The commonest question you will ask before starting an IVF cycle is - what are my chances of getting pregnant?   This is a simple question, but the answer is complex, because it depends on nine variables summarised in the table below. This is why we cannot possibly pr......

                                   Here are some images of the embryo biopsy procedure under a micromanipulator. The images are reproduced stage by stage to help you get an exact idea about how things work. As you can see, this is a delicate operation, and needs to be......

                              Patients complain that doctors make them wait forever. Well, if you select a busy doctor, you should expect the long waiting periods. Remember that you always have a choice to go to another doctor. It's true that both doctors......

                                              Good doctors routinely explain the logic of the treatment plan they are recommending to their patients. Patients who are treated with respect , will respect the doctor and look up to him for guidance. Sadly, this is......

         Many infertile couples are afraid of doing IVF. For some of them, the fear is so overwhelming, that they refuse to even consider this option, thus depriving themselves of their best chance of having a baby ! There are many reasons for this fear.......

                                       Vitrification is an advanced technique that freezes the embryo about 600 times faster than Slow Freezing. This process is so fast that it literally allows no time for intracellular ice to form. As a result, the embryo is safeguard......

                                        This is one of the oldest tests in investigating infertility and has been done for well over 100 years. It's quite an obsolete test and few doctors do it anymore, because it provides such limited information The post coital tes......

                                           Infertility treatment can be a long and tough journey for a woman. The traditional social concerns of being infertile overpower the modern intellectual mindset of treating it as a plain medical problem. The ongoing array of i......

This is an excerpt from our forthcoming, book, The Expert Patient's Guide to IVF. This being authored by our expert patient, Manju and me. Is a day 5 embryo transfer (blastocyst transfer) better than a day 3 embryo transfer (cleavage stage embryo transfer). Fact :......

                                         Why do doctors continue to " treat " fertile men who do not need any treatment whatsoever ? A Fertility Boost  I see many men with completely normal sperm reports who have been prescribed all sorts of medicine......