COVID-19 Update
Our clinics are currently open and operating as normal and we are employing careful COVID related processes as we have since the start of the pandemic.
The safety of our patients and team remains of paramount importance and we continue to operate with social distancing and additional cleanliness measures in place. Video consultations are available for those who prefer not to travel. We also are holding regular open evenings on Eventbrite, please ask our team for details.
We ask all patients to respect government advice and not to travel to the clinic if you are experiencing symptoms or have been asked to self isolate.
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Does Sleep Affect Fertility?
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Are Embryos That do not Progress to Blastocyst Stage Abnormal?
In IVF, the routine policy is to take the embryo to a blastocyst stage, that is a day five stage. The uniqueness of the…
In IVF, the routine policy is to take the embryo to a blastocyst stage, that is a day five stage. The uniqueness of the blastocyst stage is that embryos start dividing at a faster rate. Until day four they are dividing in very much an arithmetic progression of doubling while between day four and day five they go into a…
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Myo-inositol or Inositol Treatment in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Myo-inositol treatment has been used for a significant number of years to cure polycystic ovaries. It is not a drug, but a nutritional supplement.…
Myo-inositol treatment has been used for a significant number of years to cure polycystic ovaries. It is not a drug, but a nutritional supplement. What we know is that there is a role of Inositol in signalling of insulin, and a defect there may cause insulin resistance. There is some role of Inositol in human reproduction, and what we are…
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New Evidence Supporting Genetic Testing of Embryos
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Does AMH really tell us about quality?
The Anti-Mullerian hormone is often regarded as a test which looks at the quality of eggs. Infact there is increasing evidence that AMH may…
The Anti-Mullerian hormone is often regarded as a test which looks at the quality of eggs. Infact there is increasing evidence that AMH may not be a quality of eggs, but more a quality of numbers of small pre-antral follicles (small eggs in the ovary). In earlier studies in the United States, the level of AMH did not prevent women…
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How important is progesterone for frozen embryo replacement cycles?
Progesterone is the main drug and hormone that in fact supports pregnancy. Its role in IVF is to support the second stage of pregnancy…
Progesterone is the main drug and hormone that in fact supports pregnancy. Its role in IVF is to support the second stage of pregnancy where the embryos are implanted, and in frozen cycles, as well as the donor cycles, progesterone becomes the main hormone that supports pregnancy. There has been a huge debate whether progesterone has to be used as…
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Getting the FSH injection dose right in IVF
Those of FSH and the level of the ovarian reserve marker AMH have an impact on oocyte quality. It is important to realise that…
Those of FSH and the level of the ovarian reserve marker AMH have an impact on oocyte quality. It is important to realise that egg reserve is measured in two ways, the AMH test, which to a large extent tells us about the ovarian resistance as well as tells us how many small follicles are present and which can be…
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Obstetric Complications of Donor Egg Conception Pregnancies
Ovum donation (OD) is a significant and important treat-ment option, not only…
Ovum donation (OD) is a significant and important treat-ment option, not only for older women (as more than half of women aged over 45…
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Do alternative ovulation triggers work in intrauterine insemination?
Ovulation is triggered mainly by two types of medications; HCG, which is…
Ovulation is triggered mainly by two types of medications; HCG, which is available as Ovidrel, Gonasi or Pregnyl and Suprecur which is an analogue…
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Does the Contraceptive Pill Lower anti-Mullerian (AMH) levels?
The Pill is one of the main contraceptives used in the western…
The Pill is one of the main contraceptives used in the western world, it has been used for almost 40 years and has been…
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Is Aspirin Effective in Women Undertaking IVF?
This was a paper which was published in Human Reproduction Update 2011…
This was a paper which was published in Human Reproduction Update 2011 where it looked at multiple studies. Ten studies were evaluated, and it…
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Diet, Metformin and PCOS
The recommendations based on international evidence -based guideline for the assessment and…
The recommendations based on international evidence -based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome 2018 (1) PCOS creates an insulin resistant…
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