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Infertility presents a number of unusual challenges .   It is caused by a medical problem -  for example, blocked fallopian tubes,  or a low sperm count - and this means we can offer medical treatment for it, but the truth is that childlessness is a social label. This...

We all know that IVF does not have a 100% success rate, but when an IVF cycle fails, you are never sure what the reason for the failure was. Was it because of plain bad luck ? After all, why good looking embryos do not implant is still one of those things we do not un...

I received this tearful email from a patient. I have a very sad medical history .  I used to get extremely painful periods (I got my first periods at the age of around 14-15 years) where medical help was always required by me. The doctors in my home town could not und...

Logically, one would expect that the pregnancy rate would be better if we transferred two embryos at a time, as compared to putting back only  one .  Yes, this is true if you calculate the success rate per transfer, but not true when you calculate the cumulative pregnan...

A patient just sent me his sperm test report, and he was feeling very guilty that he had not been able to get his wife pregnant, because his report was so abnormal ! This is a great example of a bad report, because the doctor is providing a clinical opinion based o...

Polycystic ovarian disease ( PCOD) is a common cause of infertility. Typically, most of these patients have irregular cycles because they don't ovulate regularly. Now, because they don't ovulate, they don't get pregnant , and they don't get regular periods either . Th...

This is one of the commonest questions patients who have failed an IVF cycle ask when they come to me for a second opinion. Is it worth doing another  IVF cycle?  What should I change ? Do I need to do anymore tests ? Should I expect to do three ? or four? How much...

If you are not happy with your IVF doctor, it's very logical that the next step should be to get a second opinion. However, most patients are extremely reluctant to do this .   For one, they have an existing relationship with their doctor , and they feel they will be...

One of the hazards of being infertile is having to cope with all the unsolicited advice you get from friends and relatives. Anyone who has had a baby thinks they are an expert on babymaking, and they are happy to give you tons of gratuitous and uncalled for advice The...

In this city of dreams, conceiving a child seems to have become a nightmare for more and more couples, data procured through the RTI Act has revealed. Statistics show that in the last five years, since 2012, more than 32,000 people have opted for in vitro fertilizati...