In recent weeks both the Isle of Man and Warrington Primary Care Trust have announced cuts in their funding of infertility treatment. The Isle of Man government has slashed its budget for infertility treatment by half, and infertile couples now have to meet much stricter criteria to even be considered for the one cycle of IVF that the Manx Government will pay...
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IVF funding cuts – saving money at infertility’s expense
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Do irregular periods affect my fertility?
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Menstrual cycle problems are a common cause of infertility for many women. Irregular periods are when you have a sustained, long-term pattern over several months of different lengths of cycle, as all women will usually have one or two irregular cycles...
Read More »Common conditions that cause infertility
Monday, August 9th, 2010It’s a fact that around one in six couples in the UK will need help to get pregnant, and more couples than ever are needing IVF to have a baby. But why are so many women seemingly not able to get pregnant naturally?......
Read More »Egg Sharing at Manchester Fertility Services
Thursday, April 29th, 2010North West infertility clinic, Manchester Fertility Services is offering couples reduced rate IVF through a new scheme which aims to help women who need donor eggs. The new egg-sharing programme is designed to help couples who need IVF but can’t afford private treatment. The programme gives them a subsidised rate for a cycle of IVF if they agree to donate some of their eggs collected during the IVF process, which are not being used for their own treatment, to other infertile...
Read More »Embryo Freezing and Frozen Embryo Transfer – What it means and Why it’s done?
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Embryo freezing is an option if you’re undergoing IVF and wish to have more children in the future. It gives you the chance to give your child a biological sibling – known as a conceptual twin – in future years, without the need to go through the whole IVF process again. As such it avoids repeated ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, sperm donation and...
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