Category Archives: Conception
← Older postsTop Five Things to Think About Before Scheduling a Donor Book Viewing
Vicki Meagher is our donor egg co-ordinator and is responsible for matching our patients with suitable egg donors. In this blog, she writes about the things a couple can do prior to seeing her for the book with the pictures of available egg donors. Continue reading
The case for elective single-embryo transfer
Elective single-embryo transfer during IVF is the best way to prevent multiple pregnancy during IVF. Historically, multiple embryo transfer has been the norm in order maintain a good pregnancy rate. For the past few years, pregnancy rates have increased dramatically and in appropriate candidates, eSET will have pregnancy rates similar to double embryo transfer with a marked reduction in the incidence of multiple pregnancies. Continue reading
The top 5 things you should know about egg quality
Liza Roscetti discussed the top 5 things about egg quality that every patient should know. Egg quality is a critical factor that impacts IVF success rates. Egg quality can be compromised by age, surgery, radio- and chemotherapy. A health lifestyle may help improve your chances of conception. Continue reading
The clock is ticking! Or is it?
A recent paper in the journal Nature presents the possibility of harvesting stem cells from adult ovaries and then culturing them into mature eggs. This theoretically could help women turn back the “biological clock”. In this blog, Liza Roscetti discusses the details of this paper and the fact that it will be at least a few more years before this can be offered to our patient. Continue reading
The poor responder in IVF: is the prognosis always poor?
Poor responders are a difficult group of patients with lower pregnancy rates than normal responders. Are there any criteria, which can be used to differentiate poor responders with pregnancy prospects close to zero with those poor responders who still have a reasonable chance of getting pregnant? This important issue is the discussed in this blog. Continue reading










