Fertility Associates of Memphis Team Raises $10,000 for Kids at St. Jude

We believe it’s important to give back. That’s why Fertility Associates of Memphis joined the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital again as a proud sponsor of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend charity run this year. Fertility Associates of Memphis, a bronze-level sponsor of the St. Jude Marathon Weekend, raised $10,000 for the kids of St. Jude as part of its fundraising efforts, including a…

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News report: Apple, Facebook to pay for female employees to freeze eggs

Fertility Associates of Memphis expert responds to the benefits of egg freezing Silicon Valley is known for offering valuable job perks, but the latest moves by Apple and Facebook could help the companies attract more female employees. According to national reports, Apple and Facebook are adding a new perk: Free egg freezing that would let female employees delay parenting for a few years.  Facebook started…

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Fertility Associates of Memphis Gives More Than $3,000 to St. Jude

The children of St. Jude all came out winners this past Saturday, even though there were no official runners crossing the finish line after icy weather conditions cancelled  the St. Jude Marathon Weekend. Fertility Associates of Memphis, a bronze-level sponsor of the St. Jude Marathon Weekend, gave more than $3,000 to St. Jude as part of its fundraising efforts, including a Facebook campaign that rewarded…

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The New Frontier of Egg Freezing

Egg freezing is increasingly common for women. But how is it accomplished? The ability to freeze unfertilized eggs is a relatively new advancement within reproductive medicine. For several decades, the technology to freeze embryos has been available with good pregnancy rates, but the technology associated with freezing eggs is more recent ‒ using a rapid freezing process known as vitrification. Read below to learn more…

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What is Vitrification?

All about Vitrification Embryos and eggs can now be successfully frozen and thawed better than ever. Until recently, embryo and egg freezing (also called cryopreservation) were accomplished with a technology known as “slow freezing.” This has recently been replaced with a more sophisticated technology called vitrification, which is generally felt to be a superior process for cryopreservation. Freezing embryos and eggs When patients undergo an…

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