We were so honored to have been invited to open a fifth Conceptions location at the Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center campus. Dr. Althea O’Shaughnessy is seeing patients at P/SL on Mondays. Please see the attached PSL newsletter with an intro for Dr. O’Shaughnessy: PSL December newsletter
We are very proud and excited to announce the roll out of our new RI Witness Electronic Witnessing System in our embryology laboratory! The Witness system provides us with an electronic trail of patient’s gametes in the lab to virtually eliminate the possibility of eggs, sperm, or embryos going to the wrong patient. Even … Continued
We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Althea O’Shaughnessy to the Conceptions REI team!!! Dr. Althea O’Shaughnessy is board certified in both Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility. She obtained her B.S. degree from Trinity College, before achieving her M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. She completed her OBGYN … Continued
We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Natalia Grindler to the Conceptions REI team!!! Natalia M. Grindler, M.D., FACOG, received her undergraduate degree from Smith College, an all-women’s college, where she first became passionate about healthcare for women. She then obtained her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, where she graduated with highest … Continued
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, is a form of fertilization used in Assisted Reproductive Technology where sperm are individually selected and then injected into each mature egg. Here at Conceptions, we use ICSI as our sole method of fertilization, forgoing conventional insemination. Conventional insemination involves adding an aliquot of sperm to a drop of media … Continued
According to Episona, the odds of infertility increase by 10% for every 20 pounds a man is overweight. Episona is an epigenetics data company focused on improving healthcare outcomes. The effect of a female’s weight on fertility has been long understood, the effect of a male’s weight has only recently been understood. Male weight can play … Continued
Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) are faced with a dual challenge. First, their inherent hormone imbalance makes it more difficult for an immature egg to become a mature fertile one. But less often appreciated is that they also tend to produce eggs that are less likely to fertilize or can be more likely to … Continued
One of the most frustrating experiences for some women preparing to go through IVF is to find an ovarian cyst at their baseline ultrasound. An ovarian cyst can produce hormones that inhibit the ability of other follicles to develop and even reduce their potential by their size alone. Worse still, in rare instances they can … Continued
Semen analysis is the most common laboratory test for the initial diagnostic evaluation of male reproductive function. Characteristics assessed are volume, pH, viscosity/liquefaction, agglutination, concentration, motility, rate/progression, viability (If motility is less than 30%), morphology, and evaluation of cellular debris and white blood cells in the sample. Volume of the ejaculate is contributed mainly … Continued
Many times, the days an embryo spends growing in the lab are just a waiting game for patients. While there is a vague idea of what happens, it seems like a lot of acronyms are thrown around and then 5 days later, there is the call with numbers. In this post, we will break … Continued
