Thanks to Dr. Silber and his outstanding staff at the Infertility Center of St. Louis, our beautiful and healthy baby girl was born on July 23, 2013!
Our infertility journey began the day we were told we would never be able to have our own biological child without the help of In Vitro Fertilization. My husband was born without his Vas Deferens tube, leading to a 0% chance that we could ever conceive naturally. He would need a surgery to remove his sperm. We endured 2 failed IVF attempts at another infertility clinic. We were exhausted, devastated and running out of hope. This is when we found Dr. Silber.
After our first meeting with Dr. Silber, we knew that he would make our dream of having our own biological child come true. He was knowledgeable and honest. He gave us statistics and percentages. He also educated us on the specifics of my husband’s surgery and as it turned out, he does the surgery completely different than the previous infertility clinic. His approach to male infertility is completely different than any other clinic in St. Louis. We know this is the reason our IVF attempt with Dr. Silber was successful!
From the start of IVF to the last step, we had a great experience and were able to remain positive and hopeful! The staff was extremely patient and helpful. The process was individualized for our needs and we weren’t just a “number.” There are no words to express our gratitude to Dr. Silber and his staff. We look forward to returning for baby #2 in the future!
Infertile patients cannot afford to wait for treatment while their eggs get older.
Dr. Sherman Silber, Infertility Center of St. Louis, is offering video consultations for patients who need to plan now for their treatment while stay-at-home orders are in place. He is talking to and evaluating patients in their home to comply with social distancing measures.
Dr. Silber is discovering that patients actually prefer this method of telemedicine consultation over the conventional office visit. Patients have conveyed that “it is so much more convenient and less stressful” to have a telemedicine personal consultation than to take a day off from work to travel to the doctor’s office and sit with other nervous patients in the waiting room.
The COVID-19 pandemic is thus changing much of the way we will do things in the future, and for the better. “Our patients are surprisingly much happier with this approach. Of course, at some point we need to perform hands on treatment. But with this new manner of seeing patients, we can come to the right diagnosis and treatment plan for most patients more efficiently, quickly, and painlessly, with no loss of personal one-on-one communication.” This is a very welcome new era of telemedicine that has been forced on us by the current difficult times.

