Patient Stories

During our 40th Anniversary our first IVF baby, Elizabeth, takes us back to her revolutionary birth in 1985, sharing feelings of being a pioneer.

Defeating advanced maternal age and fibroid tumors with IVF and the help of RSC led this couple to have the family they always dreamed of.

The Fritz family healed sickle cell anemia of their first born child through IVF and preimplantation genetic testing with help from the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jenafer and Robert never gave up hope on adding to their family. Persistence and donor egg IVF proved the key combination to making their dreams come true.

An RSC of the San Francisco Bay Area patient shares infertility realities, advice and a message of hope in her ongoing journey through donor sperm IVF.

A Reproductive Science Center couple shares an IVF success story, in which they overcame low odds of success as older parents and had a baby later in life.

After an emotional journey filled with ups and downs, a Reproductive Science Center patient shares their fertility success testimonial and baby photos.

A Reproductive Science Center patient shares their fertility testimonial and photos. Their journey includes multiple failed IUI's before success with IVF.

The odds were stacked against Diane after 4 failed IUI attempts and 4 failed IVFs with egg donation. She eventually achieved pregnancy through the 5th IVF with donor eggs.

Stephanie had many obstacles to overcome but with the help of Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area became pregnant twice.

After trying to get pregnant naturally and with the help of IUIs, Ari and Abra found success with IVF at Reproductive Science Center with Dr. Rosenbluth.

Until she saw a fertility specialist, Lindsay's struggle to get pregnant was confusing and frustrating. Dr. Hinckley's diagnosis and treatment led to a joy-filled pregnancy and birth.

After years of struggle, Dr. Wachs was able to quickly identify the reason that Sarah and her husband were having trouble starting a family. Now they're a happy family of four.

After first trying Clomid, then spending $50,000 elsewhere on surgeries, IUIs, IVF and surrogacy that all failed, this couple turned to Dr. Reid and RSC for a solution.

Dr. Wachs' patient Lisa Pontzious recounts her long, emotional journey of recurrent miscarriages, repeated devastation and, finally, motherhood.

Kelley's life took an unexpected twist when she found herself single at age 33. She made the choice to freeze eggs and preserve her dreams of becoming a mother.

After failed IUI treatment at their local fertility clinic, Alicia and David's research led them to RSC. Now a happy family of five, Alicia shares some advice and wisdom for those just starting fertility treatment.

Before they saw Dr. Hinckley, they thought they might be out of options. After a long struggle with infertility, Tara and Nick underwent IVF at RSC and had two children.

Egg freezing provides hope and preserves options for a working professional woman, who then found hope and support at RSCBA while confronting fertility challenges with her partner.

After years of saving for IVF, when Dayy and James found out that his insurance would cover fertility treatments they relied on the doctors and staff at RSC to help them get pregnant.

I have always dreamt of being a mother and started considering single motherhood after decades of unsuccessful relationships. I was afraid of doing it alone until age 35, when a serious relationship I thought was heading toward marriage ended.

When my husband and I met with Dr. Susan Willman, we knew we had found a doctor who was compassionate, but equally skilled, professional and, most importantly to us, honest. I wanted to start the diagnosis and treatment process immediately.

Sarah and Nathan decided to move forward with surrogacy where the Keeneys’ frozen embryo would be implanted into another woman’s uterus to carry the pregnancy to term.

"When you’re faced with something, whether it’s infertility, cancer or the scare of potentially becoming infertile from treatment, you have to plan and get ahead of it."

Joel and Maria tried many treatments to get pregnant without success. After trying frozen donor egg treatment with Donor Egg Bank USA, their family went from 3 to 4 with the birth of baby Alba.

As it nears my daughter’s first birthday, I can only be reminded of the hardship I endured to reach this milestone. She is the blessing and gift I never thought I would have in my life.

Right from the start I felt comfortable, as though I knew I would be in good hands. Dr. Rosenbluth spent time discussing procedures, explaining techniques and options with us.

"It still startles me that people make babies with sex. Privately. Easily. Fast. Strange as it sounds, I feel more changed by the trials of infertility than by the transition to parenting."

In 2003, Carmen was taking a walk with her children, when a drunk driver killed both. Devastated, Carmen and her husband fought through, and knew they wanted to become parents again.

“Seeing how many couples are affected by infertility truly opened my eyes. I saw what they were going through, and my heart ached for them,” Sarah says.

In her 20s and diagnosed with PCOS, one woman overcomes infertility and financial adversity to achieve her lifelong dream of parenthood.

How one couple transformed the shock of a cancer diagnosis into a different kind of family planning.

When Christophe Job was diagnosed with Lymphoma, he and his wife Kerry were determined not to give up their dream of having a family of their own.