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		<title>Worldwide Personal Help in Getting Pregnant</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a very interesting email from Orel Naor from Israel, who helps couples around the world to get pregnant. Here&#8217;s what Orel said: Hello, My name is Orel Naor Im coming from Israel. These days I am finishing my project to treat and help 150 couples to have babies. As you know, in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received a very interesting email from Orel Naor from Israel, who helps couples around the world to get pregnant. Here&#8217;s what Orel said:</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Hello,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">My name is Orel Naor</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">Im coming from Israel.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">These days I am finishing my project to treat and help 150 couples to have babies.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">As you know, in the modern age like today, all over the world people suffer from difficulties in conceiving and deliverings babies. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">The reasons for these difficulties iclude bad and weak sperm, inability to fertilization, abortion, miscarriages, premature infants and many more problems.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">I have more than 38% effectiveness in treating patients who have not received treatment such as in vitro fertilisation, and couples who had been trying to become pregnant in any natural way for more then 2 years!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">and more then 65% in treating patients who have been already in the procces of ivf for one year or more.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">My goal is to make this possibility available to everyone who needs it.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">with fast results as about 2-6 months</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">its can be done quite goodness</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">by simple and easy tools from the Chinese medicine,nutrition.technique of breathing and meditation to change the frequency of our mind.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">couples from a rich society in Germany,New-York,Los Angeles,Singapore,Hong-Kong,</span></em><wbr><em><span style="color: #000080;">Israel</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">now can be satisfied and happy with their new baby&#8217;s</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">this time i can treat all for almost free,just let me help,treat and do my good thing for the universe</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">for more info:</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="mailto:orel.neroli@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">orel.neroli@gmail.com</span></a></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">00972-50-8728556</span></em></wbr></p>
<p><em></em>I think we could all do with some personal help through this process! Orel has been kind enough to send me information on what is involved in helping couples through their infertility issues in the form of a case study:</p>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">hey..</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">well i didnt know what case to write about</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">so i guess that the fate just knocked on my door with an invitation to celebrate in India a birth of a baby..make it twince <img src='http://www.ivfcost.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">the story of this lovely couple started when i was at my work in Singapore,they heard of me from the fertility clinic that treat them at their place and want me to come right away to start the treatment.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">they are coming from new delhi India</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">wealthy couple,he is about 48 years old with weak sperm..</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">volume 1.2 cc</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">concentration less then 6 million</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">motility 25%</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">morphology about 10% by tygerberg strict criteria scale</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">the hope came with vitality of 50%(low but still better then all other results)</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">and ph of 7.5*(great great)</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">if you think that we have done with the man</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">lets start talking about the woman,40 years old</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">got twice pregnant at her early 30 but had a natural abortions.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">BMI very high</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">glucose 250,stay stable with pills</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">PCOS &#8211; polycystic ovary syndrome</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">in the middle of ivf process also icsi dooring the last 3 years with no results at all.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">Because i couldn&#8217;t fly to them at that time and treat by physical way</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">we started to treat by nutrition,we change the all diet of the daily life</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">plus extra vitamins and Chinese exercise and herbs .