Fat mums 43 per cent more likely to miscarry

Overweight women are at greater risk of miscarrying a genetically normal
baby in the early stages of pregnancy than women who maintain a healthy
weight, according to a new study by scientists at the Stanford University
School of Medicine in California, US. The researchers, presenting at the
annual American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) conference,
suggested that this indicates that [...]

The First Male Pregnancy

Understanding embryo implantation offers insight

Scientists at the University of Oxford, UK, believe they have identified the way in which embryos implant in the uterus, providing essential information which may be used in the future for infertility treatments and offering hope to thousands of infertile couples. Implantation of an embryo to the lining of the mother’s uterus is an essential [...]

Depression and Infertility

Research studies have documented the correlation between stress and infertility  since the 1980s. The usefulness of such information has lagged because the focus has been on vague definitions of anxiety, rather than symptoms of depression. Recently, however, a refined look at depressive symptoms and their impact on biology has been enlightening, offering new hope and a [...]

Smoking damages female fertility

Heavy smoking may reduce a woman’s fertility by directly affecting the uterus, the results of a new study indicate.

According to a team of European researchers, it has long been known that smoking affects female fertility. However this is believed to be the first study to show that the habit actually damages the lining of the [...]

UK Couple to Test Embryos for high Cholesterol disorder

UK doctors are expected to receive permission to help a couple avoid passing on a hereditary condition that causes very high blood cholesterol to their children, according to the Times. The newspaper reports that a team lead by Paul Serhal, of University College London, will be granted a license by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology [...]

A step towards three-parent babies?

 
Scientists at the University of Newcastle are developing a technique that they hope will enable women with a group of devastating hereditary illnesses – known as mitochondrial diseases – to have children without passing on their genetic disorders. Because the method involves sperm from one man and two eggs from different women it has been [...]

Blastocyst Embryo Transfer

Blastocyst transfer achieved the first IVF human pregnancy. Blastocyst transfer is claimed to be more physiological than pronucleate or cleaved-embryo transfer is as it mimics nature more closely. As the embryo advances in the development, after 5-6 days it becomes a blastocyst(see picture). This has an outer thin layer of cells, which will later form [...]

Egg Quality

A common cause of infertility in women is poor egg quality. Poor egg quality does not have to be the end of your chances for pregnancy – a variety of unique fertility treatments are available to help you achieve your pregnancy. All women have a finite number of eggs  in their body which, when released [...]