The 2 week wait after the embryo transfer can be the longest 2 weeks in your life ! Here's a guide to making sense of your symptoms As any IVF patient will attest, the 2 week wait after the embryo transfer are the longest 15 days in your life. All the action and the ex...

                                             All women know that their menstrual cycles, ovulation, and fertility are interconnected. Unfortunately, they are very confused as to how and why, which is why myths and misconceptions about menstrual periods and infertility...

Chocolate cyst ovary - Meaning explained with ultrasound scans Since ultrasound scans have now become a routine part of the evaluation of infertile women, many infertile women will be found to have a chocolate cyst of the ovary ( also known as an endometrioma, endome...

                                     Some men find it difficult to produce a sperm sample 'on demand' during infertility treatment. Learn how we help patients overcome this in a variety of clever ways. The vast majority of infertile men have no difficulty masturbating...

                                       Though Semen Analysis is inexpensive, it is the most important test for assessing male fertility and requires highly skilled technicians. We recommend you use a reliable Andrology laboratory rather than the neighborhood lab. htt...

                                                        Recurrent pregnancy loss ( RPL , or recurrent miscarriages)  is one of the most frustrating problems in reproductive medicine medicine today because we still do not understand it well. Patients with repeated misca...

How to induce your period?  Since IVF treatment starts from Day 1, it's important for you to be able to predict when your next period is going to start so that you can schedule your travel plans; book your tickets and hotels, and inform your boss. This is especially i...

View a sample SEMEN ANALYSIS REPORT here A normal sperm analysis report is reassuring, and usually does not need to be repeated. If the semen analysis is normal, most doctors will not even need to examine the man, since this is then super uous. However, remember that...

One of the commonest questions patients ask me is - " Doctor, what are the dos and don'ts after the embryo transfer? " They are very worried about the risk of failure and are petrified that they may end up doing something which will cause their embryos to "fall out" o...

                                                One of the most amusing books I have read on infertility is : A Few Good Eggs : Two Chicks Dish on Overcoming the Insanity of Infertility by Julie Vargo and Maureen Regan. The book is targetted towards infer...