</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">by that we prepare the body of the man to produce more healthy sperm</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">and the women to start loosing weight(also sent her to an acupuncturist for that)</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">and treat the pcos syndrome .</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">After one month of daily contact when tests showed a good improvement with their condition they decided to come to SG for another month for better and intensive treatment until ill finish my work over there.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">the program is to continue with the nutrition,serial acupuncture every day for 7 days </span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">then 3 dyas off.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">this kind of acupuncture treat to production a good sperm and higher results that will make the sperm to develop as a healthy fetus in the womb</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">also for her this treatment clean the system from pollution,with a balance of hormones.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">breathing technique and nlp for changing the usual way of thinking</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">&#8230;making dreams,wishes for real in our life.</span></em></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">Continue treatment in new delhi(so hot!)</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">same routine of nlp,breathing and serial of 7 days treatment</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">for another 2 months.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">we had a breakthrough dooring that time ,her womb received the sperm thru the ivf</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">for the first time atfer 3 years but it fell after a while.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">but they never ..and i saw so many patients in that situation</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">they never got inside of sorrow and always been so happy and thankful</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">in my last days there she got pregnant</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">dooring this time that iv been in India i treat with success another 18 couples.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">usually i recommend to continue the treatment by easy way..about 1 treatment every two weeks</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">but i really had to leave</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">beside that..sex its important tool,beside the fun of it the womb get stimulate and connected to the body as one part as it all healthy body</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">ok..so sex its good and fun but we dont want the womb to received sperm when she is not ready</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">its very important to use condoms that time</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">and when the time is right, the man need to stay8-12 days with no ejaculation</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">and have good and natural sex..</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">even for those who in the process of ivf like this couple</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">god has gave us tools to stay simple and have babys.</span></em></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">with this easy treatment we get very good and high results of having babys to the world</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">no matter what.</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">orel naor</span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="mailto:orel.neroli@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">orel.neroli@gmail.com</span></a></span></em></div>
<div dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #000080;">00972:508728556</span></em></div>
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		<title>IVF Medications from Global Pharmacy</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know IVF medications are a big expense when it comes to doing IVF. I recently received a message from Global Pharmacy in India who can supply medications through the post, so I though I would share it with you. I will request some prices and update this post when I get them.</p>
<p>Here is what they said:</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Global Pharmacy</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="mailto:globalpharmacy07@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">globalpharmacy07@gmail.com</span></a></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">Sky pe :globalpharmacy7</span></em></p>
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<em><span style="color: #000080;">Global pharmacy is an exporter of medicines in all categories, i.e. Allopathic, Ayurvedic, &amp; also Veterinary.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">WE HAVE SPECIALITY IN SUPPLYING HARMONES , IN COLD CHAIN THROUGH DHL TO MAJOR HOSPITALS AND ISTITUES OF REASERCH AND DEVELOPMANT …like HCG ,HMG ,FSH ….</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">With a Positive Vision, Focused Approach, Innovative Ideas and Team Work, we have made an active presence in the Indian Pharmaceutical Export business.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">We Assure Our Clients Speedy and Quality Service.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Our products will usually be delivered within 21 Days with all permits and customs, etc. of the respective country. This time may come down to 10 days depending on custom clearance.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">We also provide drop shipping for other online pharmacies.