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Our Charlottesville, VA fertility clinic has two board certified reproductive endocrinologists, infertility specialists on staff. Our IVF program is one of the most successful in Virginia and serves the surrounding areas including Harrisonburg, Staunton, Fisherville, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft, Forest, Bedford, Buena Vista,Vinton, Bridgewater, Arlington, Fairfax, and others. In fact, we attract patients from across the United States.
Dr. Bruce Bateman started one of the earlier IVF programs in the Southeast in Charlottesville in 1986 making IVF available in Charlottesville for over 20 years. Both of our specialists have extensive experience conducting IVF cycles. Our Virginia IVF clinic is small enough so that our fertility specialists can render individualized, personal care.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) involves fertilization of eggs
outside the body in a special environment created in the laboratory.
In the 1950's, researchers at the Worcester Foundation in
Massachusetts reported the first live births of rabbits that
were conceived by IVF procedures. The first human baby conceived
using IVF was delivered in 1978 at Bourne Hall in Cambridge,
England. In the almost 30 year history of human IVF treatment,
hundreds of thousands of babies have been delivered around
the world and IVF procedures have become increasingly safer
and more successful.
Steps in the Process
Attempting to establish a pregnancy through IVF treatment
involves several steps:
IVF patients must come to our Virginia fertility clinic frequently during the drug stimulation phase of the cycle for monitoring. This monitoring includes estradiol hormone blood level measurements and transvaginal ultrasound. Our fertility clinic in Charlottesville, VA makes the transit for testing easy especially compared to fertility clinics in the Washington, DC, Fairfax areas.
These fertility, IVF tests monitor follicular development providing necessary information for medication(s) dosage adjustment. They also help prevent potential side effects from ovarian stimulation.
-Read an extensive article on IVF written by Dr. Williams.
Categories of infertility that might be helped by IVF treatment
include:
We know you
probably have more questions about the process of IVF or about
Charlottesville, VA IVF program. Please feel free to contact Bonnie Reilly, RN,
or Jodie Halloran the IVF Nurse Coordinators, at 434-654-8875,
or e-mail Bonnie at bonnie.reilly@rmscva.com.
From the Martha Jefferson Hospital Newsroom
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