Fertility Services
MetroHealth's caring, supportive fertility team is focused on helping you achieve a successful pregnancy, in a warm, personal and friendly environment. We know that you want to be a parent—not just a patient.
If you have questions about our program or would like to schedule an appointment, call 216-778-4444.
Fertility Services
MetroHealth's caring, supportive fertility team is focused on helping you achieve a successful pregnancy, in a warm, personal and friendly environment. We know that you want to be a parent—not just a patient.
If you have questions about our program or would like to schedule an appointment, call 216-778-4444.
Fertility Services
The desire to have a child is deeply personal, and so is infertility. Getting pregnant is a natural function. And when it doesn't happen as planned, we understand the frustration. When pregnancy occurs but ends with miscarriage, we understand the heartbreak.
That's why MetroHealth's caring, supportive fertility team is focused on helping you achieve a successful pregnancy, in a warm, personal and friendly environment. We know that you want to be a parent—not just a patient.
If you have questions about our program or would like to schedule an appointment, call 216-778-4444.
Finding the Causes of Infertility
Our fertility team specializes in the evaluation and treatment of all types of reproductive problems, such as:
- Decreased sperm quality
- Endometriosis
- Fallopian tube blockage
- Fibroids
- Menstrual disorders
- Ovulation problems
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Uterine and reproductive anomalies
- Weight-related reproductive issues
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Our approach to fertility starts with listening: to your medical history and your fertility journey so far. To identify fertility solutions we may recommend:
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Male partners are essential to the fertility process. In our dedicated Sperm Lab, you’ll collect a sperm sample in a comfortable, private room for semen analysis or insemination. We’ll also assess your medical history to provide an overall health assessment to prepare for reproduction. |
Addressing Your Infertility Issue
Some causes of infertility can be corrected by hormone therapy and lifestyle changes. Other causes—such as uterine fibroids—may require surgery.
We also offer:
- Donor insemination. You may be considering this approach to parenthood if you are single or in a same-sex relationship. If you are considering becoming a single parent by donor insemination, please schedule an appointment for a detailed discussion of the process.
- Fertility help for same-sex couples. MetroHealth offers the same personalized, experienced care to all of our patients, whether gay or straight. If you and your partner feel it's time to consider parenthood, we will strive to help you achieve your goals.
- Fertility help for individuals facing cancer treatment. Some types of cancer treatment can permanently damage a woman's ovaries, making a future pregnancy difficult or even impossible. However, women in this situation can undergo fertility preservation that will allow them to store their eggs or embryos in advance. Our lab can also provide sperm cryopreservation and storage (sperm banking) for men facing medical treatment that could affect sperm quality.
- Intrauterine insemination. This procedure involves injecting a sperm sample through a catheter that's inserted in the cervix. The procedure is performed around the time the woman is ovulating. Intrauterine insemination may be helpful in cases of cervical scarring, decreased sperm quality and in cases of unexplained infertility.
- MetroHealth does not have its own IVF program, but for those patients for whom IVF is recommended, we will help make your transition to an IVF program as smooth as possible.This procedure involves combining a man's sperm with a woman's eggs outside the body in a laboratory dish. Fertilized eggs, or embryos, are then transferred into the woman's uterus where they may develop. IVF is a multistep process that includes the use of fertility drugs to help increase the woman's production of eggs.
We're Experts at Making Families
Our medical director, Bryan Hecht, MD, has more than 25 years of experience treating female and male infertility, pregnancy loss issues, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis and other menstrual and reproductive disorders. Dr. Hecht's philosophy is to help you achieve a pregnancy as safely, quickly and inexpensively as possible.
He is joined by an equally experienced nurse and laboratory specialist who help provide compassionate care, focused on your needs. Our nursing team has Spanish-language capability.
Understanding the Financial Impact
Your insurance plan may cover none, some, or all the cost of your infertility treatment. But the statements from your insurance plan and the bills you receive for your portion of the expense can be difficult to understand.
If you're wondering about your insurance coverage for fertility testing and treatment, we can help. Our team can work with you to provide preauthorization paperwork, and we can address problems with insurance claims that occur after submission.
If you have questions about our program or would like to schedule an appointment, call 216-778-4444.
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