Chicago Doctor Produces Nation's First IVF Baby…Without Fertility Drugs

A new procedure could allow millions of women to undergo IVF without the discomfort, risk and expense of daily hormone injections

Chicago (PRWEB) December 17, 2008 — A new procedure, called IVM (In Vitro Maturation), is similar to IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) but is done without daily hormone injections. It has just been successful in the United States for the first time by Randy Morris M.D., a Chicago reproductive endocrinologist, in his IVF 1 Fertility Clinic.

“We're two for three,” says Morris. “We've now tried this three times and achieved two ongoing singleton pregnancies. At the very least, this is going to be an option for young women who are especially sensitive to fertility drug injections. But if we keep having this kind of success it may be an option for any younger woman to have IVF without the expense and discomfort of injecting herself with high doses of fertility drugs.”

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The shape of things to come perhaps? Always good to see more and more options coming to the fore on the fertility front, especially ones that address the not unsubstantial costs that can be involved.