Archive for tag 'Eggs'. Page 1 of 1

• 18th
  May
  2012

  Egg-freezing - funded by grandparents of the future

  Egg-freezing is becoming a more popular option amongst women who perhaps aren’t at the right time in their life to have a child, or simply haven’t met Mr Right – but now it seems that parents are more than willing to help try to secure their future as grandparents.

  According to reports from America, more and more parents are funding the cost for their daughters to freeze their eggs as women delay motherhood due to career ambitions or not meeting the right partner.

  The America...

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• 22nd
  Feb
  2011

  Embryo Screening - More Research Needed

  There has been much reported in the media about a new technique which is said to improve the success rates of IVF.

  Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (CGH) is a new method which checks the viability of embryos before implantation, by analysing its chromosomes.

  Cells are checked five days after fertilisation, once the embryo has reached blastocyst stage, allowing only embryos which have the correct numbers of chromosomes to be implanted, thus helping to reduce the risk of miscarriage caused...

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• 7th
  Sep
  2010

  What is IUI?

  IUI, or intrauterine insemination, is a common infertility treatment that can help couples conceive. It is often the first treatment to be recommended when couples have ‘unexplained infertility’ – that is no medical reason why they cannot get pregnant...

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• 21st
  Jul
  2010

  Menopause test - Predicting your biological clock?

  At the recent fertility conference in Rome, it was revealed that scientists have developed a new test that could help to predict when a woman will start the menopause – and therefore how much ‘time’ she has left to start a family.

  It works by measuring a woman’s levels of AMH hormone – produced by the follicles in the ovaries from which eggs develop. Scientists are hoping to have created an ‘over-the- counter’ version of the test within three years. At ...

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• 27th
  Apr
  2010

  Embryo Freezing and Frozen Embryo Transfer - What it means and Why it's done?

  Embryo 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 fertilisation...

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• 6th
  Apr
  2010

  Celebrity Older Mums - how did they conceive?

  What do Hollywood actresses Halle Berry, Marcia Cross, Susan Sarandon, Courtney Cox and Holly Hunter all have in common? They had children in their 40s, some of them in their late 40s. But what they don’t tell you is that in most cases, women who do have children at this age aren’t getting pregnant ‘naturally’, or even through IVF. They’re having to use a donor egg. Marcia Cross, of TV's Desperate Housewives, recently revealed that a donor egg was how she managed to finally have child...

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• 1st
  Mar
  2010

  Common types of Fertility Problems - what might be stopping you getting pregnant

  At Manchester Fertility Services we see over 850 new patients a year. And each one of them will have differing medical reasons why they need infertility treatment. So what might be stopping you getting pregnant? Here are some of the most common fertility problems we see and treat. Remember that no obvious reason may be found to account for the delay in at least 1:3 couples (called “unexplained infertility”)...

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