For couples who have been trying to get pregnant for month or even years, an unexplained infertility diagnosis can seem like a double blow–both physically and psychologically. They may be wondering how they will ever conceive if their doctor can’t figure out the case of their infertility. Here are several important points about unexplained that...
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Fresh Versus Frozen IVF Cycles
For more than 30 years, frozen embryo transfers (FETs) have been successfully utilized when patients have had excess frozen embryos remaining from a fresh cycle. But with older freezing methods, success rates were not as impressive. In recent years, however, several studies have demonstrated the increasing effectiveness of frozen IVF cycles. In fact, most IVF...
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Enrich Your Chances of IVF Success with Vitamin D
What if there was an easy and inexpensive way to improve your fertility, overall health, and perhaps, improve your chances of IVF success? You would probably jump at the chance to use it. No, there isn’t a magic pill with guaranteed success, but infertility specialists, including our physicians at HRC Fertility, have recognized the importance...
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The Zika Virus: What You Need to Know
You’ve probably seen the frightening news reports of hundreds of Brazilian babies with microcephaly, a serious birth defect characterized by abnormal smallness of the head and incomplete brain development. Infectious disease experts have attributed their condition to the Zika virus, carried by two species of mosquitoes as well as through sexual intercourse with an infected...
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Dr. Robert Boostanfar Lectures at Shanghai Fertility Conference
Dr. Robert Boostanfar spoke at an MSD-sponsored (Merck Pharmaceuticals in the U.S.) fertility conference in Shanghai. Dr. Boostanfar was part of an international contingent speaking to Chinese physicians about the latest in fertility research.
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HRC Fertility/OC Releases Live Birth Stats
HRC Fertility/Orange County recently announced it achieved a live birth rate per patient of 83.3 % for women under 35 in a fresh IVF cycle. According to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), national statistics were a 57% live birth rate per female patient with the same characteristics of being under 35 using their...
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Our IVF Journey: Three Tries, One Beautiful Baby
It wasn’t the easiest journey, but this couple persevered and couldn’t be happier with the care they received from Dr. Robert Boostanfar. http://www.infertility.org/our-ivf-journey-three-tries-one-beautiful-baby/
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Dr. Daniel Potter Interviewed on “Heather Dubrow’s World”
Heather Dubrow discusses her IVF story and invited Dr. Potter onto this week’s #podcast to talk infertility facts and when couples should seek help in their attempt to conceive a child. Click here to listen to the full podcast.
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Dr. Frederick Featured on “Little Women: LA”
Tune in to Little Women: LA, on February 24th at 9pm PST and watch Dr. Frederick’s the meeting with Briana Renée on her infertility struggles and what to do next. The episode will air on Lifetime Network.