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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.

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IVF Success at 47: Infertility Center of St. Louis Mom and Her Four-Year-Old

This touching testimonial spotlights a mother who achieved her dream of parenthood at 47 through in‑vitro fertilization at the Infertility Center of St. Louis. Speaking warmly on camera, she recounts years of uncertainty before discovering Dr. Sherman J. Silber’s program, renowned for pushing the boundaries of advanced‑age fertility care. What convinced her to try again were the clinic’s proven protocols—low‑stimulation “Mini‑IVF,” precise embryo selection, and state‑of‑the‑art cryopreservation—that safely extend reproductive potential beyond the traditional 35‑to‑40 window.

The patient recalls how Silber’s team delivered individualized counseling rather than boiler‑plate odds. Comprehensive testing mapped out her ovarian reserve and overall health, while transparent discussions of risks and success rates replaced fear with informed optimism. The lab’s strict barcode‑matching and biometric cryostorage systems, she notes, erased worries about specimen mix‑ups or loss—critical peace of mind when every egg counts.

Retrieval took place with minimal medication, limiting discomfort and reducing OHSS risk. After fertilization and embryo culture, pre‑implantation genetic testing identified the healthiest embryo, which was vitrified and later transferred in a carefully timed, hormone‑balanced cycle. The result? A single, uneventful pregnancy culminating in the birth of her daughter—now a thriving four‑year‑old who “makes every day fantastic.”

Looking back, the mother stresses two themes. First, cutting‑edge science can neutralize the biological clock when wielded by experts. Second, emotional support matters: nurses who answered late‑night questions, embryologists who sent progress updates, and Dr. Silber himself, who greeted her by name at each visit. She encourages viewers—especially women in their forties—to seek providers who combine empathy with innovation. Her message is clear: with the right team, age need not define one’s chance to hold a child. The video stands as living proof that miracles born of science and compassion can happen at any stage of life.