In the difficult way to the fulfillment of the dream of having a baby and to more infertile couples to be able to hear the magic\” Mom \”,\” Dad \”- there’s no going alone. We need specialists with high professionalism.
This is extremely important, but it alone is not enough. The specialist needs to be a friend as well. And the friend whom you trust. We want to assure you that in medical center \”New Life\” you will find exactly that. We are confident that together we will succeed in the battle to bring home a baby, Future patients are introduced to the clinic with these words by the proven authority in assisted reproduction, one of the first doctors to do successful human IVF, founder of the IVF Center at the University Hospital of Yale and \”Mount Sinai\” in New York – prof. Neri Laufer, and the medical manager of \”New Life\” Dr. Dobrinka Petrova.They are honest – the road to success would not be easy.
But they promise to give everything, to be together with their patients to a successful end. The interest by couples with fertility problems is enormous less than 1 year after the opening of the newest and most modern IVF center in Bulgaria with Israeli know-how.\”New Life\” indicates that the location of major investments, quality and professionalism is not only in Sofia.
Clinic’s team successfully transfers the leading experience of Israel in the field of reproductive technologies and applies international best practices identified by the consultants – prof. Neri Laufer and Dr. Anat Safran – a world-renowned embryologist with over 30 years experience in the field of assisted reproduction. They are involved in the determination of diagnosis and methods of treatment for each patient. \”New Life\” features the best modern equipment, including
latest Micromanipulation system – an Eppendorf for ICSI fertilization – TransferMan 4r and benchtop incubator (benchtop incubator) with 10 compartments. Important for patients to know is that this type of technology supports gives more constant values than standard incubators – an important condition for successful IVF.
The team of \”New Life\”, with chief gynecologist Dr. Dobrinka Petrova and and chief embryologist Assoc. Prof. Rumen Dimitrov, has undergone successful training in prestigious clinics abroad, as well as in the famous hospital \”Hadassah\” in Jerusalem and \”Asuta Rishon\” near Tel Aviv. Chief embryologist Rumen Dimitrov, Dr. Georgi Krumov, Dr. Vasil Daskalov are among the names that patients not only know as outstanding professionals but as people who can trust. \”New Life\” thanked for the trust in it with a charity campaign and donated procedures to infertile couples.
When the infertility is unexplained, a combination of methods is applied.
PESA gives the chance even after a vasectomy, AH helps the embryo to \”hatch\”.
When a couple can not have children naturally, the reasons for this should be identified. Sometimes a minimal intervention is needed by the doctors for a baby to be born. When tests show that there is a serious problem, however, a pregnancy is usually achieved with any of the following methods:
* IVF / in vitro fertilization / – this is a classical in vitro fertilization, in which sperm finds its own way to the egg and penetrates it. –This is done when the sperm and the oocyte could not meet ( blockage of or non-existent fallopian tubes, etc.) when there are normal ejaculate parameters.
* ICSI / intracytoplasmic sperm injection / – represents the injection of sperm at the oocyte when sperm is insufficient (Oligo-Astheno-zoospermia) or there isan immunological factor and the sperm can not reach and penetrate the oocyte. Microinjection is necessary when the oocyte has a very hard shell and doesn’t let the sperm inside. In many cases of idiopathic (unexplained) infertility in the couple , combined IVF ICSI cycle is applied so the two gametes could meet.
* PESA – subcutaneous aspiration of sperm from the epididymis (a landfill, which collects mature sperm). This non-invasive procedure lasts several minutes. -when there is a blockage (obstructive Azoospermia) or after vasectomy. The sample can be frozen after aspiraqtion and thawed at a later stage, in order to inject the oocytes with it (ICSI).
* TESE – extraction of sperm after surgically taking tissue from the testicles. This is done when there is a blockage (obstructive Azoospermia) and in very severe Oligoathenozoospermia – the tissue is checked for sperm and immature spermatids. This sample can be frozen after aspiration and thawed at a later stage in order to inject the oocytes (ICSI), but in many cases survival of testicular tissue after thawing is low.
* ELSI, ROSI / elongated spermatids, round spermatid / – these are the methods of injection of immature sperm into the oocytes. It is done straight after PESA or TESE and replaces the ICSI procedure when there is no mature sperm (arrest in spermatogenesis) or insufficient number for the extracted oocytes in severe Oligoathenozoospermia.
* AH / assisted hatching / – A small opening is made in the envelope of the developing embryo, which contributes to its possible implantation in a later stage. This is done only when there is very thick shell of the embryo which prevents the \”hatching\” . It is made Routinely and for pre-implantation diagnosis.
* AD / assisted defragmentation / – preceded by AH and is made in cases where embryos are not developing well and form a large percentage of fragments (cell structures that do not contain genetic material) that interfere with fetal development.