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If You're A Millennial With A Vagina Who Wants Kids In The Future, Here's Why You May Want To Immediately Freeze Your Eggs
Men over age 40 have a higher chance of having a child with autism.
Published: 5/29/2021 via Buzzfeed
Meet the local embryologist taking over TikTok
Embryologist Alease Daniel wants to talk about sperm, eggs and reproductive health. And she has attracted millions of views on TikTok for her explanations of everything from how IVF transfers work to how frozen embryos are stored.
Published: 11/8/2021 via WRAL News
How AI-Powered Startups Are Improving IVF
New companies are taking some of the human element out of the creation of humans.
Published: 12/2/2021 via Bustle
The physicians debunking the massive misinformation about women’s health
From reproductive health to sex-ed, here are five medical specialists debunking myths.
Published: 12/3/21 via Coda Story
Embryologist goes viral on TikTok breaking down infertility myths
By day, Alease Daniel works with embryos, eggs and sperm in a laboratory as an embryologist at a North Carolina fertility clinic.
Outside of the lab, Daniel, 26, breaks down myths and misconceptions about infertility on TikTok, where she has gone viral with videos she says she hopes make a confusing and stressful topic more easy to understand.
Published: 04/27/22 via ABC news
Infertility expert breaks down 4 myths about getting pregnant
“I saw that our patients had a lot of questions for us about the process, what was happening in the lab, and I really wanted a way to give them that information,” Daniel told “Good Morning America.” “And I figured if our patients don’t know it, there are patients all over the place who don’t know.”
Published: 04/27/22 via Good Morning America
Infertility expert dispels four common myths about getting pregnant
Daniel explained that her role as an embryologist requires her to be in charge of the in-vitro fertilization process and take responsibility for the embryo from the time of egg retrieval to when an embryo is implanted into the uterus.
Published: 04/29/22 via Upworthy
Roe v Wade and IVF Treatment: A Conversation with Embryologist Alease Daniel
Since the Supreme Court leak of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Americans have been scrambling to determine what this means for their reproductive futures. For some, that means focusing on how the change will affect in-vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF treatment.
To get some clarity on this issue, we turned to Raleigh’s own embryologist, Alease Daniel.
Published: 5/10/22 via The Raleigh Durham Girl
This Embryologist Is Using TikTok to Clear Up Common Infertility Myths
So far, some of Daniel’s most popular videos have answered questions like, “Why is IVF so expensive?” (Believe it or not, the average IVF cycle can cost anywhere from $12,000 to $17,000 — and many couples will need to undergo several rounds.)
Published: 05/19/22 via mom.com
TikTok Teacher
Alease Daniel ’18 goes viral with online lessons on fertility.
Published: 5/27/22 via NC State Alumni Magazine
‘I don’t feel safe.’ Abortion bans add new uncertainty to fertility treatment
State laws banning abortion could also impact people trying to conceive via in vitro fertilization and bring new legal risks for providers.
Published: 10/24/22 via Health Care Dive
What Happens in an Embryology Lab?
What REALLY happens in an embryology lab? How have cryo management protocols and technology changed how we track, store, and care for frozen eggs and embryos? What is the future of embryology?
Published: 10/24/22 via Resolve
Reciprocal IVF: What to know, from how it works to how much it costs
Reciprocal IVF, or partner-assisted IVF, is a family planning option gaining visibility online.
On TikTok alone, there are nearly 19 million views for the abbreviated hashtag #RIVF with videos of LGBTQ couples sharing their journey with the fertility process.
Published: 03/21/23 via CBS News
LGBTQ families are bringing visibility to reciprocal IVF. What is it?
RIVF, which is for partners who both have uteruses, is similar to traditional IVF in that an egg is retrieved, fertilized and then placed back to develop and grow. But with RIVF, the egg is taken from one partner, fertilized with donor sperm and placed back in the other partner.
“Instead of creating the embryo and putting it back in the person that we did the egg retrieval on, we are putting it in their partner,” explains Alease Daniel Barnes, an embryologist based in North Carolina.
Published: 03/21/23 via Yahoo News