What happens after egg retrieval? For many patients, this part of the IVF process feels like a mystery. In this episode, Dr. Norbert Gleicher sits down with Dr. Cari Nicholas, CHR’s Embryology Lab Supervisor, to walk through the crucial days after retrieval. From fertilization to embryo development, they explain each step inside the lab, how embryologists make decisions about monitoring and transfer timing, and why lab quality plays such an important role in IVF outcomes. This behind-the-scen...
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What happens after egg retrieval? For many patients, this part of the IVF process feels like a mystery. In this episode, Dr. Norbert Gleicher sits down with Dr. Cari Nicholas, CHR’s Embryology Lab Supervisor, to walk through the crucial days after retrieval. From fertilization to embryo development, they explain each step inside the lab, how embryologists make decisions about monitoring and transfer timing, and why lab quality plays such an important role in IVF outcomes. This behind-the-scen...
Redefining the Odds: Fertility Treatment for Women Over 40
The Egg Factor
11 minutes
4 months ago
Redefining the Odds: Fertility Treatment for Women Over 40
In this empowering episode of The Egg Factor, CHR's Dr. Norbert Gleicher and Dr. David Barad discuss why fertility care for women over 40 demands a completely different approach—and how CHR is leading the way. With a mean patient age of 44, CHR has the oldest IVF patient population of any clinic in the U.S., and possibly the world. The doctors share what makes these patients—and their care—so unique, the protocols that have helped many achieve success after being told it was too late, and why...
The Egg Factor
What happens after egg retrieval? For many patients, this part of the IVF process feels like a mystery. In this episode, Dr. Norbert Gleicher sits down with Dr. Cari Nicholas, CHR’s Embryology Lab Supervisor, to walk through the crucial days after retrieval. From fertilization to embryo development, they explain each step inside the lab, how embryologists make decisions about monitoring and transfer timing, and why lab quality plays such an important role in IVF outcomes. This behind-the-scen...
