Your San Diego fertility center: Reproductive Sciences Center & Genetics Institute

Fertility Services at Reproductive Sciences Center

Reproductive Sciences Center provides comprehensive fertility services, ranging from diagnostic testing to the most complex infertility treatments available.

Fertility Diagnosis & Testing

The effective treatment of infertility begins with the correct diagnosis, a fact sometimes overlooked by infertility specialists. Read more...

Natural Fertility Treatment

Most couples can become pregnant without the expense and time-commitment required to do in vitro fertilization or other similar treatments. Read more...

Advanced Fertility Treatment

When basic fertility treatments fail or when the reason for a couple's infertility is such that basics treatments are not appropriate, couples turn to advanced fertility treatments. Read more...

IUI

Intrauterine insemination is performed around the time of ovulation. If no fertility drugs are used, ovulation can be predicted by monitoring urinary LH (Luteinizing Hormone). Read more...

IVF

An ART procedure that involves removing eggs from the ovaries, fertilizing them in a laboratory by the addition or injection of washed sperm, culturing the fertilized eggs and transferring the resulting embryos into the woman's uterus through the cervix. Read more...

ICSI

ICSI is a procedure in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg. This technique is used to overcome severe male infertility. Read more...

PGD

The genetic testing of an embryo prior to embryo transfer in IVF. One or two cells are removed from an embryo after 3 days of culture in a procedure called embryo biopsy and tested either for a specific genetic disorder, for an abnormal number of chromosomes or for sex selection. Read more...

Assisted Hatching

A micromanipulation technique in which the shell around the egg (the zona pellucida) is opened or thinned to facilitate the embryo hatching process and subsequent implantation. Read more...

Blastocyst Transfer

Blastocyst is the stage at which an embryo acquires the ability to implant in the wall of the uterus. Embryos usually reach this stage 5-6 days after egg retrieval. Read more...

Embryo Donation

Couples who have excess frozen embryos can elect to donate them for other couples attempting to become pregnant. Read more...

Fertility Options for Woman with Cancer

Many options are now available for female patients who have been diagnosed with cancer, whether or not they have begun treatment. Read more...

Fertility Options for Men with Cancer

There are also a number of options for male patients who can preserve their fertility after a cancer diagnosis. Read more...

Many options are now available for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer, whether or not they have begun treatment.