Losing their baby just five weeks before their due date, Becca and Justin Edwards were heartbroken but determined to create their family. After undergoing IVF at SIRM Dallas, Becca gave birth to a baby girl – just in time to celebrate her first Mother’s Day. Watch Here

Fox News in Las Vegas ran a segment on infertility that featured Karmann and Ryan, a couple who experienced 9 miscarriages before finding success with Dr. Sher. They discuss the roller coaster of emotions they have experienced through infertility and the joy of finally achieving a viable pregnancy. Watch it here.

In honor of Mother’s Day, View Neighborhood Newspapers spoke with two southwest-area mothers about their experiences with the unexpected. Read the whole story here: www.reviewjournal.com / by: JEFF MOSIER 

Fox TV in Las Vegas featured a segment discussing medical tourism and the number of patients traveling to Las Vegas for treatment at Sher Institute. Dr. Sher and several couples cycling from Canada were interviewed for the segment. Watch it here.

Two-month old twins Allianna and Nikyla sleep peacefully in their mother’s arms — unaware of how high-tech medicine, social media and a bit of old-fashioned luck brought them into the world. “I’ll have quite a story to tell them when they grow up,” Vicki Lyons said as she watched her babies sleep. Read the whole … Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sharing their story of heartbreak with the nation turned into a life-changing ordeal for one Nashville couple. During their 10 year marriage, Tim and Jessica Simpson have struggled to start a family.  They have endured countless fertility treatments, experienced a miscarriage, and the premature birth of their baby, Nora, who didn’t survive. Read … Read more

(KTVI)-The holidays are so often about the kids. But when you can’t have a baby, this magical time of year can be tough. The Sher Institute wants to change that. They are awarding free IVF cycles to the winners of their “I Believe” video contest. Read the rest of the article here: Fox 2 now … Read more

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dr. Drew Tortoriello, an endocrinologist, is on a mission. Luckily, Daniella Gallaro found out about it. The Midland Beach resident was diagnosed with breast cancer in June. It came out of the blue. She was 26 (she has celebrated a birthday since) with no history of cancer in her family. After … Read more

“Chemotherapy works in large part by blocking DNA synthesis or disrupting DNA. Eggs are especially vulnerable to these drugs and undergo atresia, or programmed cell death, when exposed to these agents. Because eggs are at the current moment not a renewable cell type, once they are gone, they are gone forever.” Drew Tortoriello, MD, medical … Read more

“As difficult as infertility is, patients should resist the temptation to ‘play the odds,’” Walid Saleh, MD, tells WebMD in an interview seeking an objective assessment of this study. Read the rest of the article here: WebMD

Over the past 3 years, we have donated nearly 30 IVF cycles to patients through SIRM seminars and Facebook contests. It is our pleasure to provide an update here on many of the couples that have been recipients of the donated IVF cycles. For reasons of privacy and courtesy, we haven’t listed the names of … Read more

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For parents, family planning doesn’t always come naturally. The issue of infertility often goes discussed and that can cause a lot of misconceptions. Watch the entire video here: CBS 11 Separates Fertility Fact From Fiction

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Just inside the automatic sliding doors of Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, an oversized baby bottle beckons visitors from atop a folding table. One by one, 140 men and women approach the table in the hospital lobby. Before scouting a seat, they rip a raffle ticket from a tightly coiled roll on the table, sign … Read more

A San Diego couple wins an online contest and a shot a starting a family through an advanced and free IVF treatment. Watch the entire video here: CNN – International Edition  

When Melissa Costa-Lac learned that she and her husband had won a contest for free fertility treatment, she was overjoyed. But her joy was also tempered by the knowledge that 42 other couples who had entered the contest were once again faced with the disappointment that anyone who has been down the infertility road knows … Read more

The Sher Fertility Institute in Las Vegas, put on a controversial contest called the “I Believe Video Journal Project” where couples who were struggling with having a baby could win a shot at a free IVF treatment. Couples had to create a video detailing their trials and tribulations through infertility. Three couples out of 45 won — the … Read more

A Vernon couple has just won a round of in vitro fertilization at the Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Nevada. To enter the contest, Melissa Costa-Lac and her husband, Hong Lac submitted a video. Read the rest of the article here: Radio West