Archive for tag 'Pregnancy'. Page 3 of 3

  • 24th
    Mar
    2010

    The iPhone baby is born - can a Fertility App really help you get pregnant?

    A recent story in the press caught my attention. A 30-year-old woman claims she finally managed to get pregnant after four years of trying using a fertility app on her Apple iPhone. By inputting her daily body temperature, the fertility app was able to calculate when she would be at her most fertile. And the result is what has been dubbed Britain’s first ‘iPhone Baby, a bouncing baby girl...

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  • 16th
    Mar
    2010

    The IVF Process - what will happen?

    Now you know what fertility treatment you need, the next question is often ‘what happens next?’. Put simply, IVF is when your eggs are retrieved and fertilised in a laboratory with semen from your partner or a donor. The resulting embryos are then transferred into your uterus to begin growing as in a normal pregnancy...

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  • 25th
    Feb
    2010

    ICSI Timebomb? Are IVF/ICSI babies more at risk of infertility, obesity and diabetes?

    Many of my patients are only too aware of the emotional and physical toll infertility treatment has. So the thought that they may have passed on their infertility to any children born as a result of their treatment is understandably distressing. The very creator of the ICSI procedure, Dr Andre van Steirteghem, told a conference this week that children born through ICSI – which is where a single sperm is injected into to the egg, rather than it being mixed in a dish as per a standard IVF proce...

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  • 25th
    Feb
    2010

    Stillbirth study - Are IVF babies more at risk?

    A report out this week from a Danish hospital claims that if you’re pregnant with an IVF, ICSI or other assisted conception baby, then you’re four times as likely to have a stillbirth. It makes alarming reading and my worry is that it will cause unnecessary stress to many IVF and ICSI patients who have already been through enough just to get pregnant in the first place...

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  • 3rd
    Feb
    2010

    When to seek pregnancy help from a fertility specialist

    I’m often asked how long should a couple try for a baby before seeking our help. We know it can be incredibly frustrating, and worrying, when despite having regular, unprotected sex at what you think are the right times every month, you fail to become pregnant. You start to question your health – is there something wrong with me or is it my partner?

    The good news is that you’re probably worrying for nothing. Did you know that an infertility should only be diagnosed if you have been ...

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