freeze the remaining 12 eggs to use in the future. Out of the 3 eggs that were inseminated with her husband’s sperm, 2 fertilized and were used in her embryo transfer.  

     Two weeks after her fresh embryo transfer, they received news that they weren’t pregnant but were determined to try again.  Three months later Stephanie and her husband were prepared to proceed with another cycle, this time with her frozen eggs. They decided to thaw half of their frozen eggs, inseminate them and transfer the healthiest looking embryos. Unfortunately, they received the same news and although they were heartbroken they knew they had one more chance.  Another three months passed when they were ready to proceed and decided to thaw her remaining 6 oocytes to try one last time. Her eggs were thawed, inseminated and all 6 fertilized. This time they decided to culture their embryos for 5 days instead of the normal 3 days to allow the embryo to further develop. A 5 day embryo culture is referred to as a blastocyst culture which allows for the selection of the best quality embryos.   After waiting eagerly for two weeks, Stephanie and her husband were overjoyed to find out they were finally pregnant.  This marks our 62nd pregnancy from the Frozen Egg Bank, Inc. Congratulations to Stephanie and her family, we are excited that your dreams are finally coming true.

 

Hello world!

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of Frozen Eggs

 With almost a decade of successful technique in egg freezing and almost 40 healthy babies born to date, FEB’s statistics are tangible proof that women can take control of their fertility.  Continue to visit our blog, where we will discuss the details surrounding egg freezing, offer updates in the advances in the technology and present credible egg-freezing information.  

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