Fertility Blog

Archive for category 'Treatments'. Page 1 of 3

  • 1st
    Dec
    2011

    MFS patients to benefit from new 'EmbryoGlue' to maximise chances of pregnancy

    Once an embryo is transferred back into the uterus following IVF, you can never guarantee it will successfully implant for pregnancy. But we’re excited to announce that Manchester Fertility Services is the first fertility clinic in the North West to use a new embryo transfer medium, that is aimed at promoting embryos implantation.

    The new product called ‘EmbryoGlue’ has been created specifically to encourage successful implantation of embryos.

    EmbryoGlue helps because it cont...

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  • 8th
    Nov
    2011

    Egg Freezing - When is the right time?

    Egg-freezing for social reasons is something more and more women are considering, either because they wish to concentrate on careers or simply haven’t met the right partner to have a family with.

    But what’s the right age to freeze your eggs? Scientists in the USA are urging women not to delay freezing eggs because too many women are only considering it when their chances of pregnancy success from their frozen eggs may already be too low.

    Egg freezing gives you the chance to freeze ...

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  • 5th
    Oct
    2011

    How Egg-Sharing Works

    Our egg-sharing programme is becoming more and more popular amongst women who need IVF themselves, as it gives women a cycle of IVF at a subsidised rate of £850 (inclusive of all screening and necessary drugs) whilst also helping those women who need to use donor eggs to get pregnant. But how does it work?

    Firstly, if you wish to become an egg-sharer, you need to be aged 35 or under. You will also need to undergo medical screening to make sure your eggs are healthy enough to be used. The ...

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  • 15th
    Sep
    2011

    Had a Vasectomy but want a family?

    If you’ve had a vasectomy in the past but want to have a family, it’s not impossible. Through a technique called Surgical Sperm Retrieval (SSR), our team of experts may still be able to find sufficient sperm which can be used to fertilise an egg.

    SSR is a procedure where sperm is retrieved directly from the testes, as once you’ve had a vasectomy, there isn’t any sperm in your semen sample anymore – when this happens, it’s called azoospermia. However, it doesn...

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  • 15th
    Sep
    2011

    Women freeze eggs dues to recession fears

    Women are so concerned about the recession that they’re prepared to freeze their eggs so they can postpone parenthood. In the Red magazine survey of more than 2,500 women aged 30-45, more than a quarter revealed that had considered egg freezing because of the current financial climate, while 15% said they had decided not to try for children at all.

    Women are also prepared to spend less on fertility treatment should they need it. Last year, in the same survey, the average amount respo...

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  • 11th
    Apr
    2011

    Egg-freezing in a flash - the new technique

    Would you ever freeze your eggs? You may be wondering why you would want to. But plenty of women from Manchester and across the North West have contacted us about this treatment.

    Egg-freezing can be done for medical reasons – because you’re about to go through treatment which could affect your fertility, such as chemotherapy – or social reasons, because you aren’t ready for children but want to know that when the time comes, your eggs will still be good enough to achieve...

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  • 4th
    Feb
    2011

    Surrogacy 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
    2011

    Endometriosis 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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  • 14th
    Jan
    2011

    Will IVF predictor prove accurate?

    From today a new calculator is available online which claims to tell people considering IVF treatment how likely it is to be a success.

    The new online tool, created by academics at Glasgow and Bristol, uses data held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), on more than 144,000 IVF cycles and their outcomes. The calculator considers the woman’s age, how many years she has been trying to get pregnant, what doctors say is the cause of the infertility, what previous IVF atte...

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  • 11th
    Jan
    2011

    Single embryo transfer should be the first choice, says new research

    Women who have only one embryo transferred during IVF treatment are five times more likely to have a full-term birth than those who receive two embryos, new research has shown.

    According to a report in the British Medical Journal, women who receive more than one embryo are more likely to get pregnant but are at higher risk of having a premature baby or low weight child.

    Under HFEA guidelines, fertility clinics in the UK actively have to reduce the chance of twins and triplets by transferrin...

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