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The Holiday Season is just around the corner. MCRM Fertility is super excited to invite you to our annual Photos with Santa! This patient favorite event is making a return to MCRM Fertility this December. Stop by the clinic to enjoy a sweet treat, share your Christmas wishlist, and snap a photo with Santa. Mark…

We first came to MCRM 18 months after trying to conceive and a miscarriage. This was during the middle of the pandemic and while our local doctor refused to do any further treatment steps until things calmed down, MCRM stepped up and treated us with such compassion and understanding.  After the initial tests, we learned…

Mira Aubuchon, MD Miscarriages are commonly genetic in origin, but other factors are implicated as well.  Investigators found a higher rate of miscarriages, pregnancies <8 week,s in the summer months and in hotter climates than in cooler seasons and geography. We advise all fertility patients to limit environmental heat exposure to the extent possible, as…

Vinita Alexander, MD Long chain Omega 3 Fatty Acid intake — specifically intake of DHA (dosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)— have been previously associated with health benefits including fertility. A Harvard study published this month in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology examined the association of men and women’s intake of omega 3…

Mira Aubuchon, MD Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) reveals that many embryos are abnormal or have aneuploidy (entire chromosomes are missing or present in excessive amounts). A large study found that when aneuploid embryos were transferred, the positive pregnancy rate was 20% lower as compared to an euploid (healthy chromosome number) embryo transfer; and, all those…

Sperm DNA influences embryo development and, in turn, the likelihood of establishing a healthy pregnancy and delivery in both natural and assisted cases. Roughly 15% of couples are affected by infertility worldwide. Directly or indirectly, male infertility is accountable for 60% of those instances. Still, half of those male infertility cases conclude to be unexplained…

MCRM Fertility will be offering IVF and FET treatment cycles during the February-July period in 2021 on the following dates: February 02/01/2021-02/08/2021 – IVF Cycle Week 02/22/2021 – St. Louis Frozen Embryo Transfers 02/23/2021 – St. Louis & Tulsa Frozen Embryo Transfers 02/24/2021 – St. Louis & Tulsa Frozen Embryo Transfers 02/25/2021 – St. Louis…

The upcoming availability of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine to reduce the risks of contracting the virus and to reduce the risks becoming ill with COVID-19 is certainly encouraging news during this difficult year.  Many of you have asked us about receiving a vaccine when it becomes available. The information we have now may evolve over time,…

Today, Donor Egg Bank USA’s laboratory technical director, Wayne Caswell, awarded MCRM Fertility, lab director, Douglas Gliedt, PhD, HCLD and senior embryologist, Teresa Alred with Seals of Quality Assurance.    “When recipients are awarded the Donor Egg Bank USA Quality Assurance Certificate, it acknowledges that they have achieved outstanding demonstrable results. Achieving success while working with vitrified…