One Blastocyst - Articles
Meet the Blastocyst
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Dr. Fred Licciardi
Hello everyone, this blog will describe the blastocyst. I will show you some pictures and tell you what is good and what is less good. Next time I will tell you a little about our blasto ...
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Just Before Blastocyst: The Morlula
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Dr. Fred Licciardi
... e 8 cell embryo divides further, and at the same time the cells become very close to each other. Here it’s difficult to see the borders of the cells, so the morula looks like one big blob. It ‘s solid in the middle. It’s still inside the shell. There are about 12-30 cells in a morula. Here are some pictures: Here is a nice looking morula. Here a ...
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What Can Blastocyst Do For You?
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Dr. Fred Licciardi
... y, let’s say you’re lucky and have 5 nice embryos on day 3. Even though some may look a litter nicer than others, we really may not be able to tell which embryos are the best ones. So, we can wait 2 more days. In that time, some embryos may not grow well, but probably those embryos would not have survived in the uterus anyway. The advantage here i ...
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The Road to Blastocyst: Eggs and Embryos
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Dr. Fred Licciardi
... nd embryos and then blastocysts. This is an egg. I doesn't really look like an egg. Part of the reason for this is that in this picture there are hundreds of cells, but just one that is an egg. The dark circle in the center is the egg. You can see how big eggs are compared to the rest of our cells. The surrounding specs are granulosa cells. Thes ...
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Poetry
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Kymberli
... pe that they will receive the closure they need.Even as this door slowly sighs to a close, they've already started feeling their way to the next.Four frozen blastocysts - one, maybe two last chances for Mia and Urs before moving on to donor egg.If it works, I mean really works from start to finish on their last go before starting on a different ...
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Going to Blast! Part 2.
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John David Gordon MD
... today we get down to brass tacks…You know, it amazes me that some of the Residents and Medical Students that I teach do not know some of these quaint little sayings like the one I just used. I have said to them “a watched pot never boils” and received just blank stares. Is this a sign of advancing age on my part or is it because they watched too m ...
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Some great fertility blogs out there in the world
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Liz Richards
... unity is a great website that has received positive feedback from some of my patients. You can sign up at different forums based on where you are in your fertility journey. One of my patients said she made “life-long friends” there. The blog provides useful information and updates on recent news. 2. Infertility Blog Blogspot: I found this site w ...
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Here are some great fertility bl ...
by
Liz Richards
... unity is a great website that has received positive feedback from some of my patients. You can sign up at different forums based on where you are in your fertility journey. One of my patients said she made “life-long friends” there. The blog provides useful information and updates on recent news. 2. Infertility Blog Blogspot: I found this site w ...
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What is Assisted Hatching?
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John David Gordon MD
Older brothers can certainly torment younger ones a great deal. My brother Steven is a typical middle child. As my eldest brother (and my protector in the family), Mike, always wanted to be like our surgeon father, it fe ...
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Going to Blast!
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John David Gordon MD
... ng to blast he/she is referring to the stage of embryo development at the time of the embryo transfer. When I began practicing infertility in 1996 most embryo transfers were done on the second day after egg collection (egg collection is day zero). However, most clinics moved rapidly to day 3 ET to allow for better embryo selection. The move to day ...
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