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Investigating infertility - where to start
By ThinkBaby on 27/09/2010 01:35:31
Do you have a fertility problem, when should you seek help and are you doing everything you can to try to conceive?
be. If necessary, your doctor may be able to start basic investigations at the surgery, or she may refer you to a local hospital, gynaecologist or fertility clinic for tests. As any problem may lie with either partner, or with both, it's a good idea
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Frozen ovary tissue and robotic surgery could save cancer patients’ fertility
By Kimberley Smith on 28/03/2011 12:49:20
New technique using frozen ovary tissue to kick-start egg production could increase the chances of conceiving after cancer treatment
starting egg follicle production.A British woman has been the first to undergo the treatment after spending more than a year searching for a suitable fertility expert. Emma Leach, a former businesswoman from London, froze tiny pieces of her ovaries before
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Being just a little overweight affects IVF success, say experts
By Lara Brunt on 05/10/2011 11:49:33
Overweight - not necessarily obese - women have a lower chance of success when it comes to fertility treatment
at the Assisted Conception Unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We were amazed at how large an impact being overweight – not necessarily obese – has on the success of fertility treatment.""To maximise the chance of a successful pregnancy, we
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Intense IVF treatment could reduce your chances of having a healthy baby
By Kimberley Smith on 04/07/2011 12:50:16
High doses of IVF drugs could actually damage the eggs they are used to harvest
fails.Find out more about…Ovarian Hyperstimulation SyndromeFertility treatment - where to start?The pressure's on to make sure every couple who needs it can have NHS IVF
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Is it possible to increase my partner's fertility naturally?
By Clio FitzHerbert on 16/05/2011 09:27:01
Fertility expert Zita West's top tips for boosting your man's fertility
of fresh, healthy sperm at the ready. You can have a break at the end of the cycle after the most fertile time is over, but if you have a long gap (more than five days) without ejaculating, the sperm quality may start to decline, and it takes at least two
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Could IVF affect your child's future health?
By Susie Boone on 25/02/2010 14:09:25
Stories in the media this week have been warning about the 'IVF timebomb', but what's the real truth?
Concern for the future health of IVF babies and about the overuse of ISCI, a fertility treatment that uses potentially poor quality sperm, has been heard at an American conference this week.This has led to newspaper headlines warning of an IVF
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Spanish embryo adoption programme – is it a good idea?
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 22/07/2010 14:05:41
A fertility clinic in Spain is in the headlines for running an embryo adoption scheme that wouldn’t be allowed here in the UK.
, in Britain more than 1,500 fertility treatments were undertaken with donated eggs in 2007, but only 221 treatments involved donated embryos.If you do travel abroad for fertility treatment, you need to make sure you’re aware of the rules and regulations
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What is Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome?
By Laura Lee Davies on 31/12/2007 12:56:57
OHSS can affect women who are taking drugs to stimulate their egg production, but what is it?
are going through certain forms of assisted conception, fertility treatments such as IVF.What is Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome?Very rarely, the drugs a woman is taking to increase ovary production can cause her body to over-react. This makes her ovaries
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New technique reveals which embryos have best chance of IVF success
By Lara Brunt on 11/08/2011 09:42:48
Scientists believe they could improve the success of IVF pregnancies by looking for movements within fertilised eggs before they're implanted
of Cambridge found that when a sperm entered an egg, the jelly-like liquid inside the egg would start to pulsate soon afterwards. "The pattern of those movements is predictive of whether the embryo will have successful developments throughout the entire
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Testing eggs to improve IVF success a step closer
By Kimberley Smith on 29/06/2010 16:02:11
New screening technique could weed out genetically abnormal eggs in the IVF process
an extra £2000 to the already expensive treatment.“I hope it will improve pregnancy rates but I can’t say that – that’s why we need another trial,” said Professor Simon Fishel at Care Fertility who pioneered the test. He’s hopeful that this is the beginning
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