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Fertility Nurse of the Month: Marge Vogt, R.N.C., A.R.N.P., M.S.N.

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Reproductive Resource Center of Greater Kansas City

Reproductive Resource Center of Greater Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, January 2011

FertilityAuthority is pleased to honor Marge Vogt as Nurse of the Month, nominated and chosen for her experience and expertise. A conversation with Vogt evokes her passion for the field of infertility and her work with fertility patients.

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Clinical Trials in Kansas City

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Fertility focused research trials

There are currently four clinical studies in the Kansas City area focusing on cancer patients whose cancer and/or cancer treatment may impact their fertility. These studies are all being done in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and are sponsored by various oncology based groups.

What are Clinical Trials?

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Kansas City Attorneys Assist in Building Families

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Find a lawyer specializing in assisted reproduction

One of the challenges related to assisted reproductive technology is understanding the legal issues associated with treatment needed to build your family. Legal matters are also complicated in cases of domestic and international adoption.

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Infertility Support in Kansas City

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Therapy for your emotional needs

There are several therapists in the Kansas City area who are available to offer emotional support to people who are facing infertility. The burdens from wanting to have a child and being unable to conceive are both emotional and physical for both men and women. Infertility is a crisis that brings feelings of isolation, anger, depression, loss and guilt.

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Surrogacy in Kansas City

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Using a surrogate to build your family

Surrogacy is the most complicated of all the collaborative reproductive technologies because it involves a third party. A surrogate carries a child for a woman who is unable to have a child or successfully carry a child through a healthy pregnancy. A surrogate may use the intended parent’s sperm and egg or she can use a donated egg or sperm.

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Kansas City Egg Donor Cycle Success Rates

Live birth rates using donor egg

The following data is from the most recent Assisted Reproductive Technology Report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It shows statistics on the number of fresh and frozen IVF egg donor cycles and the number of live births at fertility clinics in the Kansas City region.

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Using an Egg Donor in Kansas City

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Are you thinking about using an egg donor?

There were a total of 119 donor egg IVF cycles in the Kansas City area in 2007, with 84 using fresh donor eggs and 35 using frozen donor eggs according to the 2007 Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC).

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Kansas City Fertility Clinic Success Rates

IVF success rates in Kansas City

Under federal law all fertility clinics across the United States are mandated to share annual success rate data on in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Choosing a Fertility Clinic in Kansas City

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What to look for in a fertility clinic

There are five fertility clinics in the Kansas City area and approximately nine fertility doctors practicing in this region. These doctors work in fertility clinics and hospital settings. The clinics in the Kansas City area are:

  • Center for Advance Reproductive Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
  • Midwest Reproductive, Olathe, KS
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When to see a Kansas City Fertility Doctor

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Find a reproductive endocrinologist in your area

There are approximately 59,770 people experiencing infertility in Kansas and 123,06 in Missouri. According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), if you are under the age of 35, have had unprotected sexual intercourse for at least 12 months, and have not gotten pregnant you may be infertile. If you are over 35, this time frame is reduced to six months.

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