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Archive for tag 'IVF'. Page 1 of 6
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9th
May
2012ICSI & Birth Defects – Should You Be Concerned?
The media has been full of headlines this weekend about a form of infertility treatment – ICSI – and an apparent link to birth defects.
A new study from Adelaide in South Australia linked a census of more than 6100 assisted-conception births to a registry of 308,974 births and 18,000 recorded birth defects in 1986-2002.
It found that babies born using Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection – where a single sperm is injected directly into the egg to fertilise it - had a higher risk ...
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9th
May
2012Embryo Development to Improve your Chances of Pregnancy
At Manchester Fertility Services one of the treatment options we offer is extended culture and blastocyst transfer which can help improve your chances of successful pregnancy.
Extended culture is when our expert embryology team closely monitor the development of an embryo in our laboratory incubator, allowing it to develop for longer after fertilisation.
These crucial extra days of monitoring allow us to select only those embryos which have a good chance of implanting and therefore a better ch...
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29th
Mar
2012
Would you think about preserving your fertility because of medical treatment?
If you’re facing treatment for cancer which could mean your fertility is affected, would you consider freezing your eggs?
According to a new report from the US, too many young women who are faced with undergoing treatment such as chemotherapy aren’t being given enough help and guidance about protecting their fertility prior to treatment such as chemotherapy.
The study questioned over 1,000 Californian women who had all been diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 18 and 40. But o...
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15th
Mar
2012Natural Cycle IVF - how does it work?
A recent article in the media highlighted ‘natural cycle’ IVF which some doctors are claiming to have success with, particularly when treating older women whose only other hope would be donor eggs.
Natural cycle IVF is when you don’t use high doses of fertility drugs to boost egg production, instead opting for a drug-free approach.
And although some doctors are reporting a good success rate with this method, it is not an option we would typically recommend if you’...
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12th
Mar
2012Does your age really indicate whether IVF will work?
If you’re an older woman you may think your chances of having a baby via IVF are slim, and although it’s true that generally the younger you are the better the chances of success, new research claims to show that for some women biological age isn’t a good indication of whether IVF will work.
Researchers in America studied the outcomes of 5,000 cycles of IVF and found that the quality of embryos, and hormone levels, gave a better prediction of success or failure in older women ...
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27th
Jan
2012Lean on me - why our support is crucial when you go through IVF
We’ve had some fantastic news here at Manchester Fertility Services. One of our fertility nurses – Sharon Bannatyne – has made it through to the national finals of the Claire Rayner Patient’s Choice Awards.
Sharon was nominated by one of our patients for the award, which is designed to recognise healthcare professionals who go the ‘extra mile’.
Her nomination is a great testament to Sharon and indeed the entire team here, because at this clinic we put a lot ...
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30th
Sep
2011MFS at Alternative Families Show 2011
For over 25 years we’ve been helping same-sex couples become parents, and this year we got the chance to meet more would-be mums and dads at the Alternative Families Show in London.
The event in Covent Garden was designed to demystify the process of starting a family and it attracted hundreds of same-sex couples from across the UK who wanted to make informed choices on parenthood.
Our years of experience means we have insight, knowledge and understanding into the unique needs of same-sex...
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15th
Sep
2011Had 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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6th
Sep
2011IVF and Obesity - a weighty issue
Does being significantly overweight affect the success of IVF? A new US study shows that obesity is linked to the outcome of IVF.
In the study of over 150,000 fertility treatment cycles, women who were overweight or obese were less likely to become pregnant through fertility treatment than normal weight women, and in the heaviest cases were twice as likely to lose a baby if they did become pregnant.
But more research is needed to pinpoint exactly why being heavier affects the success or failur...
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30th
Mar
2011NHS IVF cut for couples in Yorkshire - egg sharing offers hope
North Yorkshire and York has become the latest primary care trust to restrict funding for NHS IVF treatment.
Couples in the region were hoping that the trust would plough funds into IVF treatment at the start of the new financial year in April. But health chiefs have dealt them a blow by maintaining the policy of restricting IVF, deciding not to routinely commission assisted conception services for 2011/12.
Now couples will have to meet two ‘exceptions’ criteria to even be consider...
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