Want To Have A Baby?

The Time Is Ripe!

Fertility Partnership

What Do You Need To Have A Baby?• Healthy egg• Healthy sperm • Egg & sperm meeting AND landing

safely

What Gets In The Way?

• Women’s fertility issues– Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)– Ovarian failure/low ovarian reserve– Hormonal problems– Blocked fallopian tubes– Genetic defects

What Gets In The Way?

• Women’s fertility issues– Infertility due to

cancer/chemotherapy/radiation – Uterine defects & fibroids– Hyperprolactinemia– Unexplained infertility– Recurrent miscarriage

What Gets In The Way?

• Men’s fertility issues– Low sperm count/abnormal sperm

motility/morphology– Testosterone deficiency– Retrograde ejaculation– Genetic defects– Infertility due to

cancer/chemotherapy/radiation– Obstruction of ejaculatory ducts– Anti-sperm antibodies

Help Is Out There!

What Kind Of Help?

• Thorough evaluation– Health history– Semen analysis– Ovarian reserve tests– Check uterus & tubes

Now What?

• Many steps before IVF–Diagnostic procedures/surgery• Laparoscopy• Hysterosalpingogram• Hysteroscopy• Uterine fibroid removal• Destruction of endometriosis• Semen analysis

Now What?

• Many steps before IVF–Fertility treatments• Timed intercourse• Ovulation induction• Intrauterine insemination (IUI)

What Is In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)?• IVF - an infertility treatment

procedure in which one or more eggs, each removed from a ripe follicle, is fertilized by sperm outside the human body before being placed in a woman's uterus to implant and result in pregnancy.

What Else Can Be Involved With IVF?• TESE – Testicular Sperm

Extraction• *ICSI – Intracytoplasmic

Sperm Injection• *AZH – Assisted Zonal

Hatching• PGD – Preimplantation

Genetic Diagnosis• Cryopreservation of eggs,

sperm & oocytes

*Included in the cost of IVF at Fertility Partnership

What’s The Cost?

• Average U.S. fertility clinic can run $15,000+ per IVF cycle

• Not at Fertility Partnership– At least 30% less than other

clinics– How?• Use the latest technologies to pass

savings on to patients

–Why?• It’s our passion

Our Passion

Chances Of Success

• Much depends on woman’s age– 90% of eggs gone by age 30• In any given month, chances

of getting pregnant at age 30 is 20%• At age 40, chances go down to

5%

– Don’t wait to get help!• Under age 30, seek help after

one year of trying• After age 30 seek help after

six months

Alternatives/Additional Assistance• Egg donation• Sperm donation• Embryo adoption• Gestational carrier (surrogacy)• Adoption

• Find a doctor who gets it!• Consider alternative

treatments to supplement medical care– Anything that will help put you

in a positive frame of mind• Acupuncture• Acupressure• Massage therapy• Chiropractic care

Mind-Body Connection Is Real

Don’t Be Afraid To Ask For Support!• Infertility support groups– Infertility & Adoption Support –

www.infertilityandadoption.org– Counselors specializing in

infertility– Online support groups• www.DailyStrength.org• www.SupportGroups.com• Facebook & Twitter groups

Fertility Partnership is

dedicated to helping

begin families by using

the latest technology to

offer top quality,

compassionate fertility

care at a significantly

lower cost.

Our Promise

That everyone,

regardless of ethnicity,

culture, sexuality or

economic status be

welcomed, embraced

and encouraged by

Fertility Partnership in

their quest

to have a baby.

Our Goal

Our Clinic

Our Clinic

• Semen analysis • Diagnostic laparoscopy • Hysterosalpingogram • Hysteroscopy • Removal of uterine

fibroids • Destruction of

endometriosis • Ovulation induction

Our Services

• Intrauterine

Insemination (IUI) • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)• Intracytoplasmic Sperm

Injection (ICSI) and

Assisted Zonal Hatching

(AZH) are included in the

cost of IVF

• Preimplantation Genetic

Diagnosis (PGD) • Testicular Sperm

Extraction (TESE)

Our Services

Our Staff

• More than 20 years of experience

helping families grow• Hebrew University Hadassah Medical

School graduate• Assisted during some of Israel’s first in

vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures• Ten years with Infertility Center of St.

Louis & Sher Institute of Reproductive

Medicine• Provided OB/GYN and infertility care for

more than 5,000 women• Certified by American Board of

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Dr. D. Elan SimckesMedical Director

• Provides strategic guidance &

leadership for all aspects of the

practice• Washington University in St. Louis

School of Law graduate• Extensive legal, management &

economic development expertise• Former executive director of Greater

St. Louis Regional Empowerment Zone• 2008 Democratic candidate for

Missouri State Treasurer

Andria SimckesExecutive Director

• More than 25 years experience at nation’s top fertility programs• Center for Human Reproduction• New Hope Center for Reproductive

Medicine• Alabama Fertility Specialists

• Manages Fertility Partnership’s quality control program, trains medical staff on latest techniques & serves as liaison with regulatory agencies

• Graduate degree in reproductive physiology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Lisa RayLaboratory Director

• Formerly with New Hope Center for

Reproductive Medicine• No. 8 clinic in the U.S. for successful

IVF pregnancies• Six years of experience• Performs some of the most technically

challenging & delicate procedures at

Fertility Partnership • Sperm preparation• ICSI• Embryo grading• Embryo transfers• Embryo cryopreservation

Aaron BuckEmbryologist

Tami NolenOffice Administrator

• Manages day-to-day workings of

Fertility Partnership• More than ten years experience

managing economic development

and public service offices• Former office manager for Greater

St. Louis Regional Empowerment

Zone• Former assistant to administration

of St. Louis County Executive

Charlie Dooley

Contact Us

• p: 636.441.7770• tf: 800.BabyToday• info@fertilitypartnership.com

• www.fertilitypartnership.com

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