The country's economy is struggling so much that women are quite possibly having fewer children as a result. A report published last month by the Centers for Disease Control likens the trend to the Great Depression's fertility rates.
My patients feel the pain. If getting pregnant the old fashioned way is harder now, imagine what it's like to need special fertility treatment in order to have a baby.
In that light, I'm currently offering a big discount on IVF: $7995 through November 30th.
Because Houston Fertility Center has its own state-of-the-art laboratory, I'm able to provide the highest quality reproductive medicine services at more affordable prices. And since this is the time of year when people living in the Houston area are caught between high electric bills (for air conditioning!) and impending holiday season expenses -- it seems like the best time of year to make family-building a reality for so many.
Hang in there!
~Dr. Sonja Kristiansen MD
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Economy Makes Saving Embryos Tougher Decision
A recent study found that there is indeed an expected correlation between the United States economic downturn and people's choices regarding their frozen embryos.
In other words, presumably the cost of maintaining frozen embryos has pushed patients to think harder about whether or not to keep them on ice in perpetuity.
Last December, I referred to The Embryo Dilemma which was front-and-center in the media at the time. Single embryo transfer is absolutely the answer for some patients, whereas for others, it simply won't provide their desired outcome.
ART research has focused on the fine-tuning of techniques that will allow fewer IVF-created embryos to be transferred and still create a healthy pregnancy. Still, many patients will end up with extras.
The options -- aside from cryopreservation storage or discarding -- for unused embryos at Houston Fertility Center:
*If couples let us know before their eggs and sperm are combined for fertilization via IVF, we can perform the FDA-required testing for embryo 'adoption' to be an option.
*We will assist couples in making their embryos available for research at approved institutions.
It's imperative that patients using IVF to create embryos discuss -- in advance -- all of the options with their partners and any others they typically consult for life's big decisions.
In other words, presumably the cost of maintaining frozen embryos has pushed patients to think harder about whether or not to keep them on ice in perpetuity.
Last December, I referred to The Embryo Dilemma which was front-and-center in the media at the time. Single embryo transfer is absolutely the answer for some patients, whereas for others, it simply won't provide their desired outcome.
ART research has focused on the fine-tuning of techniques that will allow fewer IVF-created embryos to be transferred and still create a healthy pregnancy. Still, many patients will end up with extras.
The options -- aside from cryopreservation storage or discarding -- for unused embryos at Houston Fertility Center:
*If couples let us know before their eggs and sperm are combined for fertilization via IVF, we can perform the FDA-required testing for embryo 'adoption' to be an option.
*We will assist couples in making their embryos available for research at approved institutions.
It's imperative that patients using IVF to create embryos discuss -- in advance -- all of the options with their partners and any others they typically consult for life's big decisions.
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