In vitro literally translates to “in glass,” referring to the glass laboratory containers in which an in vitro fertilization (IVF) occurs. Although babies fertilized in vitro are commonly called “test tube babies” (mind you, this isn’t the most politically correct terminology), in vitro fertilization actually take place in a petri dish.

Today, a procedure performed in vitro simply means outside the body or living organism. The blastocyst/embryo is implanted inside the uterus after fertilization occurs.

IVF requires three things for success: ...

On October 13th 2011, “Just Like My Child” held their annual Gala at El Cortez down town San Diego. Dr Smotrich, known as the donor of ” The Smotrich Kitchen”, was one of the speakers of the evening. The goal for the evening was to raise enough money to put 750 families in the “dairy” business through their partnership with Heifer International in Uganda. An amazing evening with a total of ...

Alexia Yamaguchi, 9 months old – The cutest piece of sushi we have ever seen. A big thank you to all participants, hope you had a great Halloween.

Halloween is approaching fast. We at LA JOLLA IVF would like to get everybody into the Halloween spirit and therefore announcing our best Halloween Costume Contest. Snap a photo of your child in their cute, scary or funny Halloween costume and email it to ruthrn@lajollaivf. Please include name and contact information.

First prize – $100 amazon.com gift card !!

Happy Halloween from us at La Jolla IVF!!!

La Jolla IVF is a proud sponsor of the Challenged Athletes Foundation. This past Sunday, the San Diego Triathlon Challenge took place. For the seventh year in a row, Dr Smotrich was a cheerful sponsor participant.

Dr Smotrich running in the San Diego Triathlon Challenge.

Dr Smotrich’s son Ariel running in the San Diego Triathlon Challenge.

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American Society of Reproductive Medicine(ASRM) awarded our laboratory director Barry Behr, Ph.D, HCLD and his team with First Prize for Technical Achievment in Video 2011:

Non-Invasive Assessment of Embryo Viability Using Novel Automated Imaging Technology.

Their project will be presented at ASRM’s Annual Meeting in Orlando, October 18th, and we hope to be able to share it with you shortly there after.

Great work and Congratulations.

Recently La Jolla IVF decided it was time for our website to receive a facelift. After some redesigning and updating we are excited to see it up and running. Together with our newly launched website a Blog Page was created in hopes to provide our clients and friends with regular updates of events, information as well as answering questions and create discussions. Please feel free to provide us with any feedback and suggestions of topics that might be of interest. ...