Brooklyn's Premier Fertility Center at New York Methodist Hospital

The Kofinas Fertility Institute is a private, independent fertility center providing advanced reproductive treatments to couples with infertility in Brooklyn and Staten Island.

At the Fertility Institute, our focus is on the individual patient. Our goal is to uncover the causes of infertility and provide the best solution for fertility success, with treatments that may include:

• Reproductive surgery — microsurgery, laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery
• Intrauterine insemination (IUI), or
• In vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies such as ICSI, Assisted Hatching (AH), Blastocyst culture, PGD, Embryo, Oocyte (Egg) and Sperm Cryopreservation.

1) What is the definition of infertility?

Most experts define infertility as not being able to get pregnant after one year of trying — or not being able to get pregnant after six months of trying if you are 35 or older. Women who are able to get pregnant, but are unable to stay pregnant because of repeated miscarriages may also be considered to be infertile. About 10 percent of women ages 14 to 44 in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

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