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Vermont Fertility Services Including IVF, Egg Donation and Fertility Preservation


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How Does Donor Egg IVF Work?

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Donor egg IVF is a treatment option for patients who aren’t able or do not wish to use their own eggs to conceive. Below is some information to help you understand how this procedure works and how it can be beneficial for couples struggling with infertility. About Donor Egg IVF Donor egg IVF is similar to a standard IVF procedure in that it involves joining an egg and sperm outside of the body. However, unlike a standard IVF procedure, which uses an egg from the intended mother, donor egg IVF uses an egg from another woman. The donor may be someone the  Read more »

Breaking news: Egg Freezing has come of age in Vermont!

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Take a peek at these adorable NRM babies: to our knowledge this is the first pregnancy from eggs frozen in Vermont!  Fertility clinics have for decades been able to freeze and thaw embryos (an egg fertilized with sperm). Embryos are made up of many cells, and are more robust thus allowing them to survive the freezing and thawing process. Eggs, however, are one single cell full of a large content of water. Eggs are difficult to freeze without destroying the integrity of their DNA, but a new technology called vitrification (a flash-freeze avoiding ice crystal development) has allowed egg freezing to  Read more »

Get the Facts About Egg Freezing

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A few years ago, egg freezing or cryopreservation wasn’t mainstream. In fact, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine only took away the “experimental” label in 2012, calling egg freezing “standard” for fertility treatment in some cases. The ASRM’s decision came as a result of four randomized controlled studies and other observational studies that showed frozen eggs had: Fertilization rates between 71 and 79 percent, Implantation rates between 17 and 41 percent, and Pregnancy rates between 36 and 61 percent. Who Should Consider Egg Freezing?    Women who are facing medical diagnoses that could impact their fertility are candidates for cryopreservation. For example, a women who must  Read more »

Frequently Asked Questions About Egg Freezing

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Egg freezing is available to women wishing to preserve their fertility for future use with any future partner. This procedure requires extracting some of your eggs and freezing them to be used for a pregnancy at a later date. Here are some commonly asked questions and answers so you can learn a little more about it. What is the egg freezing process like? In order to have your eggs frozen, you will need to undergo a surgical egg retrieval process at your local Vermont fertility clinic. You will go through a process similar to IVF, where you are injected with hormones  Read more »

Fertility Preservation Services

NRM offers freezing and storage of eggs, sperm, or embryos for individuals with a recent cancer diagnosis who desire future fertility, or those who elect to delay childbearing for other reasons.

Referring Providers: Did you Know?

We want to work with you toward a common shared goal: maximizing reproductive health and increasing patients’ potential for successful pregnancies. We offer a set of referral services designed to help your patients take the first steps of fertility treatment Learn More.

Northeastern Reproductive Medicine

105 West View Road Suite 302
Colchester, Vermont 05446
1 (802) 655-8888

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