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">As an exporter, we are bound with norms and regulations of Schedule I of US FDA Rules and NDPS Act, India. We are dealing in Generic Products only.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Contact Information:</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Website: Presently Under Construction</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Contact Person: Mr. Kiran Shinde</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">Email Id: <a href="mailto:globalpharmacy07@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">globalpharmacy07@gmail.com</span></a></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Address: Shop #2, Ameya Classic</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">Deshmukh wadi, Sarjepura</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">Ahmednagar. M.S. 414001</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">India.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">Phone No: 91-241-2430880</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">91-09823913262</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">If you give me your id we will send you price list of our company.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">We can also supply cold storage chain vaccines injections and immunoglobulin</span></em></p>
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		<title>Had Success with IVF but at a high price?</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have had a request from a magazine for help in finding somebody to do an article. Here are the details:</p>
<div><span style="color: #0000ff;">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 treatment and have been successful in having a baby. The article is for Fabulous &#8211; the News of the World glossy magazine &#8211; and it would involve an interview and having pictures taken. In return you will be paid. Please contact Rachel Ellis on <a href="mailto:rachel@ellisgroom.fsnet.co.uk" target="_blank">rachel@ellisgroom.fsnet.co.uk</a></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you can help then please contact Rachel, and a comment here on your experience and how you succeeded in your journey would be great.</span></span></div>
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		<title>Fertility After Forty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;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&#8217;s life are those between 18 and 28. Even into the mid-thirties, it is usually fairly easy to conceive and carry a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a very interesting article about the use of herbs and natural remedies to help the over 40s to concieve.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: medium;"><strong>Fertility After Forty</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;"><strong>by Susun S. Weed</strong></span> <!-- #EndEditable --> <span id="intelliTxt"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><!-- #BeginEditable "content" --></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The most fertile years of a woman&#8217;s life are those between 18 and 28. Even into the mid-thirties, it is usually fairly easy to conceive and carry a pregnancy to term. During these years the hormones that control ovulation, enhance conception, and ensure a healthy pregnancy are usually made easily and in generous quantities. And detrimental life-style choices have not had decades of repetition to create chronic problems. </span></p>
<p><span id="intelliTxt"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">But more and more women are waiting until their late thirties, early forties, even late forties, to have children. Is this too late? Are these destined to have high-risk pregnancies? Will these children have more birth defects? </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The answer to these questions &#8211; and others like them &#8211; is &#8220;no!&#8221; for wise women who enlist the help of green allies to increase fertility, ensure conception, prevent birth defects, and promote a healthy pregnancy and an easy delivery. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>INCREASING FERTILITY; ENSURING CONCEPTION</em></strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Increase your chances of conception by meditating. Cultivating a calm attitude, not surprisingly, enhances fertility. Even taking a quiet five minutes alone just for you, free of all responsibilities, can bring big results if done frequently enough. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Use <strong>lunaception</strong> to time your ovulation so you have the best odds of conceiving. It&#8217;s fine to have sex in the weeks before ovulation, especially if the sex is focused on the woman and her orgasm, but do save your best efforts for those three nights when your &#8220;moon&#8221; is full and bright and ready to frolic. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Orgasm</strong> on the part of the male is necessary for fertilization. The woman&#8217;s orgasm does increase the possibility of conception. Women who experience orgasm <strong><em>after</em></strong> their partner (up to 40 minutes after his ejaculation) have the very best chance of becoming pregnant. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Red clover</strong> is the single best remedy for women over forty who want to conceive but can&#8217;t &#8211; even if there are medical reasons for not conceiving such as blocked tubes, diabetes, ovarian cysts, internal scarring, or endometriosis. There are many heart-warming success stories I could share about red clover! But suffice to say, drinking 2-4 cups of the <em>infusion</em> of the dried blossoms (neither tincture nor tea nor pills will work for this application) seems to do wonders for fertility, no matter what your age. