Advances in IVF: Health Story

Aired on Lifetime Television
Sunday, April 2 and June 11, 2006
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Cindy Margolis, super model and actress says, "I always knew I wanted a family." When she and her husband were diagnosed with unspecified fertility problems, they turned to in-vitro fertilization. "IVF means fertilized in a glass. It sounds easy, but it's not," cautions Dr. Arthur Wisot of Reproductive Partners Medical Group. Traditionally, there are high costs, multiple medications, and unpleasant hormone therapy. But in recent years, new lab techniques, medications, and genetic testing of embryos have increased success rates. One in four women becomes pregnant. More than five years ago, after trying multiple times, Cindy became pregnant. She is now a member of RESOLVE, a national support group. "It's been tough emotionally and physically, but worth it," she says.