News about assisted reproduction

9 March 2021

The success of vitrified embryo treatments is comparable to that of fresh embryo transfers

The current global pandemic, coupled with the collapse of health care, is forcing people to postpone the desire to have children in the face of widespread uncertainty. This is already reflected in many countries, which have recorded a drop in the birth rate in 2020 and expect an even more drastic drop in 2021. In… View Article

8 March 2021

International Women’s Day 2021

International Women’s Day (IWD) has always had a dual function: to challenge injustice and gender inequality on the one hand, and on the other, to celebrate the achievements and successes of women the world over. The date to mark in your calendar is 8 March. Each year the event has a different theme and this… View Article

18 February 2021

Male vasectomy procedure: what is a vasectomy?

Vasectomy is a simple surgical procedure that a man can have as a permanent form of birth control. It works by cutting off the supply of sperm to your semen so that even though you still ejaculate normally, there are no sperm present and so you cannot make someone pregnant. Because of its permanent nature,… View Article

16 February 2021

What is a good antral follicle count for IVF?

An antral follicle is the final stage of development of the primordial follicles that are already present in the ovaries of baby girls when they are born. Too miniscule to be seen by the naked eye, there are roughly one million at birth, and these are all the potential eggs a woman is ever going… View Article

3 February 2021

Differences between menstruation and implantation bleeding

If you’re thinking and hoping that you’re pregnant, it can come as an unwelcome surprise to have what may appear to be the start of your period. But all is not lost! It’s possible that what you mistake for menstruation bleeding is in fact implantation bleeding, also called implantation spotting (as it’s not such a… View Article

2 February 2021

Patients with type 0 blood group and Rh-positive may have greater protection against COVID-19

Covid-19 has caused almost 100 million cases and more than 2 million deaths worldwide since it appeared. The United States is the country hardest hit by the pandemic, but Europe is at the centre of the third wave in early 2021. The truth is, since it started, Covid-19 has continued to raise all kinds of… View Article

17 January 2021

Is it possible to get pregnant with a retroverted uterus?

When you discover that any part of your reproductive system has something out of the ordinary about it, it’s totally understandable that your first thought is whether it could interfere with your plans for a future family. There’s no need to worry. This condition usually has no impact on your ability to conceive and you… View Article

9 January 2021

What does it mean when you have a heart shaped uterus?

If you have a heart shaped uterus, also known as a bicornuate uterus, it means that you were born with a uterus in which the two sides did not completely fuse together as they normally do. In a heart shaped uterus, the two sides are joined at the lower end, but the top has an… View Article

24 December 2020

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… View Article

27 November 2020

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… View Article

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