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3rd
Jan
2012New year, new baby? Top tips for finding the right IVF clinic for you
If 2012 is the year you’re hoping to have a baby through infertility treatment such as IVF, it can be hard to decide which fertility clinic is the right one to choose for your treatment.
With many clinics seemingly showing high success rates and claiming that only they have the expertise to help you, it’s difficult to work out exactly which one to go to.
Here are some useful tips you should consider before choosing a fertility clinic:
Don’t read too much into results: Don&rs...
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20th
Dec
2011Think before you eat - does diet really affect your chances of getting pregnant?
We will all be over indulging this week. Christmas isn’t only the time for giving, it’s the time for excess as we all eat and drink much more than usual.
But if you’re hoping to have a baby in 2012 – whether through assisted reproductive techniques such as IVF or naturally - a healthy diet and lifestyle should be at the top of your New Year’s resolutions list. Or should it?
A new study has shown that women going through IVF who take a pregnancy vitamin suppl...
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18th
Nov
2011Could you be too thin to conceive?
Women who are underweight could be adversely affecting their chances of having a baby according to a new study.
Experts in Chicago examined data from over 2,000 cycles of IVF in women under 40. Women who were classed as underweight, where their body mass index (BMI) was between 14 and 18, the chance of having a healthy baby was 34%, compared to 50% for women whose BMI was classed as ‘healthy’.
Interestingly, in women whose BMI classed them as overweight and obese, the chance was 45...
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25th
Oct
2011Don't delay being a daddy
Fertility experts have long told women not to delay motherhood because fertility declines from around age 35 onwards, but now men are also being told not to delay being a Daddy.
New research from a reproductive centre in Brazil found that the chance of fathering a child fell by seven per cent for every year above the age of 41. Meaning that even leaving fatherhood just a few years until your mid-40s could have significant impact on your ability to get your partner pregnant.
The study was based...
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26th
Jul
2011IVF cannot compensate for delays in having children
Women need to be told about the risks they face in putting off having children, according to a recent article in academic journal The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist.
The published paper warned about the risks women face in delaying having children, urging that ‘increasing public awareness of reproductive ageing must be the priority’.
There’s no doubt that childbearing ages are becoming older as women put off having children due to lifestyle or work, but as the article confi...
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18th
Jul
2011New ‘checklist’ avoids multiple birth risk whilst maintaining IVF success
Researchers claim to have developed a new way of identifying women for whom Single Embryo Transfer (SET) will have the most success, by using a simple ‘checklist’.
Since the HFEA launched new guidelines in 2007 aimed at reducing the number of IVF multiple births, fertility clinics – both NHS and private – have actively been working to achieve the target of just 15% by April 2012, through Single Embryo Transfer. This is where only one embryo is transferred per IVF cycle i...
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29th
Jun
2011Five top fertility facts
Timing is key to successful conception
Infertility is only actually considered as a medical diagnosis when you’ve been having unprotected intercourse for up to two years without falling pregnant. Statistics show that up to 95% of couples are able to get pregnant within this time. More often than not, if there’s no underlying medical reason, not conceiving is simply down to timing. Knowing when ovulation occurs is crucial as the egg doesn’t survive for very long once it’s...
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4th
Feb
2011Why wait to have children?
Most women are aware that their fertility declines with age, but now an official study by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has warned that women who wait until later in life have much more difficulty getting pregnant than younger women.
In fact, according to the report women age 35 are six times more likely to have problems conceiving than women age 25. Not only are older women making it harder for themselves to have children, they are also more at risk of serious medica...
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4th
Feb
2011Surrogacy hits the headlines
Surrogacy is the hot headline of the day thanks to Hollywood and a very unusual court case. Nicole Kidman has had a second baby via a surrogate, but she unfortunately caused debate and controversy by referring to her surrogate as the ‘gestational carrier.’
The second reason surrogacy has dominated news pages is because a judge has ruled that a surrogate mother here in the UK can keep the baby – it’s biologically hers and she refused to hand it over to the married couple she was having...
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21st
Jan
2011Endometriosis and infertility
Endometriosis is thought to affect up to two million women in the UK. If you’re one of them, you may be concerned about how the condition can affect your fertility.
What is endometriosis?
Endometriosis is where cells similar to those in the lining of your uterus grow elsewhere in the body. These cells react every month as those in your uterus do during your period, meaning the cells grow and bleed. As the blood has no way of leaving the body, it causes inflammation and pain, and scar tiss...
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