Dr. Potter, Huntington Reproductive Center

Male Fertility Supplements, sperm, gender selection

2010-11-11T07:19:00Z

I have been getting a lot of questions about male fertility supplements and whether or not they work or are worthwhile. Although there are many different formulations currently on the market, the key ingredient common to most of these is some form of L-carnitine. Many studies have been published to demonstrate acetyl-L-carnitine improves sperm motility, some show an increase in count and volume as well(1)(2)(3)(4). Researchers at the University of Rome led by Dr. Andrea Lenzi demonstrated in a placebo...(read more)

Gender Selection Shared Risk Details

2010-04-15T18:36:00Z

NEW REFUND PROGRAM FOR GENDER SELECTION at HRC Fertility-Laguna Hills: <35y.o = 22,000 35-37=23,000 38-40=24,000. MicroSort is permitted. PGD is permitted. PGD can be GSN-24 or FISH (2 probe or 5 probe). Fee includes standard IVF and cycle monitoring at HRC, freezing of excess embryos of desired gender, FETs. Fee includes only listed services performed at HRC Fertility during the treatment cycle(s). Fee does not include ICSI, anesthesia, PGD, medications or pre-testing. REFUND AMOUNTS If you are...(read more)

Australia renews gender selection debate

2010-03-15T19:25:00Z

Australia considers lifting ban on sex selection 15 March 2010 By Nishat Hyder Appeared in BioNews 549 The Australian federal five-year moratorium on the use of gender selection technology in IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment for so-called 'social' reasons ends this year, reopening this controversial debate. The Australian health watchdog, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), confirmed that that it will be conducting a review of this issue, beginning within the next...(read more)

Radio Interview

2010-01-19T22:00:00Z

Here is a link to a recent radio interview. I am somewhere in the middle. It was spur of the moment but here it is: http://broadtopics.podomatic.com/entry/2010-01-13T15_27_29-08_00...(read more)

Study opportunity

2009-05-01T06:59:00Z

This is a pilot study that we are starting. It may provide the opportunity for couples to access IVF with minimal expense. Study Title: Creation of differentiated, patient-specific stem cell lines through somatic cell nuclear transfer Institutional review board: University of California, Irvine Study locations: Fullerton and Laguna Hills 12 patient pilot study Patients must be under 30 with normal ovarian reserve Patients receive free complete IVF cycle including ICSI and some medications Summary...(read more)

Will My Gender Selection Treatment Be Successful?

2009-04-07T08:26:00Z

Hello everyone. I am posting this as the most common questions I get are "is there anything that will predict success BEFORE my cycle? or what are my chances?". Assuming that you are using one of the two proven methods for gender selection, MicroSort or PGD, here is the answer,,,, part 1 There are two main components that determine the relative probability for a successful gender selection cycle, the age of the female partner and the results of valid ovarian reserve testing. The sperm count...(read more)

Fertility Drugs and Breast Cancer

2007-06-05T05:30:00Z

Infertility is a risk factor for breast cancer. The only studies that have shown a connection between fertility meds and breast cancer have compared fertility patients taking fertility medications to fertile controls. When looking at infertile patients, there is no difference in cancer rates when takers of medications are compared with infertile patients that did not take the fertility drugs. Unfortunately, the study comparing fertile to infertile med takers got a lot of press but it was not a valid...(read more)

Caveat Emptor

2007-03-27T22:01:00Z

Hello Everyone, I have been answering questions in the forum for about 2 weeks now. What great questions. Your questions have challenged me and also prompted me to do more background on some the gender prediction kits and other 'low tech' items. The more you look into these things, the worse they look unfortunately. The Baby Gender Mentor by AccuGen makes the incredible claim that it is 99.9% accurate. Better than virtually any medical test ever devised....ever! They make this claim without...(read more)

PGD and IVF success rates

2007-02-27T03:22:00Z

I am pleased to answer any questions that users might have regarding MicroSort and/or IVF for gender selection, so go ahead and send them.... I am back from 'Ski Week' which is a mid-winter week off for kids in my area. We went skiing in Deer Valley , Utah with several other families. What a beautiful place and boy did we get some snow. My 5 year old was completely fearless going banzai down the blue runs. I finally got her to slow down and start doing some turns. People are always interested...(read more)

Background and Response to ACOG position

2007-02-08T19:28:00Z

Hello everyone, I am Dr. Daniel Potter . I practice at the Huntington Reproductive Center and MicroSort facility in Laguna Hills , CA . Our goal at HRC /MS is to provide personalized, compassionate and state of the art care to couples seeking gender selection as well as other fertility issues. Being at one of only two facilities in the world with both MicroSort and PGD, I have particular expertise that I hope will be of interest to the users. I want to thank Maureen for allowing me to share my experience...(read more)