An RCT comparing endometrial thickness and IVF pregnancies in women taking oral tadalafil vs. vaginal tadalafil vs. placebo.
All in IVF
Assisted Reproduction and Testing + for COVID-19
An overview of research on women who completed ICSI, IVF, and/or embryo transfer while actively or recently testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
How Do Children from Egg Donors Feel about Their Families?
Creative interviews with children born from egg donor and IVF sought to understand perceptions of family relationships.
IVF Drug Waste
A recent study attempted to find out how IVF drugs are wasted.
Losing Weight before IVF
This trial looks at the impact on birth rates from hundreds of overweight or obese women taking a weight-loss drug called Orlistat shortly before IVF.
Fertility Treatment & Twins
The largest comparison study ever conducted on how assisted reproductive technology impacts twin births.
Enbrel & Embryo Implantation
A new study explores the use of an arthritis drug called Enbrel (etanercept) in women with repeat embryo implantation failure.
BMI and Pregnancy Success in Gestational Carriers
The first study to look at gestational carriers with different BMIs, seeing how their pregnancy and birth rates compare to the “generally infertile.”
Intramuscular vs. Vaginal Progesterone in Frozen Embryo Transfer
A new Harvard-affiliated study explores whether intramuscular progesterone or vaginal gel progesterone (Crinone 8%) more effectively leads to live births after single frozen embryo transfer. Will their results change IVF practices in the U.S.A.?
Fertility Treatment and Differences in Dad IQs
A newly published study found that fathers from reproductive assistance (IVF or ICSI) had higher IQ scores than fathers who naturally conceived. This podcast episode discusses the serious flaws in this study.
Lower Pregnancy Rates with Prolonged Storage of Frozen Embryos
A large study of frozen embryo transfers looked at how storage time impacts pregnancies and newborns, with noteworthy results.
Boosting Frozen Embryo Pregnancies with hCG
A NYC fertility center gave one hCG boost to 146 women doing natural frozen embryo transfer. Though the results were encouraging, they might not be easily replicated.
Air Pollution and IVF Embryos
Looking at 7000 newborns born from fresh and frozen embryo transfers (FET), there were interesting and significant results based on differences in air quality.
The Money Study
This episode reveals the unexpected IVF successes that occurred after using some unconventional retrieval methods.
Do IVF Children Have More Serious Infections?
A recently published study looked at the association between how a baby was conceived and how this impacts serious infections in childhood.