Techniques That Can Increase Your Odds with IVF

What can you do to increase your chances for a successful IVF cycle? Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Julie Lamb, a board certified reproductive endocrinologist at Pacific NW Fertility in Seattle and serves as clinical faculty at the University of Washington.

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Advances in the field that are resulting in increased pregnancy and live birth rates.
Embryo transfer protocol.
Single embryo transfer. What does the latest research show on success rates when transferring one embryo vs. transferring two embryos?
Genetic testing of embryos
Personalized infertility treatment: ERA, receptive, carrier screening and embryo testing
Is there a difference in the embryo culture medium used in IVF?
In-vivo culture for growing embryos.
Other advances in embryology that have resulted in increased birth rates?
Advances in egg retrieval techniques.
Why do different doctors use different IVF protocols:
What can a patient do to increase her chances of success when she starts an IVF cycle and before the embryo transfer?
Is there anything that can be done to improve egg quality?
Have there been advances in the field that help older women get pregnant?