Everything you need to know about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

Sexually transmitted diseases can have an impact not only on your general health and of course your sex life. But they can also affect your future fertility. Anyone who is sexually active needs to be aware of what sexually transmitted diseases are, and how best to avoid them. In our blog article, we set out...

What is the difference between primordial follicles and primary follicles?

When we talk about the female reproductive system, we tend to say that a woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have. This is essentially true, but the fact is that, at the time a girl is born, and even before birth while she is still in the womb, the eggs in...

False (Phantom) Pregnancy: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

False pregnancy, or phantom pregnancy, is a rare condition. The patient not only thinks she is pregnant, but her body displays many of the signs of pregnancy too. It is not the same as an imagined pregnancy, in which someone hopes for pregnancy with such intensity that she convinces herself that she is, in spite...

What is anti Mullerian hormone?

Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) plays a vital role in foetal development, as well as having other important functions in the mature adult. At about eight weeks of development, the human foetus features two sets of ducts. One of them has the potential to develop into a male baby, the other carrying the potential for a female....

How do ovarian and antral follicles relate to fertility?

The beautiful complexity and delicate balance of the reproductive system are among the wonders of human biology. It would be impossible to claim that any one element was more important than the others because they all play an essential part, but it is true to say that without ovarian follicles there could be no egg...

Bicornuate uterus, what is it and what are the causes?

A bicornuate uterus, also known as a heart-shaped womb, is a congenital condition in which the two sides of the uterus do not join completely during foetal development. It results in a girl being born with a womb partially divided into two parts which are not completely separate and have a common cervix. This results...