Articles
Understand your options, one topic at a time.
Guides to fertility conditions, treatments and what to expect at NYC IVF. Browse by topic below.
3 articles
Getting started
What to expect at your first visit, and how we match treatment to your needs.
- Your first fertility consultationWhen to see a fertility specialist, what to bring to your first visit, what happens during it and what comes next.
- Your unique fertility needsFertility factors are shared by everyone, but how much each one matters differs from person to person. Here's how we tailor care to you.
- Choosing your fertility treatmentAfter your initial fertility evaluation, your options depend on your situation. Here's how choices typically look for common circumstances.
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Female and male factors
The most common reasons conceiving can be difficult, and how each one is treated.
- Female factor infertilityHow age and ovarian reserve, ovulation problems, the fallopian tubes, the uterus and endometriosis can affect fertility, and how each is evaluated.
- Male factor infertilityMale factor plays a role in many couples' infertility. Learn how it's evaluated and how mild, severe and absent sperm counts are approached.
- Treatment options for male factor infertilityLifestyle changes, medical treatment, surgery, sperm retrieval, ICSI and donor sperm: what the evidence supports for male factor infertility.
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Simple treatments
Timed intercourse, ovulation induction and IUI, where many patients begin.
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IVF and the lab
How IVF works, from ovarian stimulation to embryo transfer.
- IVF and ICSIHow an IVF cycle works, from ovarian stimulation and egg retrieval to fertilization, ICSI, embryo culture and transfer, and how we keep treatment safe.
- Mild and minimal stimulation IVFA gentler IVF approach using lower medication doses. Who it suits, how a cycle works, and the tradeoffs to weigh before choosing it.
- Single embryo transferWhy transferring one embryo at a time lowers the chance of twins, and how we decide together how many embryos to transfer.
- Frozen embryo transferWhen embryos are frozen and transferred later, how your uterus is prepared, and what to know about the safety of frozen embryo transfer.
- In vitro maturation (IVM)IVM collects eggs before they're fully mature and matures them in the lab, with little or no stimulation. Who may benefit and how it works.
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Genetics and embryo testing
Genetic screening, preimplantation genetic testing and sex selection.
- Genetic screening and PGTHow carrier screening and preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-A and PGT-M) help lower the chance of passing on genetic conditions and guide embryo selection.
- Sex selection and family balancingHow IVF with embryo testing can help families avoid a sex-linked genetic condition or balance their family, and who is a good candidate.
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Preserving fertility
Freezing eggs, embryos or sperm for the future.
- Egg freezingHow egg freezing works, what to expect from stimulation to storage, and why the age at which you freeze matters most.
- Fertility preservation before medical treatmentOptions for protecting your ability to have biological children before cancer treatment, chemotherapy or surgery, and the questions to ask.
3 articles
Donors, carriers and LGBTQ+ family building
Every path to parenthood, including donor eggs, donor sperm and gestational carriers.
- Third-party reproduction and LGBTQ+ family buildingDonor sperm, donor eggs, reciprocal IVF, gestational carriers and IVM: the paths to parenthood for LGBTQ+ families and anyone building a family with help.
- Donor eggsHow egg donation works, how donors are screened, and how you and your partner prepare for a donor egg cycle.
- Gestational carriersWho may use a gestational carrier, how carriers are selected and screened, and what happens during a gestational carrier cycle.
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When you need more answers
Next steps after unsuccessful treatment, implantation testing and reproductive surgery.
- After unsuccessful fertility treatmentIf IUI or IVF hasn't worked, we look closely at your past cycles, run targeted tests and adjust your plan. Here's how we approach it.
- Endometrial receptivity analysis (ERA)The ERA test checks whether the uterine lining is ready for implantation at the planned time of transfer. Who may benefit and how it works.
- Reproductive surgeryHow laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery can treat problems in the tubes, ovaries and uterus that affect fertility or implantation.
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Fertility and wellness
Caring for body and mind alongside medical treatment.
Research
Research articles.
Published guidelines and studies on treatment plans, including those for patients with other medical conditions.
- Obstetrics & GynecologyCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccines and Pregnancy: What Obstetricians Need to Know
- Fertility and SterilityIntracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for non-male factor indications: a committee opinion
- ASRMUse of preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic defects (PGT-M) for adult-onset conditions: an Ethics Committee opinion
- Fertility and SterilityComparison of pregnancy rates for poor responders using IVF with mild ovarian stimulation versus conventional IVF: a guideline
- Fertility and SterilityEvidence-based treatments for couples with unexplained infertility: a guideline
- Fertility and SterilityClinical management of mosaic results from preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) of blastocysts: a committee opinion
- Research paperLetrozole and gonadotropins versus luteal estradiol and gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocol in women with a prior low response to ovarian stimulation
- Research paperLuteal phase estradiol versus luteal phase estradiol and antagonist protocol for controlled ovarian stimulation before in vitro fertilization in poor responders
- Research paperSafety of fertility preservation by ovarian stimulation with letrozole and gonadotropins in patients with breast cancer: a prospective controlled study
- Fertility and SterilityTruth telling in reproductive medicine
- Research paperLetrozole for ovulation induction and fertility preservation by embryo cryopreservation in young women with endometrial carcinoma
- Research paperProspective randomized comparison between transfer of blastocyst stage embryos and cleavage stage embryos during frozen cycles after ICSI procedure
- ASRMASRM COVID-19 vaccine message
