Category — Infertility

If you are seriously considering IVF then you have probably realised already that trying to find out success rates of centres is quite difficult not to mention the individual success rates of the IVF doctors within those centres. You would be wise to choose your IVF doctor carefully, here’s why. [Read more →]

Is there such a thing as lunar cycle fertility? Well some say absolutely yes, although you’re not likely to have a detailed conversation about this with your fertility specialist. Back in the 1950’s Dr Eugene Jonas, a Czech psychiatrist, said that there was indeed evidence of lunar cycle fertility. [Read more →]

It can be both a relief and confusion when you’re placed in the ‘unexplained infertility’ category. When there is nothing to fix it can leave you feeling helpless and the feeling that there’s nothing more to do other than ‘keep trying’. [Read more →]

The first miracle birth that occurred as a result of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) took place some three decades ago, back in July 1978. Since then the world has welcomed in excess of three million babies born as a result of IVF and other types of assisted reproductive discoveries. [Read more →]

Recent research has shown that men who have a folic acid deficiency could be reducing their sperm count dramatically! [Read more →]

If you’ve had a baby before and trying to get pregnant second time round it is easy to think that you will get pregnant easily…why wouldn’t you, your body’s done it before right? Well it’s not always the case that it will be any easier than the first time. In fact it can come as a big shock for some women who found it easy to get pregnant the first time when they can’t get pregnant quickly the second time. [Read more →]

Are you faced with the prospect of undergoing infertility treaments? No matter how long you have been trying to conceive, I know that if you are seriously considering infertility treatment it would be daunting to say the very least.

It is a major decision whether to take a turn and head down the drugs and or IVF road. If you can get over the mental and emotional costs then the physical side of things will be much easier to handle. Unfortunately, the monetary costs of these options move them out of reach for many couples. [Read more →]

If you have been trying to conceive for some time without success you might fear that you have a fertility problem. Infertility is most often described as the inability to conceive after one year of frequent unprotected intercourse. Don’t be afraid of the term infertility as it does not always mean the inability to conceive but rather indicates a diminished ability to conceive. [Read more →]

Irregular periods can indeed cause problems if you are trying to conceive. Normal menstrual cycles have been found to be as much as four times more fertile than cycles that are ten days or more outside the normal range! Four times greater, can you believe that?! [Read more →]