Archive for the 'Pregnancy IVF' Category

Had Success with IVF but at a high price?

I have had a request from a magazine for help in finding somebody to do an article. Here are the details:
Has anyone spent £100,000 or there abouts on fertility treatment to have a baby? I am a health journalist looking for a couple who have spent a lot of money on fertility [...]

Fertility After Forty

Here’s a very interesting article about the use of herbs and natural remedies to help the over 40s to concieve.
Fertility After Forty
by Susun S. Weed
The most fertile years of a woman’s life are those between 18 and 28. Even into the mid-thirties, it is usually fairly easy to conceive and carry a [...]

Help requested from pregnant women in the UK

I have had a request from Renegade Pictures for help in making a television programme for the BBC. So if any of you have had IVF success please do contact Paula and let’s put our opinions across. Here are the details:
Hi there,
I’m writing to you from Renegade Pictures regarding a programme we’re making for the [...]

Use of Estrogen for IVF Success

I received the following question on my blog which I thought very interesting:
Hi, I’ve read that if I get pregnant, I’ll use estrogen until the 11th week of pregnancy. But I know that estrogen is in the X category and most likely to cause fetal abnormality. So I’m quite confused now. I want to be [...]

Infertility Answers

Having spent time on the telephone today to a clinic in Ireland who were stressing to me, as numerous other clinics seem to be doing, that the likelihood of me becoming pregnant with my own eggs is very slim due to my age, it is looking more and more likely (although I must admit that [...]

IVF Cost at the Nairobi IVF Centre, Kenya – great information!

The following reply to my letter requesting information on IVF cost, IVF success rates and the IVF procedure was received from Nairobi IVF Centre in Kenya the day after I made the request.
This is a great response, Mr Olegs Tucs has answered all of my questions directly – I have added the approximate US$ values [...]

New test is available in India that can stop wasted IVF attempts

A new test has been developed that can test for defective eggs, hence stopping the cost and emotional turmoil of an IVF attempt that would never have worked. The test is available at Dehli’s Pheonix Hospital and costs around US$215 on top of the IVF treatment. Check out the full article here.

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New Advancements in IVF Treatment

This week has seen the announcement of two new advancements in IVF technology. The first, very exciting, is that scientists at Oxford University have discovered why some embryos fail to implant in the womb. Apparantly this is down to two protiens called Rac1 and RhoA – or the lack of these. They’ve even caught it [...]

Britains most successful IVF doctor – in the news again.

Britains most successful IVF doctor – achieving almost double the national average success rate – is attracting a lot of press this week. Mohammed Taranissi has been up against allegations from the HFEA and the General Medical Council. Just this week the HFEA have backed down on their allegations and Mr. Taranissi has been cleared [...]

Pregnant w/ IVF at SFC in Charleston, SC

http://sefertility.com IVF, or in vitro fertilization, is an assisted reproductive technology that helps about 55 percent of infertile women under age 35 become pregnant. This video explains the IVF procedure at Southeastern Fertility Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. John Schnorr describes the fertility drugs and medical procedures that constitute a successful IVF treatment cycle. [...]