Below you can see a list of egg donors who will be starting an egg donor cycle in the next month or two.  If you are a current CNY Fertility Center client and have completed all of your testing and are interested in cycling with any of these donors please contact your donor coordinator. All of our egg donor profiles can be reviewed through your Patient Portal.

If you are interested in cycling with one of the donors on our list below but are not a current CNY Fertility Center client, we welcome you to contact our office and we can discuss the process with you. If you have any interest in becoming an egg donor, or know of someone that may be interested, visit this link for more information.

Donor Team Contact Info:

Phone – 1.855.CNY.Eggs
Email – Michelle at MCioffi@cnyfertility.com  or Allyson at ASantoro@cnyfertility.com

Egg Donors Currently Available to Additional Recipients

We also have new embryo donor profiles. If you are interested in exploring an Embryo Donor Cycle, please contact Pati at pbreh@cnyfertility.com.

Embryo Donor Profiles

Thank you!
CNY Fertility Center’s Donor Team

If you are interested in an initial fertility consultation either over the phone (if you live out of the NY State region) or in-office, please call our toll-free number at 800.539.9870 or request a consult here.

We encourage you to attend one of our Circle of Hope support group sessions or virtual support sessions if you are considering moving into a donor egg, embryo, or sperm cycle.  At our group sessions, you will find other women and men pondering similar decisions, as well as others with experience in the process.  We also have the ability to connect you with other clients who are beginning the donor process or who have successfully conceived using donor eggs and/or sperm, if you would like direct support from someone who has been where you are.  Our Support Coordinator, Lisa, would be happy to establish these connections for you:  Lstack@cnyfertility.com

For our support opportunities over the next month, please visit our CNY Fertility and CNY Healing Arts calendars.  Also, don’t be shy to interact over on our Facebook Page where many current and past clients offer support and encouragement in an instant.

Have a great week!

If you are interested in a more private one-on-one support situation, Lisa Stack is our CNY Fertility Center Support Coordiator, she offers her services as a lay support person and can be contacted by email at lstack@cnyfertility.com.

If you are interested in an initial fertility consultation either over the phone (if you live out of the NY State region) or in-office, please call our toll-free number at 800.539.9870 or request a consult here.

Out of My Hands:
Holding yourself responsible for everything that happens with your fertility adds an incredible amount of unfair pressure.  When it comes to your fertility, there is actually very little that you have control over.  Recognizing that most of your journey is out of your hands can free you to focus your energy on what you can improve, diet, exercise, and more peaceful thoughts.  This mantra and meditation focuses on recognizing what is out of your hands, and offers a peaceful practice of releasing unnecessary pressure.  Pregnancy loss, egg quality, age, financial/insurance restrictions, and sperm count/quality are all factors that you have very little control over, and this meditation will help you to release yourself from this burden.

Get comfortable, sit back or lay down, relax and press the arrow to begin listening.

March 2013

If you would like to explore more meditation opportunities, visit this link and you will find many recordings to enjoy from previous months. Additionally, our February Meditation Webinar will be taking place on Thursday, May 23rd at 7pm. Visit this link to register to join Lisa Stack, Support Coordinator, for her monthly Evening Meditation and Relaxation webinar.

If you are interested in a more private one-on-one support situation, Lisa Stack is our CNY Fertility Center Support Coordiator, she offers her services as a lay support person and can be contacted by email at lstack@cnyfertility.com.

If you are interested in an initial fertility consultation either over the phone (if you live out of the NY State region) or in-office, please call our toll-free number at 800.539.9870 or request a consult here.

If you are interested in cycling with one of the donors on our list below but are not a current CNY Fertility Center client, we welcome you to contact our office and we can discuss the process with you. If you have any interest in becoming an egg donor, or know of someone that may be interested, visit this link for more information.

Donor Team Contact Info:

Phone – 1.855.CNY.Eggs
Email – Michelle at MCioffi@cnyfertility.com  or Allyson at ASantoro@cnyfertility.com

Egg Donors Currently Available to Additional Recipients

We also have new embryo donor profiles. If you are interested in exploring an Embryo Donor Cycle, please contact Pati at pbreh@cnyfertility.com.

Embryo Donor Profiles

Thank you!
CNY Fertility Center’s Donor Team

If you are interested in an initial fertility consultation either over the phone (if you live out of the NY State region) or in-office, please call our toll-free number at 800.539.9870 or request a consult here.

Our first daughter, now three, was conceived with the help of CNY Fertility Center. She was an IUI/injectable baby and we thought that would be the same protocol to get us lucky with baby number two!

Well, my body had other surprises in store. I was put on the injectables/IUI protocol but, to my dismay at the time, my body wasn’t responding. We ended up having to convert to an IVF cycle, as I eventually over-responded to medication (par for the course with PCOS sometimes).

We ended up retrieving over twenty follicles. I was ecstatic! However, my happiness soon turned into despair when I received an update on our embryos. I was told that out of 20+, only 10 could be fertilized and out of those 10, only four were growing. I was heartbroken that we lost so many! Eventually, one stopped growing and we were left with only three. I was sure the cycle was a bust.

We set up a three day transfer of two good looking embryos. Once again, I was filled with hope for those two little ones. I was so sure it would work. After all, I got pregnant last time with much less assistance. Why wouldn’t it work? Turns out my two “good looking” embryos didn’t make it. And I took some time off to regroup and cope with the disappointment. I was, however, told that we did have that last little embryo make it to blastocyst stage and it was frozen. The embryologist cautioned that, while it was able to be frozen, the quality was only fair.