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>PREVENTING BIRTH DEFECTS</em></strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Boosting your nutritional status makes birth defects less of a worry. Women who drink 2-4 cups of <strong>stinging nettle</strong> infusion daily and eat cooked leafy greens as well as lettuce salads are getting the abundant folic acid, calcium, magnesium, and other minerals needed to create a healthy baby. (Tinctures, pills, and teas contain little or none of these important nutrients.) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Vitamin E</strong> is an especially critical nutrient for fertility after forty and freedom from birth defects. Freshly-ground wheat flour, cold-pressed oils, and nut butters are all good sources of vitamin E, as are stinging nettle infusion and most cooked seaweed, such as kelp. The man&#8217;s vitamin E level has as much, if not more, bearing on freedom from birth defects as does the woman&#8217;s vitamin E level. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Avoid heat</strong>, both of you. Hot tubs, even prolonged soaking in a hot bath, can cause temporary (up to several months) sterility in some men. In women, it can endanger the early embryo and trigger a miscarriage or birth defects. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Avoid drugs, both of you, including alcohol, tobacco, coffee, as well as over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs (except those you absolutely need). Your liver needs to be strong and so do your kidneys, so you can conceive and gestate a child. Instead of alcohol, which damages the liver, drink herbal infusions or alcohol-free wine or beer. Instead of tobacco, which may contribute to birth defects and low birth weight, try smoking a little dried peppermint, or, better yet, go for a walk. Instead of coffee, which challenges the kidneys, you may wish to drink green tea or black tea, or try coffee substitutes, especially the one made with dandelion roots. Instead of drugs to ease everyday aches and pains, use the gentle herbal remedies instead. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>EMOTIONAL ISSUES</em></strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Ambivalence about pregnancy and parenthood is normal and natural. But the older a woman gets, the more complicated her emotions about it may be. Add to her emotional soup pot strong opinions from family and friends, confusing information spread by the popular media, and fear-inducing pronouncements from &#8220;helpful&#8221; medical professionals, and that pot will be in danger of boiling over. Herewith then, some wise woman hints for keeping your cool in the midst of overt and covert confusion. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Contrary to current opinion, having children in your forties is ordinary and common worldwide. The Bible mentions several women having children in their fifties. What is unusual and unique to our time is having a first child in one&#8217;s forties. Our mother&#8217;s, mother&#8217;s, mothers were having their fifth or eighth or tenth child when they were in their forties, not their first. If people tell you it just isn&#8217;t done, close your eyes and call upon the spirit of your great-great-great-great grandmother, then smile and tell them it seems utterly ordinary to you. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Feeling tense and distressed about choosing or refusing motherhood? <strong>Motherwort tincture</strong> is my favorite calmative. A dose of 10-20 drops helps clear your mind, eases your tension, and assists you in discerning the best path to follow. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Bach flower remedies</strong> excel as helpers when you are feeling emotionally overwhelmed. Try: </span></p>
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<li><em>Aspen</em> when you feel anxious, apprehensive, or afraid of the unknown.</li>
<li><em>Mimulus</em> when you are dwelling on a specific fear.</li>
<li><em>Elm</em> when you feel overwhelmed or inadequate.</li>
<li><em>Red Chestnut</em> when you are afraid for or worried about your baby to be.</li>
<li><em>Rock Rose</em> when you are trembling, shaking, or weeping from anxiety or fear.</li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Regular <strong>gentle massage</strong> or <strong>Reiki treatments</strong> not only help you calm your distress, they also guide you in creating a strong center that&#8217;s resistant to being pushed around by other people&#8217;s opinions. Massage and/or Reiki also help prepare your mind/body for a healthy pregnancy and a safe birth. </span></p>
<p><span id="intelliTxt"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>SPECIAL ALLIES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN OVER FORTY</em></strong> </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The single most important herb for pregnant women over forty is <strong>comfrey</strong> (<em>Symphytum uplandica</em> hybrids). The <strong>leaves</strong> of the mature plant contain an abundance of constituents beneficial to mother and babe, including generous amounts of minerals, alantoin, proteins, and many vitamins. The minerals in comfrey help ensure healthy nervous system growth; the fetus&#8217;s developing brain uses the proteins. And the alantoin helps the mother&#8217;s tissues become stretchy and elastic. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> Aging can lead to increased stiffness and brittleness in bones and muscles, making pregnancy more arduous and painful, labor slower and more difficult, and injury more likely during birth. The hormones of pregnancy, which help soften and relax the pelvic tissues, may not be produced in adequate amounts. Comfrey comes to the rescue! Comfrey creates flexible and strong tissues throughout the body especially mucus surfaces (including intestines, uterus, bladder and vagina), the bones, the ligaments and tendons, and the skin. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> Regular use of the leaf infusion, at least a quart a week, promotes a safe delivery by: </span></p>
<ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"></p>
<li>strengthening uterine muscles and preparing them to work easily and well</li>
<li>strengthening perineal tissues so they become resistant to tearing</li>
<li>strengthening uterine ligaments so the uterus does not prolapse</li>
<li>strengthening the bladder and increasing resistance to bacterial infection</li>
<li>strengthening the vagina and helping to promote an environment hostile to infection</li>
<li>providing easily assimilated minerals to prevent eclampsia and other complications</li>
<li>helping the bones of the pelvis flex and open during birth</li>
<li>increasing iron in the blood and thus forestalling post-partum hemorrhage.</li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">I harvest the flowering stalks when they are fully formed; and I am careful to use the cultivated garden comfrey, which grows very tall and has purplish, pinkish, bluish flowers. I avoid wild comfrey, which stays rather small even when flowering, and has cream-colored, white, or yellowish flowers. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Some people feel that comfrey is not safe to use during pregnancy. Some people feel comfrey is not safe to use internally at all. I disagree. The roots of comfrey do contain compounds that are best avoided during pregnancy (as do all parts of the wild plant). In fact, I rarely use comfrey root because of the possibility of liver congestion, and I strongly caution those who have had hepatitis, chemotherapy, or alcohol problems to strictly avoid comfrey root. Yet even these people can benefit from use of comfrey <em>leaf</em> infusions. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Another important herbal ally for women over forty who desire a child is <strong>chaste tree</strong> (<em>Vitex agnus-castii</em>). It has been used in Africa and parts of Europe for several thousand years to discourage the male libido. In women, the effects seem to be the opposite! It may also be a fertility enhancer. Most importantly, chaste tree is a strengthening tonic for the pituitary gland, the master control gland for the endocrine system. Daily use of the tincture of the berries (1 dropperful/1 ml 2-3 times daily) had been shown to increase progesterone &#8211; the hormone of pregnancy &#8211; and luteinizing hormone &#8211; which promotes conception. Because it can lower prolactin levels, chaste tree is best discontinued during the last trimester of pregnancy. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Dong quai</strong> (<em>Angelica sinensis</em>) is not recommended for women over forty. In general, this herb promotes blood flow to the uterus and surrounding tissues. This can promote the growth of fibroids and increase the risk of post-partum hemorrhage. Ginger is a better warming tonic; motherwort is better at relieving pain; and raspberry is better at preparing the uterus for birth. </span></p>
<hr /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: x-small;">For more information about herbs and pregnancy, including herbs to use during birth, to improve lactation, and to help the newborn infant, see: <em><a href="http://www.storknet.com/bookshelf/childbearing.htm" target="_blank"><strong><em>Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year</em></strong></a></em>, by Ash Tree Publishing. To receive a free brochure of classes and correspondence courses available from Susun S Weed, contact her at:<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>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&#8217;s put our opinions across. Here are the details:</strong></p>
<p><em>Hi there,</p>
<p>I’m writing to you from Renegade Pictures regarding a programme we’re making for the BBC about pregnancy. The documentary will be a warm, thoughtful look at pregnancy today, in which our expectant presenter will meet 7 women having a baby at different times of their lives &#8211; and with equally diverse lifestyles. We’re really keen that this documentary will explore the wide range of options that are available to women, providing a fascinating insight into this very special time.</p>
<p>We’re looking to contact women in the UK who are having their first baby and are particularly keen to feature women who are in their late 30’s, 40’s or 50’s who are currently pregnant and have been successful through IVF or alternative fertility treatments. We hope this will be a positive opportunity for them to talk about their experiences, choices, and outlooks, and really want to offer them the opportunity to put their opinions across – perhaps challenging stereotypes if they are passionate about that.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in finding out more you can call me on: 07548 948 995 or email: baby@renegadepictures.co.uk.</em></p>
<p><em>Many thanks and best wishes,</em></p>
<p><em>Paula</em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received the following question on my blog which I thought very interesting: Hi, I&#8217;ve read that if I get pregnant, I&#8217;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&#8217;m quite confused now. I want to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received the following question on my blog which I thought very interesting:</p>
<p><em style="color: #3333ff;">Hi,<br /> I&#8217;ve read that if I get pregnant, I&#8217;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&#8217;m quite confused now. I want to be pregnant but don&#8217;t want an abnormal baby&#8230;</em></p>
