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Dr. Smotrich is featured in the May 2014 issue of Elle Magazine in an article on Gestational Surrogacy
Should a Woman Be Allowed to Hire a Surrogate Because She Fears Pregnancy Will Hurt Her Career? Article Excerpt: David Smotrich, MD, a San Diego fertility specialist who’s widely regarded as the world leader in the field, even offers a scientific rationale for social surrogacy, though he says such cases make up less than 5…
Read MoreLa Jolla IVF and Dr. Smotrich Appear in the German Publication Bild on Sunday March 2, 2014
An article featuring Dr. Smotrich and La Jolla IVF regarding gay surrogacy was published in the French magazine Le Figaro in January 2014. This story received widespread publicity and testimony to this fact is that in March 2014 a story based on this article was published in the German newspaper/magazine Bild. It is the best-selling…
Read MoreRecord number of test-tube babies born in US
An embryologist examines a dish with human embryos under a microscope of the La Jolla IVF Clinic. More test-tube babies were born in the United States in 2012 than ever before. With about 3.9 million babies born in the United States in 2012, the IVF newborns accounted for over 1.5 percent of the total.
Read MoreA Story about Surrogacy and Dr. Smotrich again in the German Publication, Bild
The photograph in this article attests to the fact that surrogacy works–check out Dr. Smotrich beside his happy patients from Germany with their surrogate and new twin girls featured in the German publication Bild in February 2014. Attesting to his international reach, there are now children in 86 countries around the world that Dr. Smotrich and…
Read MoreWell-respected German publication, Der Spiegal
As early as 1998, Dr. Smotrich was already well known in the international arena as being a pioneer in the field of egg donation and gestational surrogacy. This article appeared in the respected German publication Der Spiegal in 1998, chronicling the journey of a gay couple who ultimately had both their names placed on the…
Read MoreLe Figaro Magazine Highlighting Dr.Smotrich Building Families for Gay Couples
La Jolla IVF and Dr.Smotrich were featured in the French Magazine, Le Figaro, in January 2014. Over a nearly 20 year span, Dr.David Smotrich has been a pioneer in the treatment of gay couples from all over the world desiring to create a family. Today about 35% of Dr.Smotrich’s patients are gay couples.
Read MoreTransgender People Are Having Kids All Kinds of Ways; Doctors Need to Get Used to It
In January 2014 an article highlighting transgender patients and reproduction appeared in Slate (an on-line current affairs and culture magazine owned by The Washington Post Company). The article spoke about the involvement of Dr. Smotrich in about half a dozen cases of aiding transgender patients to become parents.
Read MoreFat, Carbs and the Science of Conception.
In a groundbreaking new book, Harvard researchers look at the role of diet, exercise and weight control in fertility. Guarantee: you will be surprised. by Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D. , Walter C. Willett, M.D. , Patrick J. Skerrett | December 1, 2007 9:29 AM EST Every new life starts with two seemingly simple events. First,…
Read MoreStress and Infertility
I have been in the medical field for over 24 years. The last 15 of those years as an RN working everywhere from California to Alaska and Hawaii to the Virgin Islands. I had thought I had seen and done everything until I started working at La Jolla IVF one year ago. New to…
Read MoreMenopause Mondays: Women’s Fertility and the Biological Clock
March 11th, 2013 – by Ellen Dolgen New Girl has got me thinking: Where have all the good eggs gone? During a recent episode, Sadie, the show’s “friendly neighborhood gynecologist,” broke the news that a woman can lose up to 90 percent of her eggs by age 30. Jess (and I!) had a little more than…
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