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Our IVF Program
Infertility Solutions, P.C., with offices in Allentown and Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, has been performing in vitro fertilization since 1994. Our objective has always been to offer technologically leading-edge care.
We feel that our program also offers patients significant advantages over many other programs in the United States. One of these advantages is derived from the fact that we are a small program and have a close integration between the laboratory and medical aspects of this procedure. In many programs, physicians are not involved in evaluating laboratory issues. Dr. Rose has extensive interest and experience in the laboratory aspects of IVF and often both the laboratory and medical aspects of an IVF cycle can be individualized to meet a patient's needs. This can improve the success of an IVF cycle. Unlike some area programs, our laboratory is located within our office and is not shared with any other group or practice. Our smallness also makes every patient an important individual to us and not a number who is placed on a fixed ovulation induction and IVF protocol. We can provide a level of support that makes our patients feel well cared for. Each of our nurses individually educates each patient about the planned details of her IVF procedure and then maintains close contact with the patient as needed to help her through the IVF cycle. This makes it easier and less stressful to undergo IVF.
We are especially excited about our risk sharing IVF refund program, which as a result of patient requests, covers up to SIX tries at IVF and covers the pregnancy up until delivery, and our "3 for 2" discount program which is offered to all patients, regardless of their pregnancy prognosis.
We are one of few programs that offer IVM (in vitro maturation) which is a natural cycle variant of IVF. The patients for whom IVM is best suited are younger patients with a PCO pattern in their ovaries. A typical patient may have had a prior ovulation induction as part of their therapy and has responded with the production of a large number of eggs or has had hyperstimulation symptoms (swelling or discomfort) after an IVF retrieval. Alternatively, she may have had an ultrasound evaluation which showed that she still had a high number of eggs in her ovaries. IVM is a newer procedure than IVF and involves taking immature eggs from the ovaries and maturing them in the laboratory, before proceeding with more routine fertilization, culture and transfer. IVM requires almost no injectable medications or blood tests prior to retrieval. It is an effective natural cycle approach to IVF. Since the ovaries have not been stimulated, there is NO risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. IVM is less expensive, more convenient, and less painful than IVF. For more detailed information on IVM, go to our IVM information page.
We also offer Mini-stim IVF which is another variation of IVF. This is a procedure that is best used either after or instead of IUI. It is much more powerful than IUI but less powerful than IVF. It can be used to overcome sperm problems or any tubal problem (without surgery). Many patients who get pregnant with IVF could have gotten pregnant more conveniently and less expensively with Mini-stim IVF. For more detailed information about Mini-stim IVF, go to our Mini-stim IVF information page.
The links at left provide important information about our IVF center and about IVF in general. If you have any further questions or if you would like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Rose, please click here.