Join us at the Fertility Show 2015
The 2015 Fertility Show is fast approaching, and we’re delighted to be speaking at this year’s event. Like last year, we’re be giving a seminar on going abroad for fertility treatment – so please come along. The talk starts at 1345 on Sunday 8 November. The venue, as always, is the Olympia Exhibition Centre in […]
Ectopic pregnancy – top 10 risk factors
An ectopic pregnancy means your pregnancy has started in the wrong place. An embryo should develop inside your womb. But an ectopic pregnancy happens outside it. Almost all ectopic pregnancies occur in one of the fallopian tubes. Much more rarely, in the abdomen, ovary or cervix.
Baby aspirin: the secret pregnancy pill?
Can baby aspirin help you get pregnant – and stay pregnant? Hot topic. Studies suggest it may benefit certain women, but not all. So here’s the lowdown on how and why baby aspirin could help with fertility and pregnancy.
Molar pregnancy – what you need to know
When you’re trying for a baby, it’s devastating when things go wrong. One rare complication that can cause particular heartbreak is molar pregnancy. Strange name, so what exactly is it?
Endometrial scratch: will it work for you?
When having fertility treatment, you’ll do anything to improve your chances of a successful pregnancy. So could a simple endometrial scratch (i.e. agitating the lining of your uterus) boost your implantation prospects? Here’s our view.
Prednisolone and IVF: Is It Really a Fertility Wonder Drug?
https://youtu.be/3AdzFqaBh7A Prednisolone has been contentious in the fertility world for years. Some clinics prescribe it after repeated embryo transfer failure or miscarriages. It’s effectiveness as immunological treatment in fertility cycles is far from clear. Does Prednisolone help woth pregnancy? For most IVF patients, the evidence says no. But that doesn’t mean it should be excluded […]
HCG Levels: 10 Things Fertility Patients Need To Know
If you’re staring at an HCG test result and trying not to panic, you’re not alone. Few moments in early pregnancy after fertility treatment create more anxiety than a line on a home pregnancy test. Or a number on a report. HCG – short for human chorionic gonadotropin – is the hormone produced after implantation. […]
Why NHS GPs are failing IVF patients
Is GP care for IVF patients declining? We think it is. The NHS postcode lottery, tighter criteria for treatment (a third of GPs don’t want to fund IVF at all) and an increasingly obstructive attitude are creating a difficult environment. While most of our fertility patients are well looked after by their GPs, a growing […]
Uterine fibroids – 10 things you should know
Uterine fibroids – they sound scary. But are they really a barrier to pregnancy? As medical conditions go, uterine fibroids are majorly misunderstood. We think it’s time to set the record straight. So these are the top 10 things you should know about uterine fibroids.
Blighted ovum – the silent miscarriage?
A blighted ovum is an early pregnancy failure. Strictly speaking, it’s a miscarriage. But that’s confusing: a blighted ovum exists before any bleeding happens. It’s often spotted late, or not at all. So a blighted ovum is sometimes called a silent miscarriage. One in two early miscarriages are due to a blighted ovum – it’s […]