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Boston Egg Donor Cycle Success Rates

Number of donor egg IVF cycles and live births at Boston fertility clinics

The following data, from the 2010 Assisted Reproductive Technology Report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), detail the number of donor egg IVF cycles at Boston fertility clinics and the number of live births.

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Surrogacy in Massachusetts

Surrogacy is a type of assisted reproductive technology

Surrogacy is a type of assisted reproductive technology in which a woman carries a child for a couple who is unable to conceive or sustain a pregnancy. There are two types of surrogacy: traditional surrogacy and gestational surrogacy.

In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate is inseminated with the sperm from the male partner. This makes the child biologically related to the surrogate.

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Massachusetts Insurance Coverage for Infertility

The Massachusetts Infertility Mandate requires insurors to cover infertility

One of the most pressing issues for couples struggling with infertility is how they will pay for their treatment. IVF procedures can cost thousands of dollars, and many times, more than one cycle is necessary.

Fortunately, residents of Massachusetts can rest a little easier, thanks to a state mandate, The Massachusetts Infertility Mandate, that requires insurance companies to acknowledge infertility as a covered disease.

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Infertility Support

A therapist can help deal with the emotional struggle of infertility

A number of Boston therapists offer counseling and support to women and men with infertility. Fertility treatments bring with them not only physical challenges, but emotional drains as well. Infertility can evoke a wide range of emotions, including anger, loss, sadness, guilt, depression, and anxiety.

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Boston Clinical Trials

Clinical trials at hospitals and fertility clinics in the Boston area

The Impact of Fertility Treatments on Women, Children

BU Today, July 18, 2012

A partnership forged during a cab ride has resulted in a $6.6 million research collaboration that BU School of Public Health childbirth experts hope will shed light on how assisted reproductive technology (ART) influences health outcomes for women and children.

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More Evidence Obesity May Lower IVF Success

Reuters, June 20, 2012

The odds of having a baby via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) may be lower for obese women than their thinner counterparts, two new studies find. The studies, reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility, add to evidence suggesting that heavy women have a lesser chance of success with IVF — where a woman's eggs are fertilized in a lab dish then transferred to her uterus.

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Dr. Arthur Wisot of Reproductive Partners Medical Group explains when a woman should seek a consultation with a fertility doctor, or reproductive endocrinologist.

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Dr. Arthur Wisot of Reproductive Partners Medical Group discusses treatments for abnormal sperm count including vitamin supplements, intrauterine insemination (IUI), and in vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

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Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) allows fertility doctors to examine chromosomes prior to embryo transfer, explains Dr. Arthur Wisot of Reproductive Partners Medical Group in California.

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Having a Baby after Breast Cancer Treatment

Boston Globe, April 30, 2012

Fertility issues are very common among women and men undergoing cancer treatments in their reproductive years. Yet a survey of more than 1,000 female cancer patients under age 40 published in the March issue of the journal Cancer found that 61 percent of the survey respondents had treatments that could potentially destroy their fertility but that only 5 percent of the total respondents were counseled by fertility specialists and only 4 percent took action to preserve their fertility.

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New Endometriosis Center Launches With $3M from Marriott Foundation

WBUR, April 18, 2012

After 14-year-old Emily Hatch of Wellesley was treated for endometriosis at Boston Children’s Hospital, her mother, Mary Alice, asked the surgeon what she could do to help researchers find better treatments and ultimately discover a cure for the painful, chronic disorder. That conversation led to a gift of $3 million from the foundation started by Mary Alice’s grandfather, J.

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