The end of 2016 wasn’t a good one for IVF and couples needing medical help in order to conceive. First came the blunder from the Dutch Utrecht Medical Centre that as many as 26 eggs may have been fertilised with sperm from “a wrong man”. It was called a “procedural error”, which is strange as the procedures include…
Read moreHas the doctor recommeded IVF? in-fertility gives you the advice to do some homework beforehand. Many of the clinics offer additional treatment, such as genetic screening tests, additional drugs, blood tests to measure the immune system and special devices to house an embryo. They can cost from hundreds of Euros to thousands, of course on…
Read moreDisappointment is not sadness and being angry is not being powerless. One of the most important things the couples trying to conceive and not being successful have to face is repeatedly getting in terms with loss, pain, failure, disappointment… Hence it is extremely important you learn to identify your emotions and feelings, understand them and…
Read moreSome ten years ago the reason for inability to have a child No. 1 was STD. Nowadays it’s age. It is not infertility. The women seeking methods of assisted reproduction are simply too old to have a child naturally, without the available technologies. Can we buy time? The Prelude Fertility business plan is certainly based…
Read moreAnyone who has suffered a miscarriage, and the number is higher than you would expect, an ectopic pregnancy, a stillbirth or lost a baby in the first four weeks of its life, knows this incredible pain, which never leaves one completely. It is important to know, it is not only affecting you, but also the…
Read moreThe Guardian, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Newsweek, AFP, Huffington Post, Daily Mail, all these media giants proved today the voice of in-fertility is not loud enough. Despite explicitly googling the IVF strike in Poland on October 3, 2016, all of the headlines only showed one word: abortion. Even pre-eclampsia and the Catholic church had better PR…
Read moreExperts, media, but even parents often discuss embryos from the medical, technical or biological point of view. How precious that tiny little life is became obvious after the recent storms across South Australia. The loss of power in the Adelaide fertility clinics compromised its incubators and the unthinkable became the reality. It affected the embryos…
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