Your closet contains a row of unworn maternity clothes, and you walk by the empty nursery decorated for the baby you never got to hold. How could it be that the pregnancy you’ve been preparing for is suddenly not a reality? Our Los Angeles fertility center team is highly experienced in helping intended parents deal...
Category: Infertility
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Chemotherapy Agents and Infertility
The relationship between chemotherapy agents and infertility After a cancer diagnosis, it’s important to arm yourself with information about the impact of the disease and its treatment on your health and your future. For many women and men that means learning about the relationship between chemotherapy agents and infertility. Our oncofertility specialist in LA can...
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Embryo Banking for Cancer Patients
Embryo banking for cancer patients offers hope If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, you may be worried about how the disease and its treatment will affect your fertility. Women are typically advised to prevent pregnancy while receiving chemotherapy or radiation and for at least six months afterward. But in the short period of time before...
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Infertility Risk Factors for Women
Be proactive and learn the infertility risk factors for women Our physicians at USC Fertility believe that it is important for patients to take initiative when it comes to their reproductive health. An important part of being proactive involves understanding infertility risk factors for women. If you feel most comfortable seeing a female fertility specialist...
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Affordable Modified Natural IVF
Modified Natural IVF Offers Hope for Infertile Couples Every year members of our Los Angeles fertility center team attend the world-recognized American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s (ASRM) Scientific Congress and Expo. Thousands of attendees – the brightest minds in the field – come together to share ideas and advances in reproductive technology. And this year,...
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AMH
AMH – Why testing is done and what it reveals Anti-mullerian hormone or AMH is produced by granulosa cells (cells lining the egg sacs or follicles) within the ovary. Testing a woman’s AMH levels in her blood is one of the many valuable tools employed here at our Los Angeles fertility center to estimate how...
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Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
Premature ovarian insufficiency or POI, was previously referred to as premature ovarian failure. Premature ovarian insufficiency is a condition in which a woman’s ovaries lose their normal function at an earlier than expected age. This means that the ovaries will significantly decrease the amount of estrogen and progesterone they produce in addition to ceasing to...
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Advanced Maternal Age
Advanced maternal age “AMA”, is often defined as maternal age of 35 or greater at the time of delivery. Advanced maternal age is most often considered during pregnancy however it also greatly affects fertility. It is known that there is a decrease in fertility with advancing age. Female fertility starts to decline several years prior...