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A New Way to Save on Your Fertility Medications
Two new fertility medication discount programs, ReUnite Assist and ReUnite Assist for Military will begin September 1, 2018 and could save YOU up to 75% on eligible fertility medications. Eligible medications in this discount program include FOLLISTIM® AQ, Ganirelix Acetate and PREGNYL®. These new discount programs will be replacing the existing First Steps program that…
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Dream Makers Take You Back to School
Over the past 2 weeks, we’ve had so much FUN at MCRM Fertility with DREAM MAKERS sharing their memorable Back to School photos with our patients via our social media channels. Its time for the BIG reveal of Who’s Who?….. In addition to seeing if your guess was correct, we’ve added a NEW twist. Take…
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Celebrating World Embryologist Day and the 40th Birthday of the World’s First IVF Baby
Today, July 25, 2018, is a very special day in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology. It is World Embryologist Day and the 40th birthday of the world’s first IVF baby, Louise Brown. If you have ever wondered what it is like to be an embryologist or what joys and difficulties they face, you will…
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Implantation Failure and The Endometrial Receptivity ERA: Important Points To Know
For several decades we in the reproductive medical field have been trying to identify reasons that apparently normal embryos fail to implant. That is once transferred in the context of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the embryo fails to result in a positive pregnancy test. Certainly, we know that certain uterine abnormalities can contribute to the…
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Could Pre-Implantation (PGS) Testing Be Completed Non-Invasively?
Last week, the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology hosted their annual meeting in Barcelona. One of the interesting studies released was that from Igenomix, “Improved concordance rates for aneuploidy detection in spent culture media compared to trophyectoderm biopsies: a step forward towards non-invasive pre-implantation genetic testing.” Today, in order to complete the PGS…
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Understanding the Fertility Experiences of Women: Help Researchers at the University of Missouri
Are you a woman age 20-45 and would like to help other women? MCRM Fertility is wishing to assist researchers at the University of Missouri who are completing research evaluating the fertility experiences of women by sharing information regarding a brief online survey that you may participate in. The purpose of this study is…
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Accepting New Patients at MCRM Fertility – Tulsa
MCRM Fertility celebrated its fifth anniversary earlier this year. During our initial 5-years we have always had a strong commitment to providing the most advanced fertility care with a 5-star patient experience our fertility care center and laboratory in Chesterfield, Missouri. A vision and guiding goal of medical director, Dr. Peter Ahlering, has been the…
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What’s in Your Genes? Why Genetic Carrier Screening is requested by your Reproductive Specialist
When You meet with a reproductive specialist to learn more about your fertility care options, one of the first steps in the journey involves the collection of numerous blood samples for analysis. The number of tubes of blood collected may seem overwhelming and you may ask yourself, “What are they looking for and why so…
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Fertility Preservation: Your Plan B
Are you an individual focussed on today? Are you career focussed? Maybe, you haven’t found mister or misses right? Yet, you desire to have a child but just don’t know when. You do have an option and a plan B and it is to preserve today’s fertility for that someday in the future. Fertility Preservation…
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Coping with Miscarriage as an Individual and as a Couple
Recently, Stephen Mitchell, MDiv, PhD, LPC, LMFT, a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist, stopped in to be part of Focus on Fertility to discuss how individuals and couples can cope with miscarriage. Miscarriage is the most common cause of pregnancy loss. Research studies have estimated that approximately 20% of all known…
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Western World Crisis…Lowering Fertility Rates
It is a complex social and population issue; however, there are steps that can be taken but it requires us to be aware and have a general understanding. Beginning in the mid-1960s, a trend of lowering fertility rates has been recorded in the United States with an all-time low of 62.0 births per 1,000 women…
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Infertility Awareness Day at the Ballpark 2018
The second annual Infertility Awareness Day at the Ballpark commenced on Sunday, April 22, 2018 as a kick-off event to National Infertility Awareness Week in St. Louis, Missouri. Nearly 250 participants took part at Busch Stadium. The weather, in general, held out for most of the game with only a few sprinkles from time-to-time and…
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National Infertility Awareness Week 2018: “Flip the Script”
At MCRM Fertility, National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) is another opportunity for us to support and encourage our patients struggling with infertility. The Infertility Support Program will be hosting daily events to commemorate this special week. The week kicks off with Infertility Awareness Day at the Ballpark on Sunday followed by: Flowers for Fertility (Monday,…
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ReceptivaDx, A New Test to Find Answers for IVF Failure
A newly available test, now available to patients of MCRM Fertility, ReceptivaDxTM, can be utilized to help dig for further answers as to why IVF failures might occur. Even when PGS tested, euploid “normal” embryos are transferred, an estimated 30% of the transfers fail. Why? Dr. Ahlering and Dr. Aubuchon have a strong standing belief that…
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Nutrition and Fitness Strategies for Improving PCOS Symptoms and Fertility
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a medical condition that affects roughly 10% of the female population, and is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility. In many cases, the first action that health care providers recommend for women with PCOS is that they make specific lifestyle changes, such as controlling nutrition and exercise. Many women, however, do not understand…
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