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Press Release: RMA of New York Now Participating in the WINFertility® Direct-to-Consumer IVF Program
WINFertility patients gain access to discounted, packaged IVF treatment and medications for infertility care.

Dr. Jaime Knopman has issued a response to Heather MaGee of The Huffington Post in regards to her September 3rd, 2012 blog entry entitled “Should I Freeze My Eggs?” Her response is as followed:

Dear Heather,

It is quite timely that I came across this post during this election season, where a woman’s right to choose is an important topic of discussion. Constantly hearing the words choice and reproduction together got me thinking about what women’s “reproductive rights” and “freedom of choice” really means. Shouldn’t reproductive choice also include the ultimate reproductive choice; the ability to bear a child when she is ready?

Dr. Copperman explains in his interview that it is not necessarily the incidence of infertility in women that is increasing, but that it is more socially acceptable now to seek help for any medical condition, including infertility. He also explains how there are many successful paths available to couples today to help them build their families.

Patients are often concerned with IVF success rates and their own potential for success before initiating fertility treatment. A Reproductive Endocrinologist, also known as a fertility specialist, will typically perform a workup to evaluate a patient’s overall health as well as measure her ovarian reserve- the quantity and quality of the eggs in her ovaries.

Dr. Benjamin Sandler, Infertility Specialist at RMA of New York, discusses causes of infertility: age-related infertility, tubal factors, anovulation, as well as male factor infertility- low sperm count, low motility and morphology. Dr. Sandler discusses infertility testing such as ovarian reserve testing and semen analysis as well as treatment options such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF).