Becoming pregnant and having a healthy baby is a challenge for many couples. The caring team of fertility specialists at The University of Kansas Hospital’s Center for Advanced Reproductive Medicine provides state-of-the-art reproductive technologies and treatments to help couples conceive.
Our hospital is the only one in the region with a comprehensive program for both female fertility problems and male reproductive issues.
General Infertility and Recurrent Miscarriage Treatment
If you and your partner have been trying to conceive for more than six months, or if you’ve had ongoing problems carrying a baby to term, we can help. Your physician may recommend:
Artificial Insemination and In Vitro Fertilization Services
Our fertility specialists have a reputation for staying on the leading edge of reproductive technologies and treatments to help couples conceive. Services available include:
- Assisted Hatching (Thinning or making a small hole in the protective layer that surrounds the embryo. This can improve the success rate for in vitro fertilization.)
- Blastocyst Transfer (Transferring, at the most opportune time, embryos from a laboratory to a woman’s uterus.)
- Egg (Oocyte) Freezing
- Egg Retrieval
- Embryo Freezing
- In Vitro Fertilization
- Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- Ovarian Tissue Freezing (A procedure where a woman’s ovary is removed, frozen and transplanted back into the woman later.)
- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (Genetic testing of an embryo before it’s implanted in vitro.)
Third Party Parenting
When a woman can’t conceive or carry her own baby, our caring staff helps coordinate third party parenting, including services in:
- Donor Egg In Vitro Fertilization
- Donor Insemination
- Surrogacy
Reproductive Endocrinology
Our physicians diagnose and treat hormonal conditions that affect fertility. Some of these include:
- Amenorrhea (Absence of menstrual bleeding)
- Genetic Defects of the Reproductive Organs
- Hirsutism (Excessive hair growth in women)
- Hyperprolactinemia (High level of the hormone prolactin)
- Menstrual Disorders
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Advanced Reproductive Surgery
The Center offers a full range of traditional, microsurgical and robotic-assisted surgical procedures including: