The Fertility Center

Happy World Embryologist Day to our partners over at ! Their state-of-the-art facilities allow us to work together and give our patients the high level of care that we all strive for.

We wouldn’t be able to help so many families without them!

Something our providers are passionate about is teaching and working with residents. In celebration of the most recent class of OBGYN residents, they’ve been busy attending residency graduation ceremonies for Corewell Health, U of M Health West, U of M Health Central/Sparrow, Western Michigan University and Mercy Health Muskegon.

We’d like to extend congratulations to Drs. Lown, Stevens, Smith, Ibirogba, & Hulse Corbett on receiving TFC’s Excellence in Reproductive Medicine Award!

Wishing the best of luck to the next class of residents who started their programs on July 1st! We look forward to working with you!

Please join us in congratulating Drs. Shavell, Giuliani, and Thakur for once again being recognized as Top Docs in for Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility in West Michigan! They continue to prioritize their patients and providing them with compassionate and personalized care. Congratulations! We are so proud to have you as our leaders!

Thinking of all the current and future dads out there. Thanks for showing up and giving support through this journey. That’s the true work of a dad.

If you’re looking to have some fun tomorrow, come join us on the lakeshore at .official! We’ll have a booth with some goodies, a raffle for services, as well as some smiling staff who can’t wait to see you 😊

We’ll be there from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM! Happy pride!

We wanted to take a moment to wish a happy 1 year anniversary! It’s incredible what an impact this foundation has already made on our community. Because of this foundation, 12 individuals have had the opportunity to preserve their future family in the past year so they can focus on what’s most important - beating cancer. Partnering with FPF to help these patients has truly been an honor. Here’s to many more years of changing lives together!

This is the face of a doctor who found out she passed her SECOND set of boards. That’s right! Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bjorkman who is O•F•F•I•C•I•A•L•L•Y double board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology & reproductive endocrinology and infertility! Congratulations, Dr. Bjorkman! We’re so proud of you!

Sending love to all the moms in the world ♥️

We are so excited to share the winners of The Fertility Diaries contest 2024! We will be sharing their full stories in the coming days but please join us in congratulating this group 🎉

Our fourth place entry was close enough to being in the top three that we felt it only right to award a consolation prize of $2,500.00 in addition to our three other $5,000.00 grants.

Big thanks to all who supported each of our entries this year, by voting and sharing their stories. You helped us spread the word about what so many of our patients go through and we couldn’t be more grateful! BUT an even bigger thank you goes out to all who were willing to be vulnerable and share their stories through this contest. Thank you for sharing your hearts with us and making an impact this National Infertility Awareness Week! We are sending lots of baby dust to each and every one of you ♥️

Day 5: Seventies Day! The final day of our Spirit Week has arrived. We’ve had lots of fun sporting our best seventies looks while paying tribute to Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, born in 1978 ✌🏼

Sending a huge thank you to everyone who joined us this week. We are always happy to mix in a little fun along the way but the big picture of raising awareness for our community is our top priority. So thank you one more time!

Day 4: Lucky socks! Do you (or did you) have socks that you would wear to appointments or procedures? We always love when patients show up in their special socks. If you’d like to share yours, you’re invited to drop a picture of them below 🧦

Day 3: for infertility awareness! Don’t forget to share your orange outfit below if you’d like to join us!

Day 2 of National Infertility Awareness Week Spirit Week: Pineapples & Rainbows! If you’d like to join us, drop your pineapple and rainbow gear below! And rainbow babies absolutely count for this one ♥️

Day 1 of National Infertility Awareness Week Spirit Week: Multiples Monday! Share your multiples in the comments below 🥰

We are gearing up for National Infertility Awareness Week next week as well as our second annual SPIRIT WEEK!

For those who followed along last year, you may have noticed that our staff love to go all out. We hope you’ll join us to have some fun and raise some awareness while doing so!

Katie and Danielle, two of our IVF nurses, had the very special honor of snuggling this sweet little peanut earlier this week! We always love patient visits ♥️

Guess what day it is - the first day to enter The Fertility Diaries contest 🎉

National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) is almost upon us. To celebrate, we’re holding our 6th annual contest to both raise awareness for infertility as well as help some patients fund their treatment! If you’re interested in learning more, head to our website for all the details!

https://fertilitycentermi.com/2024-contest/

Infertility is so hard. We think we can all agree that having a fur baby along for the ride can sometimes make all the difference ♥️

Happy to all the pets out there who offer more support than they’ll ever be able to understand.

If you’d like to honor your pet who’s made a difference in your infertility experience, we invite you to share below 👇🏼

Happy Doctors’ Day to this caring bunch of providers. Not only are they top notch doctors who always do their best for their patients, beyond the white coat, they’re also kind, compassionate people. We are so lucky to work alongside of them each day. We follow their lead which is why putting our patients first is a top priority!

Today is a really big day here in Michigan! One of our dear friends, and TFC alum 😘, is at the Michigan State Senate as we speak, to advocate for all Michigan families via the Family Protection Act.

Tammy has been working with state leaders to update Michigan’s antiquated surrogacy laws. These bills were passed in the House this past December. The Senate is the next step. Our Executive Director, Emily, as well as our Donor Coordinator, Robin, are there to support Tammy and team. Please join us in wishing her well! More to come…

Due to the winter storm headed our way, all locations will be closing at 12:30 PM tomorrow (Friday, January 12). Our hope is to allow our patients and staff enough time to get home as safely as possible.

While our offices will be closed, we will have staff working remotely to be available to you during our regular office hours via phone as well as MyChart. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need us! Stay safe out there ❄️

Big congratulations to Dr. Thakur and team on completing 150 MyoSure procedures this year. That also means that 150 patients received cutting edge care here at TFC! We’re so proud of all of their hard work and patient support 👊🏼

Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you can join us tonight for our October Exhale group! This group is led by our counselor, Amanda.

If support groups aren’t your thing, she’s also available to meet one-on-one, as a couple, in-person, telehealth, or over the phone. You name your appointment preference, it’s all complimentary! Hope to see you tonight!

Dr. Giuliani and Melissa made time to find one of our partners, Bundl Fertility, while away at American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2023!

If you’re looking for more options to fund IVF treatment, make sure you check out Bundl. We’re proud to partner with them and offer this option to our patients!

Yesterday, some of our team braved the rain and cold to participate in the Baby Steps 5k in Kalamazoo. This event was held to raise money for programs supporting those experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. We were so proud to sponsor this event and honored to walk alongside all those going through this journey.

If you need support, please reach out. We are here to help in any way we can.

Today, we honor everyone who has experienced the loss of a pregnancy or child 🤍

Valerie Shavell, M.D.

“Where troubles melt like lemon drops…”

Our physicians always enjoy working with residents. During , it seemed only fitting for Dr. Shavell’s lecture for the Corewell Health/MSU OBGYN residents to be about… PCOS!

We hope you can join us at our monthly Exhale group tonight! Exhale is our patient support group where you can come as you are and meet others in similar shoes. You are welcome to come alone or bring someone along. This group is led by our counselor, Amanda. If you have any questions, please reach out to her at [email protected].

If a group setting isn’t your thing but you’d like more support through this process, Amanda also meets with patients individually or as couples by appointment. These appointments are always free of charge. We look forward to seeing you!