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Introduction About one in six couples experience the problem of infertility at some time in their life. Although about one in ten couples will seek the help of infertility experts, many women will become pregnant without such help. Even so, ultimately there still will be a group of patients that may benefit from modern artificial procreation techniques. These techniques, however should merely be seen as an ultimum remedium, a last effort, when all other options have failed. Mission statement The Foundation of Medical Procreation Voorburg (Stichting Medische Voortplanting Voorburg) offers a comprehensive program of artificial reproductive technologies for those infertility patients that have no chance or a negligible chance of becoming pregnant otherwise, and for whom relief through these techniques may be envisaged. The foundation has been in operation for thirteen years. From 1985 onwards, IVF and related treatments have been offered in our center and since then almost 6000 babies have been born as a result of these treatments. We aim to offer optimal results in terms of healthy babies born in conjunction with a minimal complication rate. Foundation Profile Our center houses a team of enthusiastic people that have dedicated themselves to the treatment of infertile couples. We are located in the Diaconessenhuis Voorburg, a hospital that is part of the Reinier de Graaf Hospital group. All infertility treatments are performed in our center including TDI, IVF, ICSI, Oocyte Donation and Uterine surrogacy. These are only performed, however, when a strict medical indication exists. The program is only meant for infertility patients for whom it is envisaged that these treatments may offer hope for their condition. Websites: newfangled gadgets in 1996, hypes in 1999 and a burst bubble in 2001? When we started our Web-site in 1996 there was quite some reluctance especially by older people, claiming that these newfangled gadgets were only suitable for nerds, anarchists and other nutcases, but not appropriate for serious medical messages. However as time went by, it has become clear that the internet is very suited for this type of information- at your fingertips- for everybody. Suddenly at the end of the nineties the pendulum had swung to the other side, with a concomitant explosion of stock prices of Internet companies, with lots of people buying just for the sake of buying thereby grossly overestimating the true intrinsic value of this new medium. We in The Netherlands have had this experience before in the seventeenth century with the price of tulip bulbs, and those who have not been taught by history were destined to repeat it. This English section is mainly meant for professionals in the field, although most of it is open for anyone. However the blastocyst registration (which will be placed on the separate site www.blastocyst.net ) is restricted to those working in the field of reproduction that have experience with the culture and transfer of blastocysts. Levels of comprehension Anyone can read this Web- Site, but not everyone will understand everything. In principle this site should be clear to all interested in infertility, regardless of background and level of education, and the site should generally be written in simple terms, understandable for all. However it cannot be denied that oversimplification sometimes violates the truth. That is why in the near future we will split the site up into three levels of comprehension: level 1: basic (understandable at grammar school level), level 2: in depth (meant for those with higher level of interest or education) and level 3: professional (meant for infertility specialists). On each page you will see a button which indicates the target population. Contact Information If you have any general questions you can contact the medical director, C.A.M. Jansen MD, PhD., if you have specific laboratory related questions, you can contact the laboratory director, P.M. Rijnders. Telephone +31.70.340.1100 FAX +31 70.340.1173
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