Eggs and Embryos Bar Coded?

In an exciting development, a team in Barcelona, Spain, was able to bar code eggs and embryos so that the chance of mixing or loosing them becomes nil. The government of Catalonia has granted the team permission to tag eggs and embryos for fertility centers in Spain

 http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/11/theres-something-in-my-eggs.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Northern Virginia Top Doc

Dr Sharara was nominated as one of Northern Virginia Top Docs in Reproductive Endocrinology in the February issue of Northern Virginia Magazine that is now in stands. We thank our peer doctors and patients for their vote of confidence. Dr Sharara has been rated a Top Doc in the Washingtonian magazine since 2005.

2009 Success Rates

We just posted our 2009 success rates for IVF and Donor Egg on our website: http://www.vcrmed.com/. We are confident that our rates will be the highest in the area for the 6th straight year.

Alcohol and IVF success

 In a study published this month, researchers at Harvard showed in a large study of women undergoing 4,729 IVF cycles that women drinking at least 4 drinks/week have a 16% lower chance at having a live birth compared to non-drinkers. For couples in which both partners drink at least 4 drinks/week the odds of live birth is 21% lower.

Happy New Year

Wisshing you a happy, healthy and "pregnant" New Year

Happy Holidays

Wishing all our readers a happy Holiday Season. May all your wishes come true

Buyer Beware!

Some couples undergoing gestational surrogacy (GC) are going to India in an attempt to save money, making the surrogacy business in India a $445 million a year business. Recently, a Canadian couple who underwent DNA testing as part of the adoption of twins they assumed were their offspring discovered that they had no genetic link to the infants born to a surrogate in India!!!!