Category Archives: travel

Two recent articles caught my attention. They highlight the increasing trend of English speaking patients going to the Czech Republic for medical tourism (including fertility tourism).  They cite that availability, low cost and high quality care are the primary factors driving patients there. First, in February, the … Continue reading

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I was invited to be a guest on the Creating A Family radio show titled “Practical Considerations When Going Abroad for Treatment“. I was interviewed by Dawn Davenport along with Kathryn Kaycoff-Manos (a surrogacy expert and founder of Global IVF).  … Continue reading

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For my clients who want a little extra luxury during their stay for IVF treatment in Brno, Czech Republic, I can highly recommend one of the city’s newer hotel properties – the Barcelo Brno Palace.  Lately, with my agency discount, … Continue reading

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The Embryoscope Time Lapse Video monitoring that I talked about here made the US NBC Evening News!   Here’s a link to the NBC News report which provides very interesting video showing how Embryoscope works and what doctors see as its primary benefits: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/50997885/#50997885 Although the medical reporter … Continue reading

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Now that the ASRM has lifted the “Experimental” label on egg freezing (also known as oocyte preservation, fertility preservation, or egg banking), more attention is being focused on options available for egg freezing, and educating the public about treatment options and identifying when … Continue reading

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Over the next few days, I will be traveling throughout Czech visiting the most popular IVF clinics and hearing all about their latest advances and technologies on the horizon. We’ll be talking about own egg IVF treatments, ICSI, PICSI, IMSI (for any … Continue reading

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