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6 May 2020
Reasons why you should choose IVI for your fertility treatment
Having made the momentous decision to consult a fertility treatment centre, the first reassurance you need is that the clinic is accredited by the relevant regulating bodies. You will of course also be asking questions like, what is the fertility treatment success rate of my chosen clinic? But this is not the full story. Does… View Article
2 May 2020
World ovarian cancer day: we continue the fight
World Ovarian Cancer Day is the 8th of May. In 2013, a group of ovarian cancer advocacy organizations around the world came together to establish the day with a focus of raising awareness and solidarity in the continuing fight. Raising awareness is vital. Currently, around 300,00 women worldwide are diagnosed every year and overall… View Article
28 April 2020
Discover the new types of family
For time immemorial, family groups in one form or another have been the basic building block of social structures. This fact has not changed over the centuries, but the definition of a family certainly has. These days in most of western Europe, standard sociology theory maintains that there are five types of families, being nuclear,… View Article
28 April 2020
Things you should know about fertility when you are 20, 30 and 40
Fertility is an issue that can’t help having an impact on a large portion of our lives. From the age at which we start being sexually active, right through to looking out for signs of the perimenopause, there’s always an aspect of it to think about. You may be more focused on effective contraception in… View Article
3 April 2020
COVID19 has led to my treatment being suspended, what can I do?
Don’t worry, it’s normal to feel guilty Our Emotional Support team gives you some key points to get through this situation and resume the processes in the best state of mind COVID19 and assisted reproduction. At this time when the world health situation has disrupted everyone’s life, at IVI we are very aware of… View Article
1 April 2020
What is a follicle and how many follicles do you need?
You might never have heard of ovarian follicles before, nor expected them to be of such importance to you and your fertility. However, follicles are perhaps one of the most intrinsic parts of a woman’s reproductive system, and how many follicles you have is often a straightforward way of determining how likely you could be… View Article
31 March 2020
Can you freeze eggs at 40? Advantages and disadvantages
The technology that allows for freezing of eggs rather than embryos has only been with us for a relatively short time, since 1986. During that brief period, egg freezing has increased dramatically, by around 460% in the six years from 2010 to 2016. Why is this? One simple answer is that in a world… View Article
27 March 2020
Different assisted reproduction techniques
From simple prayer and totemic rituals to ancient herbal remedies, spells and incantations, we humans have a long history of searching for a cure for infertility. Since the urge to procreate is one of life’s primal forces, this is not surprising. In the 21st century, although we may have moved on from magical concoctions… View Article
27 March 2020
Endometriosis: when your period paralyses your life
Endometriosis affects 10% of women and some of them are unaware of it Its symptoms include painful periods that become incapacitating on a day-to-day basis: missing school, being off work… It is a chronic disease, there is no cure, but its effects can be alleviated We know that we are in troubled times. Suddenly… View Article
24 March 2020
What is ovarian stimulation?
Every month as part of the regular menstrual cycle, a woman’s body naturally produces hormones which stimulate her ovaries to produce a single egg and to release it for its fertilization in the familiar process known as ovulation. In the context of assisted fertility treatments, various hormones are administered which either mimic or increase… View Article
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