<p>I forwarded the question to MD Mr. Olegs Tucs at the Nairobi IVF Centre in Kenya (he is always VERY helpful in answering any questions) and this is the response that he gave:</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">During pregnancy estradiol and progesteron levels are naturally highly elevated if compared to non-pregnant conditions. In IVF or assisted reproduction in general extra estrogens are given only if there are indications of Your body not producing enough estradiol of its own. It is in case of menopause, ovarian failure and mostly in egg donation program. In those cases You will be given both progesteron and estrogen to mimic natural processes and in doses corresponding to normal body production of hormones during pregnancy. It is also necessary for Your doctor to monitor hormonal levels during treatment and adjust the dose accordingly.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;"><br /> Kind regards,<br /> MD Mr. Olegs Tucs<br /> The Nairobi IVF Center Ltd.<br /><a href="http://www.nairobiivf.com/" target="_blank">www.nairobiivf.com</a></span></em></p>
<p>I hope this reply will be helpful to others who have similar concerns.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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 at the moment I am in total denial!) that I will need to go the egg donation route.</p>
<p>Although I am not ready to give up on being able to use my own eggs (as I told you &#8211; total denial!) my attention was brought to a very informative site, <a href="http://www.infertilityanswers.net/" target="_blank" title="Infertility Answers">Infertility Answers</a>. They state that they specialise in surrogacy and egg donation, however the information on the site is relevant to all of us. I found the list of tests that are done for both male and female infertility interesting &#8211; at last I can put some names to the tests I have had!! (Is there anybody else out there like me who does not remember what everything is called?)</p>
<p>It&#8217;s worth checking the site out, there&#8217;s lots of good information there.</p>
<p>Sue</p>
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		<title>IVF Cost at the Nairobi IVF Centre, Kenya &#8211; great information!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; I have added the approximate US$ [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following reply to <a title="IVF Cost Letter" href="http://www.ivfcost.net/ivf-cost/letter-requesting-ivf-cost-ivf-success-rate-and-other-information" target="_blank">my letter</a> requesting information on <strong>IVF cost</strong>, <strong>IVF success rates</strong> and the <strong>IVF procedure</strong> was received from Nairobi IVF Centre in Kenya the day after I made the request.</p>
<p>This is a great response, Mr Olegs Tucs has answered all of my questions directly &#8211; I have added the approximate US$ values in red, he had already converted them to Euros for me. The success rates for my age group appear very good, although as I have mentioned elsewhere on this blog it is very difficult to compare there.</p>
<p>Overall I think this is a great response and  Mr Tucs will certainly be going on <a title="My IVF Shortlist" href="http://www.ivfcost.net/tag/my-ivf-shortlist" target="_blank">my shortlist</a>. The full contact details for the clinic are:</p>
<p class="title"><strong>The Nairobi IVF Centre Limited</strong></p>
<p>LandMark Plaza, Mezzanine floor<br />
Argwings Kordhek Road<br />
P.O. Box 29748 00202<br />
Nairobi<br />
Kenya<br />
Tel/Fax 254 20 2731978/82<br />
e-mail:<br />
<a href="mailto:NairobiIVF@gmail.com">NairobiIVF@gmail.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:noreh@africaonline.co.ke">noreh@africaonline.co.ke</a></p>
<p>If you check out the website there is a full list of costs, their current success rates and a very useful dictionary of infertility for people like myself who are not too well clued up on all of the jargon! I have contacted Mr. Olegs Tucs on a number of occassions and he is VERY approachable and willing to answer all questions.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s Mr. Olegs Tucs reply:</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Thank You a lot for the interest in our services.<br />
Please see answers below:<br />
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;"><br />
&gt; What is the current success rate for your clinic? (preferably by age as I know that the success rate will be much lower for somebody of my age)</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Success rate for the first 6 months of 2008 is 41% of clinical pregnancies per cycle started. For the age group over 40 we have much lower success rate of 23 %, for egg donation programm the overall success rate is 56 %. Now we are going to publish our results in East Africa Medical Journal, so hopefully in short time the most detailed information will be available.<br />
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; How many cycles do you perform per year at the clinic?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">An average of 140 IVF/ICSI cycles per year</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; What is the maximum age that you treat?<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">We do not have an age limit for IVF with donor eggs, in case of own eggs we do not do the treatment if FSH level on menstrual cycle Day 2-3 is higher than 17 mUI/ml. So we actually do not look at the age but at ovarian reserve as such.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; Are there any fertility conditions that you will not treat?<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">We are unable to do sex selection and PGD. Otherwise we try to find suitable solution for every case.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; What is your embryo transfer policy? How many embryos will you replace at one time?