Not Even the Threat of Hurricane Ana Could Stop ASRM's Annual Meeting and Run for Reproductive Health 5K Run/1 Mile Walk

To kick off the 2014 annual meeting, entitled "Surfing the Waves or Change in Reproductive Medicine" The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) held it's 47th opening ceremony and reception at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  This years activities included Hula lessons, photo ops, local artisans, a dance band, and of course lots of wonderful food and drinks!  

This years hot topics include: 

•      Frozen Donor Egg Banking: Does Import / Export Effect the Survival and Pregnancy Rates?
•      New Medical Information Involving Egg Donors
•      Controversy over Rights of Children Born from Egg Donations: Is full Disclosure of Egg Donors' Identity Necessary?
•      Egg Donors working with Gestational Surrogacy Agencies
•      Relationships Between Intended Parents and Gestational Carriers
•      Gestational Carrier, BMI and Reproductive Outcomes/Risks
•      Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
•      How far is too far? ...Sex Selection.  Just because we can...
•      Reproductive Abnormalities: How to Optimize Future Fertility
•      Fertility Preservation through Cryopreservation of Oocytes (eggs)
•      Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation

Plus many more!!

To get everyone really ready to learn, ASRM held its 5K Run/1 Mile Walk at the Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Even the impending Hurricane Ana held back its fury and veered away from the islands, making this years run a huge success!  

Nothing like exercising in paradise!!!  Hats off to all the winners

http://www.writethenextchapter.org/2014Run/

Congratulations to the Winners and all the participants at this year's Run/Walk for Reproductive Health!

Top Female Winners: April Batcheller, Betsy Fisher, Tina Mendoza
Female 20-29: Amy Kittleson, Shelly Rawson, Vanessa Velasquez
Female 30-39: Jocelyn Wessels, Christene McDonnell, Erica Johnstone
Female 40-49: Maria Forss, Dinna Barker, Margareta Pisarska
Female 50-59: Nancy Kucik, Maria Cecilia Erthel, Frieda Joseph

Top Male Winners: Satoshi Mizuno, Thomas Chang, Joshua Kapfhamer
Male 20-29: Shane Kennedy, Leroy Robinson, Scott Portnoy
Male 30-39: Jamie Leslie, Alexander Quaas, Tim Kresowik
Male 40-49: Matt Goldstein, Paulo Taitson, Kornilov Nikolay
Male 50-59: Yoshi Yoshida, Vagn Rasmussen, Paul Dorsa
Male 60-69: Bob Colver, Jon Rawson, Julio Colabianchi

      

Overall Results   |   Age Group Results   

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Apple, Facebook to pay for women to freeze eggs

This is a huge step!  

Way to go Apple and Facebook... for setting such a good example and paving the way for large companies to follow suit and acknowledge the growing need for fertility preservation.  It has become increasingly common for women of childbearing age delaying their family building to launch or further their careers!! 

Brett Molina & Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY12:03 p.m. EDT October 14, 2014

Silicon Valley is known for offering incredible job perks, but the latest moves by Apple and Facebook could help the companies attract more female employees.

Apple offers egg freezing for female employees up to $20,000. The company also offers adoption and surrogacy assistance and "a host of other fertility services for male and female employees," the company said via email.

Facebook also offers egg freezing for its female employees, the company told NBC News.

A typical egg freezing round costs about $10,000, with a $500 or more fee each year for storage.

The coverage by Apple and Facebook is part of a growing trend to beef up employee perks at Silicon Valley companies to recruit new hires.

As the AP pointed out last year, tech companies are expanding their office campuses to offer multiple employee perks. For example, Google boasts on-campus child care, nap pods, a bowling alley and a shared community garden.

The idea is that by removing and fertilizing their eggs in their 20s, women will have a better chance of getting pregnant in their 30s and 40s.

Reproductively speaking, a woman's best chance at a healthy pregnancy that results in a healthy baby is in her 20s.

This is because the viability of a woman's eggs declines over time. Fertility gradually declines in the 30s and drastically beginning around age 35, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

By freezing eggs in her 20s, a woman has access to younger, more viable eggs should she choose to delay child-bearing until her late 30s or 40s.

The technology used to freeze human eggs has become ...

Read the full story here:  http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/14/apple-facebook-eggs/17240953/

West Coast Surrogacy, Inc. and West Coast Egg Donation Inc. is an all-inclusive surrogate and egg donation agency located in Southern California. Working with couples; singles, surrogates and egg donors nationwide, WCS / WCED uses a team-oriented approach that encompasses the highest level of integrity, support, and compassion. It is our pledge to guide you through every step of this life-changing process, acting as both a resource for information and an unparalleled support system. 

To find out more about our egg donation and surrogacy services, please visit us on the web at: http://www.westcoastsurrogacy.com and http://westcoasteggdonation.com or call us at (toll free) 877.492.7411