Should IVF be the First Choice of Treatment For Unexplained Infertility?
Unexplained infertility is where we do not find any cause of infertility, this is often after undertaking tubal tests, reviewing ovarian reserve, sperm is…
Unexplained infertility is where we do not find any cause of infertility, this is often after undertaking tubal tests, reviewing ovarian reserve, sperm is extensively seen and there are no fibroids or endometriosis as seen by a laparoscopy. In these cases this is known as unexplained infertility. Often women are asked to follow IVF as a treatment of unexplained infertility.…
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Should IVF be the First Choice of Treatment For Unexplained Infertility?
Unexplained infertility is where we do not find any cause of infertility, this is often after undertaking tubal tests, reviewing ovarian reserve, sperm is…
Unexplained infertility is where we do not find any cause of infertility, this is often after undertaking tubal tests, reviewing ovarian reserve, sperm is extensively seen and there are no fibroids or endometriosis as seen by a laparoscopy. In these cases this is known as unexplained infertility. Often women are asked to follow IVF as a treatment of unexplained infertility.…
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How do you improve success in Intrauterine Insemination?
This is one of the questions we are often asked; whether IUI, intrauterine insemination, can challenge IVF. One of the reasons why IUI fails…
This is one of the questions we are often asked; whether IUI, intrauterine insemination, can challenge IVF. One of the reasons why IUI fails is because it aims towards minimising the number of follicles grown. It is important to know for which conditions we are doing IUI. The two main conditions where IUI seems to work very well is in…
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Endometriosis, endometrioma and AMH levels
Endometriosis affects about ten per cent of women in the reproductive age…
Endometriosis affects about ten per cent of women in the reproductive age group and between 20 to 25 per cent of women who have…
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Religious Attitudes to Fertility: A Jewish View
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Religious Attitudes to Fertility: A Hindu View
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Folic Acid & Reproduction
Folic acid is involved in gametogenesis, fertilisation and pregnancy, and thus may…
Folic acid is involved in gametogenesis, fertilisation and pregnancy, and thus may play an important role in human reproduction. In the 1990s it was…
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The Story of Vitamin D & Reproduction
There is a lot of talk around vitamin D and pregnancy rates and outcomes but what exactly is known about the relationship between vitamin…
There is a lot of talk around vitamin D and pregnancy rates and outcomes but what exactly is known about the relationship between vitamin D and assisted reproduction? Here we look at the studies that have evaluated the effect. Vitamin D Modulatory Process It is well known that vitamin D receptors are distributed across reproductive systems including ovaries, uterus and…
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Empty Follicle Syndrome
The empty follicle, or not getting any eggs on an egg collection is one of the most distressing things that tends to happen. Does…
The empty follicle, or not getting any eggs on an egg collection is one of the most distressing things that tends to happen. Does empty follicle syndrome occur, the answer is yes. There are three types of empty follicle syndrome; those in which there are no eggs in the follicles, which occurs in women with low AMH, and older women…
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Folic Acid & IVF
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The Effectiveness of Aspirin in Women Undergoing IVF
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When Is The Right Time to Trigger With Clomiphene?
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Fresh or Frozen Embryo Transfer
We are often asked which is best; fresh or frozen embryo transfer. At Fertility Plus, we often favour frozen embryo transfers as this allows…
We are often asked which is best; fresh or frozen embryo transfer. At Fertility Plus, we often favour frozen embryo transfers as this allows us to manage the timing better, but let’s understand a bit more about the evidence behind fresh and frozen transfers. A large study published in a New England Journal of Medicine in January 2018 using women…
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