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← Older postsWhat are the causes of recurrent pregnancy loss?
Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a emotionally challenging and (unfortunately) a fairly commonly faced problem in a fertility clinic. The various causes of RPL are presented in this blog which is the first of a series on RPL. 50% of spontaneous miscarriages will be aneuploid (abnormal chromosomes). This, however, is not true especially in young patients with RPL where the number is closer to 35%. Continue reading
Fibroid tumors
Fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumors of the uterus. They also are a common finding in women trying to conceive. This blog provides a link to a full-length video developed by The American Society for Reproductive Medicine Patient Education Society in cooperation with the Fibroid Special Interest Group. Continue reading
How is it like to be a parent for the first time after age 40 using in vitro fertilization?
This blog summarizes the findings of an interesting paper concerning the experiences of couples and single women who had their first child after age 40 using IVF. Most women and men believed that childbearing later in life resulted in advantages for themselves and their families. These included having established careers with financial security and career-time flexibility, enhanced emotional preparedness, committed co-par- enting relationships and a positive overall family experience. The main disadvantage was the unexpected difficulty in conceiving that culmi- nated in the use of IVF and resulted in a smaller family than desired, although many expressed feeling ‘lucky’ to have children at all. Other disadvantages were lack of energy for parenting, less available lifetime to spend with children and anticipated stigma as older parents. Continue reading
Laptop computers connected to the internet through Wi-Fi may decrease sperm fertility potential.
This blog reviews a recent paper which suggests that radio frequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMW) from laptop computers connected to the internet decrease male fertility potential. Heat from the computers may also have a negative impact on male fertility. The investigators suggest that the negative effect from RF-EMW is independent of the effect of heat. Continue reading
Early embryo development as seen with time-lapse images
The Embryoscope is an exciting new development in the embryology laboratory. With its time-lapse images, it makes it possible to evaluate early embryo development. This may in turn help us pick out the “one” good embryo that results in a pregnancy Continue reading
