Go for where the gold is - infertility, IVF and Sutton's law Sutton's law is named for the bank robber Willy Sutton . When asked why he robbed banks rather than offices, given the fact that banks were much better guarded and harder to rob, he rep...

One of the most frustrating problems in IVF today is that of poor ovarian response. This is also known as poor ovarian function, poor ovarian reserve, occult ovarian failure, or the oopause. It's well known that pregnancy rates in IVF are directly dependent upon the qua...

There are government guidelines and laws which regulate the clinical practice of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) to ensure that these technologies are used safely and responsibly. Regulating, Reporting & Validating ART are guidelines , rules and laws of any us...

                     I just finished a consultation with a young woman who had a very low AMH level. I explained to her that this meant she had poor ovarian reserve, and might need to consider using donor eggs. She was understandably very upset. " H...

                                         A low sperm count ( the scientific term for which is oligospermia) is the commonest cause of infertility in the man. Many infertile men are obsessed about their sperm count - and this seems to become the central concern in thei...

If you have stored your supernumerary embryos by freezing them, and want to do an embryo transfer in our clinic (because our success rates are so high and we charge much less than US clinics do ), then it's possible for you to do so ! Embryos are frozen in liquid nitro...

One of the major reasons patients do not want to do IVF is their fear of injections. They know that during IVF they need to take injections for many days - and many patients are understandably reluctant to take these shots because they have been told that these inje...

If you need IVF treatment in order to get pregnant, we will need to do certain tests to determine: If we can do IVF for you What kind of IVF treatment would be best for you ( IVF ? ICSI ? ZIFT ? donor eggs ?) What your chances of success will be Many clinics o...

The man with a low sperm count presents a very frustrating problem for doctors. Not only is he frustrated that he is " shooting blanks " and cannot get his wife pregnant, but he also expects the doctor to provide a quick solution to his problem. Most men ( and their wi...

Will my symptoms during the 2ww tell me whether I am pregnant or not? During the 2ww (2 weeks wait, from embryo transfer to the pregnancy test) it is very natural to wonder about the fate of the embryos which are transferred to the uterus. Every woman who has had an...