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">We prefer to transfer no more than 2 embryos, but final decision is base on embryo quality and patients medical history.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; What is the basic cost of the IVF treatment?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">The basic cost is KSHS 300,000 (appr. EUR 3000) <span style="color: #ff0000;">(approx. US$4,100)</span> incl. medications.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; What additional costs would / could be incurred?<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">ICSI (microinjection) if necessary &#8211; 20,000 KSHS (EUR 200) <span style="color: #ff0000;">(approx. US$275)</span>, first consultation KSHS 2000 <span style="color: #ff0000;">(approx. US$28)</span>, sperm analysis if not done elsewhere in 6 months before the treatment, KSHS 2000 <span style="color: #ff0000;">(approx US$28)</span>. Health screen and hormonal profiling if not done elsewhere in 6 months before the treatment, KSHS 30,000. <span style="color: #ff0000;">(approx. US$410)</span> I can provide more information what tests are necessary if You need so.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; What happens to the costs if the cycle has to be abandoned?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">In such a case You have to pay only for what have been done. Price breakdown will be given in details. If the first cycle fails we offer second attempt at KSHS 250,000. <span style="color: #ff0000;">(approx. US$3,430)</span></span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; How long would I need to be in Kenya for?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Ideally for the whole duration of treatment &#8211; it is ca. 3 weeks if You have a regular cycle. You can also do ovarian stimulation locally under supervision of local specialist and come for actual procedure only. Stay time will not exceed one week then and You will have to pay about half-price- that is laboratory expences. </span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; Who deals with the logistics of flights and accommodation?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">We can arrange both flight and accommodation incl. airport transfer if necessary. Or we may give You hotel details and You can arrange the accommodation on Your own.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; How is the pre-treatment carried out?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">First we need some information about Your medical history, please see the application form attached. Based on information we have the treatment schedule will be set up.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; How do I get medication?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Normally You will get medications on Your first visit to us. Alternatively we can give You the list of medications necessary so You can get those at Your location.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; How will I be monitored?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Several ( at least 2) ultrasound check ups are necessary during stimulation and we do it locally at the Clinic. </span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; How will I know that I am not being under / over stimulated?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">On the first scan ovarian response is determined as number and size of follicles growing and we will follow You up every two days to keep the stimulation under control.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; If I have a problem whilst in the UK who would I go to?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">It depends where in UK You live. We have specialists in London, but elsewhere You may need to find out who is experienced IVF specialist in Your area.</span></p>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">&gt; Is the clinic registered with any regulatory body?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">So far there are no appropriate regulatory bodies for IVF in Kenya so we are registered as private gynecological clinic at the medical board.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #000080;">Hope I have provided at least some information You need and You are welcome to ask more questions if by chance something is missing. In Your case FSH blood level is the most important criteria for us to decide if we can do IVF.</span></p>
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Kind regards,<br />
MD Mr. Olegs Tucs<br />
The Nairobi IVF Center Ltd.<br />
<a href="http://www.nairobiivf.com/" target="_blank">www.nairobiivf.com</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>UPDATE: August 2011</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I have just had some updated prices from the Nairobi IVF Centre &#8211; it&#8217;s not that the prices have increased but more a case that they have included more in their package. Here is the information I have been given:</span></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">&#8220;We have increased prices for treatment effective from this months &#8211; IVF now costs KSHS 320,000 (USD 3555) and ICSI KSHS 340,000 (USD 3777), but price now includes luteal support up to 10th week of pregnancy. IVF with donor oocytes KSHS 410,000 (USD 4555) including donor fee and luteal support.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;"> As we have switched to extended culture and vitrification, frozen embryo transfer now costs KSHS 50,000 (USD 555). </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;"> Our charges are still in Kenya shilling, so amount in USD is subject to exchange rate.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">All the best</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #000080;">Olegs Tucs&#8221;</span></em></p>
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