Carolina Conceptions in the News
Recent Articles
Carolina Conceptions’ Egg Donation program featured on WRAL news
WRAL recently did a story on the increased interest in tissue donation due to the state of the economy. The story features Dr. John Park and an egg donor from Carolina Conceptions. Egg donors are compensated for their participation in the program.
Carolina Conceptions Celebrates 2000 Pregnancies!
RALEIGH - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
It was less than 5 years ago when the first blood test came out as a "positive" HCG. (Meaning our first pregnant patient!) We have that lab slip framed...now, we have reached 2000 pregnancies to celebrate with our patients at Carolina Conceptions.
This is a tribute to the Carolina Conceptions team, our referring physicians, and patients who have confidence in us. "Thank you" to everyone who has made this special occasion possible.
Helping Create Families; Raleigh couple delivers twin boys after IVF
RALEIGH – Friday, February 4, 2011
For many couples, trying to get pregnant is fraught with frustration and heartache. In the past, many couples just accepted their childlessness as their lot in life, but now there are possible solutions.
Dedicated to “making families a reality,” the doctors at Carolina Conceptions diagnose the problem and then offer a treatment that could include on-site in vitro fertilization, ovulation induction by way of an oral medication or injectable hormone, reproductive surgery to remove fibroids or ovarian cysts or to open blocked fallopian tubes, or even surrogacy.
Read more: Triangle Business Journal (Subscription Required)
Safety and costs for third party reproduction outside of the U.S: Carolina Conceptions Responds to the Wall Street Journal Article
Infertile couples competing for rare resources such as human eggs and surrogates are vulnerable. The desire to have a child motivates couples and individuals to consider alternatives inherent with personal and financial risk.
“Assembling the Global Baby” (WSJ Dec. 11, 2010), suggests that bearing an offspring in India is more cost-effective than similar treatment in the United States. Although it may be more exotic, it is certainly not medically or legally safer.
Read More on the Carolina Conceptions Blog
Pregnancy after Tubal Ligation: The New Way Women Are Conceiving Without Surgery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raleigh, North Carolina
According to the CDC, more than 650,000 women a year elect to undergo tubal sterilization, some of whom will eventually regret their decision due to a life change or simply a change of heart. While the obvious solution to some might be tubal reversal surgery, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is an option that an increasing number of patients are choosing.
Read More on the Carolina Conceptions Blog
Sister Gives the Gift of Life by Donating Eggs to Breast Cancer Survivor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raleigh, North Carolina After being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34 and undergoing months of aggressive chemotherapy, Teri Critcher was unsure if she would be able to start the family she had always dreamed of until her sister, Niki, offered to donate her eggs...
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Carolina Conceptions Awarded Prestigious Honor for Exceptional Customer Service by the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raleigh, North Carolina
Carolina Conceptions was honored with the First Citizens Bank Exceptional Customer Experience Award by the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce in a ceremony held Tuesday, May 4, 2010...(read more-90k Adobe PDF)
Dr. William Meyer: Embryo Biopsy
The Triangle Physician April 2010: Preventing Genetic Disease Through Embryo Biopsy
Dr. Grace Couchman: PGD
"Pursuit of a Healthy Child..." (Wral.com)
Recent Study Reveals Increased Success Rates at Carolina Conceptions
A new study by Purafil, an air filtration company, reveals that Carolina Conceptions’ IVF pregnancy rates showed a significant increase shortly after the installation of a Purafil air filtration system. In a matter of months, the rate of successful pregnancies in the IVF lab rose from 50 percent to an incredible 75 percent average. For more details, see the pdf of the case study at the Purafil site.