Pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) in IVF can help prevent the transference of your inherited genetic diseases to the next generation. So, what is PGT and which genetic diseases can be prevented with IVF-PGT? What is the PGT test in IVF used for? If your doctor mentions PGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis), don’t get all confused by […]
Loss of pregnancy before 10-12 weeks is called an early miscarriage or early pregnancy loss and it happens in around 20% of all pregnancies (1). If you’ve experienced multiple miscarriages soon after conceiving without any logical explanation, it must be very frustrating. So, what causes early miscarriages at 6-8 weeks? Early miscarriages are mostly blamed on chromosomal […]
If you’re undergoing sperm testing, you probably want to know what a normal semen analysis result looks like and compare it to your own findings. What are the values of a normal semen analysis result? Below is the normal range of various parameters in a semen analysis (1): Parameter What is it? Normal value Sperm […]
Female babies are born with all the eggs they are ever going to have and the numbers decline rapidly at different stages of life (1). So, how many eggs do women have and what happens to them as they age? We ask: As a 20-week-old baby inside your mother’s womb, you have 6-8 million eggs […]
Age is one of the most important factors affecting female fertility. A woman in her optimal health, should be able to conceive easily any time upto mid-30s, after which your fertility starts to gradually decline. So, what is a woman’s most fertile age that’s ideal to conceive, or say, to freeze your eggs? At what […]
Fertility rates in the UAE have dropped to some of the lowest in the world, as the residents focus more on their careers to keep up with the high cost of living, a study found. It is also attributed, in part, to increasing infertility among both men and women. The latest world bank data indicates […]
Over 10% of the females in reproductive age suffer from endometriosis, according to the World Health Organization (1). Some of those women will need medical help to conceive and they’re often wondering how successful is IVF with endometriosis? Or even if IVF will work with endometriosis? 50% of the women with mild endometriosis and around […]
Using Artificial Intelligence or AI in IVF is a way to improve the reliability and success rates of ART. So, how does AI help the IVF process? With AI, doctors and embryologists can learn how likely an embryo is to develop even upto the third week of gestation and can select the embryo with the […]