February 2010: Hodgkin`s Lymphoma Cancer Patient Freezes Eggs

Meet Courageous Brie
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer Patient Freezes Eggs
Fertile Horizons
Winter 2010
www.ivfbaby.com
11160 Warner Ave., Suite 411
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 513-1399
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A Visit with Brie
Compassionate Care
New Low-Stim IVF Protocol
WCFC Precious Baby Girls
Launch of Website Re-design
& New YouTube Video
Visit our new re-designed website for an
abundance of information on all of our
procedures, testimonials and pictures.
Watch our new YouTube Video for a detailed
insight into our business of “making babies.”
New Low-Stim IVF Protocol-Are you a Candidate?
Being told that you have cancer can be one of the scariest diagnoses a patient will ever
receive. Young patients that haven’t had the opportunity to start a family may fear losing
their ability to one day have children. Although chemotherapy and radiation can be life
saving, they may also cause difficulties becoming pregnant when a patient wishes to
start her/his family. We recently had the opportunity to work with a young woman
diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma who would like to share her journey with you.
Brie is 23 years old and is diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 3
weeks before her first visit with us. She wished to learn more aboutPicture of Brie
our egg freezing process and was interested in preserving her eggs
prior to starting chemotherapy.
Since Brie was due to start her chemotherapy later in the month, she decided to
proceed with her stimulation protocol immediately. During her frequent visits to our
facility, she was truly a delightful patient and our staff developed a great deal of respect
for this courageous young patient. She persevered through 14 days of injectable fertility
medication with remarkable good humor. Ultrasounds and blood tests were performed
to assess her follicle development. During this period, there was ongoing communication to and from her oncologist to assure her cancer treatment was not compromised.
On the day of her egg harvest, 13 eggs were retrieved and of these eggs, 11 were
mature enough to freeze. Although Brie has a long road ahead of her, she was able to
start chemotherapy knowing her ability to one day have children is not compromised.
We are pleased to offer our egg freezing services to patients who have unfortunately
been diagnosed with cancer. WCFC helps by reducing some of the costs while working
closely with Fertile Hope (affiliated with Lance Armstrong Foundation), a non-profit
organization that offers emotional support to cancer patients. Our industry partner, EMD
Serono provides free medications to our patients. This helps make egg freezing more
affordable to these patients whose medical treatments may pose a risk of infertility.
Egg freezing allows for the suspension of the biologic clock by freezing a woman’s own
healthy eggs (also known as oocytes) during her peak reproductive years and thawing
them in the future as needed. Our patent-pending LANDA TECHNOLOGY, developed
by Antoine La and Dr. David Diaz has already yielded 52 live births, among the highest
of any single IVF center. The technique has resulted in a 91 percent egg thaw survival
rate and yielded high pregnancy rates of 53.4 percent. Worldwide, the number of babies
born from frozen eggs is estimated at more than 500.
www.EggFreezing.com
Compassionate Care is Our Committment to You!
West Coast Fertility is Southern California's
premier fertility clinic with 22 years of experience.
The strength and innovations of our program have
resulted in success rates that are unparalleled in
California and the nation. We are focused on
finding your precise infertility diagnosis and
providing treatment that will help put you on the
path to parenthood. Our dedicated team provides
the highest level of confidentiality, expertise and
award-winning personal care.
David Diaz, MD, FACOG & Dedicated Team
West Coast Fertility Precious Baby Girls
~ Reduction of treatment costs
~ Less drugs and less injections
~ More comfortable stimulation
~ Certain restrictions apply
~ Please call us for all the details.
“Our miracle baby girl,
so long awaited.”
~Steven & Eva
Pretty in pink and oh so sweet,
From the top of her head
To her tiny cute feet,
Now our family is complete!
~ Sanhamels Family
“Thank you for all you and the team have
done for us! She has been such a joy.”
~ Cindy Chau and Hao Dinh