The Emotional Aspects of Surrogacy

  For intended parents it is not easy to accept infertility. In many cases it ultimately leads them to look for surrogacy services. Emotional ups and downs, frustration, anger, family and peer pressure are all things related to infertility issues, and some thing that can take a large emotional toll on intended parents. Above all, […]

Things to Consider After Getting Positive Outcome of the Beta Test Result

  It is a wonderful feeling for an aspiring mother to get positive results in her beta pregnancy test. It calls for a lot of responsibilities for the mother and her gynaecologist as well. This is a crucial time to take care of the pregnancy and lead it towards a secured development. The beta test […]

What to Expect After Embryo Transfer

The final step of the IVF process is the embryo transfer. After weeks of medications, egg retrieval, monitoring and series of laboratory culture- the embryo is finally transferred to the uterus. In case the cycle uses frozen embryos, the body needs to be prepared first before the transfer. The embryos need to be properly thawed […]

How Agencies can Ensure the Health and Happiness of Surrogate Mothers

There are many reasons to go through an agency as a prospective surrogate mother or intended parents. But perhaps the most compelling is the fact that agencies provide certainty and a smooth process for all involved. An agency can ensure enhanced physical and psychological health for the surrogate mother, ensure that she has everything she […]

How Blood Type can Affect Egg Donation

Egg donation is a popular practice in the process of IF treatment. This service is offered worldwide by a wide numbers of egg donors. Thousands of IVF treatments involve egg donation every year. This has become an accepted implementation in IVF treatment due to the benefits it offers. Use of egg donors in an IVF […]

How Positive Attitude Leads to Successful Pregnancy

  Every IVF patient understands the course of the cycle and its possible results. Most of them enter into this treatment after thorough studies and research. Many times they are educated about the possibilities of the procedure before they enroll in the program. Every woman going through IVF treatment hopes to become pregnant on the […]

Diagnosis and Treatment of Azoospermia

Azoospermia is the term used to denote the male medical condition when there is no sperm content in the semen. However, apparently, the semen looks absolutely normal and it ejaculates in the way it is meant to. As the male experiences orgasm in sexual intercourses or on other situations of sexual excitements, the semen gets […]

How Long Can Embryos Be Stored and Used

  On many occasions, couples that are going through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment choose to store the leftover embryos instead of discarding them. The embryos are frozen for their future use. Intended parents can use those embryos in case their first attempt of pregnancy is not successful. They can […]

Beta Blood Pregnancy Test or Urine Pregnancy Test

BETA Pregnancy Test (BPT) The blood pregnancy test (BPT) is normally known as the BETA pregnancy test. It calculates the beta chain segment of the hCG hormone (human chorionic gonadotropin) that is secreted as the embryo develops. Precisely, this test is known as the “BETA hCG” blood test. The Temptation Aspiring to be pregnant, women […]

How Fertility Tourism Provide Better Quality Care

  It is a known fact that many times childless couples that head for fertility treatments abroad soon find that there are treatments, specialists and medical support system available that are far superior to the ones in their home country. An in-depth survey studying the reasons behind fertility tourism has come to the conclusion that […]