If you have to travel to India for IVF treatment, you don’t really have to bring your husband along with you. All you have to do is bring his frozen sperm sample with you in a special dry shipper. If this is something you don’t want to do yourself, you can simply get...
In the case of some infertile women, their fallopian tubes are blocked at the corneal (uterine) end. These tubes can be unblocked using a minimally invasive procedure known as recanalization. Generally, the diagnosis of a corneal block or a proximal tubal occlusion (P...
In the recent times, one of the latest technological gimmicks that has got a great deal of attention is the embryoscope. Many IVF clinics are now touting the fact that their lab has this latest piece of equipment- they claim it helps improve success rates. About the...
Many women who have blocked tubes, opt for IVF treatment. Some of these women also have a hydrosalpinx- in this there is fluid inside the blocked tube. Today, its common practice to recommend to patients that the hydrosalpinx be removed or the blocked tube be clippe...
There are a number of tests that IVF patients have to do prior to IVF treatment. Some of these tests that IVF specialists prescribe to their patients are extremely expensive. Most of these tests are prohibitively expensive and don’t really provide any information that...
Infertility treatment makes use of different medications, depending on the type of infertility the woman is experiencing. Bromocriptine is a drug that’s used to treat women with hyperprolactinemia. In this condition, women can’t ovulate as their pituitary gland produc...
Cryptospermia or Cryptozoospermia isn’t a very common condition. It’s also why this particular diagnosis is commonly missed. The word crypto means hidden. This name suggests that patients who have Cryptospermia have occasional sperm in the semen. However, since the nu...
Today, women have far more professional and career opportunities than in the past. In addition, they have certain innate biological advantages in comparison to men that allow them to shine in many professional fields. They have a much better emotional quotient and the...
There is no secret about the fact that exercising on a regular basis and maintaining a healthy diet are both very important factors to remain healthy. However, there isn’t much research to indicate whether exercise actually helps with IVF or not. The one thing that ca...
There are different tests used to check ovarian reserve and Inhibin was one of the older ones used. The higher your Inhibin level, the better your ovarian reserve. With age, as your ovarian reserve gets depleted there is a decrease in Inhibin B. The Day 3 Inhibin B bl...