Within six months, we were ready to try again. I sought advice from the doctors about whether we should do another fresh cycle or implant our last little frozen blastocyst. It would be an understatement to say that I held little hope for the little guy to grow into a baby. But Dr. Kiltz and Dr. Greene both felt that we should go ahead and implant our frozen blastocyst first before moving on to a fresh cycle.

So that’s what we went ahead and did. I really had no hope for our one last blastocyst to make it-not only was there just one, but it was frozen AND only fair grade. It seemed like we had three strikes against us already. Dr. Kiltz did our transfer and I remember him telling me that it’s not about “how pretty” the embryo is, but about how much it “wanted to live” about how “passionate” it was.

Turns out Dr. Kiltz was right. Our last little blast, our frozen, fair grade embryo is now a beautiful, healthy 18 day old little girl.

Thank you to all the staff at CNYFC! You helped make our dreams come true of completing our family and you kept the faith for us when we didn’t think things would work out!

Sincerely,

Dan and Amanda (Big Sister Alexandra & Hayden too)

You are never alone on this journey, and we’re honored to support you along the way.

Virtual Support

Interactive Fertility Support Webinar

Free Fertility Support Teleworkshop

Evening Meditation and Relaxation Webinar

Syracuse

Circle of Hope

Tomorrow Tuesday, May 14th 7:30p-8:30p

Albany

Circle of Hope

Tomorrow Tuesday, May 14th 5:30p-6:45p

Rochester

Circle of Hope

Wednesday, May 29th 5:15p-6:30p

Finally, we’ve had some great interaction over on our Facebook Page this weekend.  Many of our current clients and previously successful clients are chatting, connecting, and sharing.  We welcome you to interact with us over there, too!

If you are interested in a more private one-on-one support situation, Lisa Stack is our CNY Fertility Center Support Coordiator, she offers her services as a lay support person and can be contacted by email at lstack@cnyfertility.com.

If you are interested in an initial fertility consultation either over the phone (if you live out of the NY State region) or in-office, please call our toll-free number at 800.539.9870 or request a consult here.

Abdominal Massage for Fertility – 60 minutes:
This massage is highly recommended for all fertility clients. The massage therapist will customize a therapeutic experience to offer optimal physiological, emotional and energetic support. This massage includes abdominal massage, acupressure, hot towels, and a soothing massage to the back, neck and shoulders to relieve stress, anxiety and tension. For men, this massage can be scheduled anytime. For women who are trying to conceive, this massage should be scheduled after menses, but before ovulation/ IUI/IVF – egg retrieval/ embryo transfer of a PRIDE cycle.

What are the benefits of Abdominal Massage for Fertility?

• Increases blood flow to the reproductive organs
• Nourishes follicles with fresh blood supply and oxygen
• Helps to break down scar tissue and adhesions
• Helps to resolve blockages in the fallopian tubes
• Re-aligns the uterus
• Relieves stress and anxiety
• Reduces inflammation due to PCOS, cysts or fibroids

When should I start?
Schedule ASAP (anytime except during period or if there is any chance you could be pregnant; also wait at least 6 weeks to receive a treatment after a surgery)

If you are interested in adding Abdominal Massage for Fertility to your treatment plan, please contact the CNY Healing Arts Center nearest you:

Below you can see a list of egg donors who will be starting an egg donor cycle in the next month or two.  If you are a current CNY Fertility Center client and have completed all of your testing and are interested in cycling with any of these donors please contact your donor coordinator. All of our egg donor profiles can be reviewed through your Patient Portal.

If you are interested in cycling with one of the donors on our list below but are not a current CNY Fertility Center client, we welcome you to contact our office and we can discuss the process with you. If you have any interest in becoming an egg donor, or know of someone that may be interested, visit this link for more information.

Donor Team Contact Info:

Phone – 1.855.CNY.Eggs
Email – Michelle at MCioffi@cnyfertility.com  or Allyson at ASantoro@cnyfertility.com

Thank you!
CNY Fertility Center’s Donor Team

Egg Donors Currently Available to Additional Recipients

If you are interested in an initial fertility consultation either over the phone (if you live out of the NY State region) or in-office, please call our toll-free number at 800.539.9870 or request a consult here.

We also have articles on Understanding the Grief Process and Honoring a Miscarriage available to you at any time.

Finally, if you aren’t able to make it to this workshop, we have our regular Circle of Hope support group sessions and virtual support events for you this month:

Syracuse

Circle of Hope: Tuesday, May 14th 7:30p-8:30p

Albany

PCOS Support Group, Tuesday, May 7th 6:00p-7:00p

Circle of Hope:  Tuesday, May 14th 5:30p-6:45p

Rochester

Circle of Hope: Wednesday, May 29th 5:15p-6:30p

Virtual

Fertility Support Teleworkhop:  Monday, May 20th 6:00p-7:00p

Interactive Fertility Support Webinar:  Thursday, May 16th 6:00p-7:00p

Evening Meditation and Relaxation Webinar: Thursday, May 23rd 7:00p-7:30p

We hope to see you at some of these great events, and please be sure to contact us at any time if there is anything that we can do for you.  Have a great week!

If you are interested in a more private one-on-one support situation, Lisa Stack is our CNY Fertility Center Support Coordiator, she offers her services as a lay support person and can be contacted by email at lstack@cnyfertility.com.

If you are interested in an initial fertility consultation either over the phone (if you live out of the NY State region) or in-office, please call our toll-free number at 800.539.9870 or request a consult here.