Most infertile couples go to a gynecologist for their medical treatment. While gynecologists are usually a good first choice for treating infertility, they do not have any specialty training in this field where the technology is progre......

                                        I just saw a young woman who was sobbing as if her heart would break. She had irregular cycles for many years, and I had just informed her that the reason for her irregular cycles was the fact that her egg quality was very poor,......

Adoption could be of two kinds, Traditional or Embryo. In the first, the child is adopted after birth, while in the second the infertile couple adopts an embryo before pregnancy.One option for infertile couples has always been that of traditional adoption. Many infertil......

Superovulation forms the heart of modern IVF. The principles of any superovulation protocol for IVF are extremely simple. Here are some things that you need to know about your IVF superovulation protocol. One of my patients recently asked me - Which prot......

The embryo transfer is the final medical step in an IVF treatment cycle. In one sense, this is the climax of the medical treatment, because the embryos represent the end-product of the IVF laboratory. A good IVF clinic, working in sync with a good IVF lab will generate......

An alternative treatment option uses laparoscopy to treat patients with PCOD. During operative laparoscopy, a laser or cautery is used to drill multiple holes through the thickened ovarian capsule. This procedure is called laparoscopic ovarian cauterisation or ovarian d......

This website has an excellent study on Trans-national Reproduction: An exploratory study of UK residents who travel abroad for fertility treatment. It is estimated that over 40 million women worldwide are currently seeking fertility treatment. There are indications tha......

Dr. Saiprasad Gundeti, Chief Embryologist, MALPANI INFERTILITY CLINIC PVT. LTD. I am a Clinical Embryologist and I love my job. Every day, I get to help infertile patients and guide them through the challenging process of IVF, so they can hold their deeply cherished bab......

                                                 For patients with azoospermia, surgical sperm, harvesting techniques need to be used to retrieve the sperm. This is called surgical sperm retrieval or recovery. A number of methods have been devised to recover sperm from......

ZIFT, zygote intrafallopian transfer, is a more advanced option in which the fertilized and dividing embryo (early cleavage stage embryo) is transferred to the fallopian tube during laparoscopy. ZIFT, zygote intrafallopian transfer, is a more advanced option in which......