Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common health problem experienced by 1 in 10 women of child baring age. It is caused by an imbalance of reproductive hormones and the most common cause of infertility.
In a normal and healthy menstrual cycle, the ovaries make the egg that is ovulated (released) each month. Because of the hormonal imbalance, the egg may not develop or ovulate during ovulation as it should, causing irregular or missed cycles.
Ovarian Cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form during your menstrual cycle (aka a follicle). We all have cysts on our ovaries since that’s how they work, but at times they can remain when they’re not supposed to be there.
If a normal monthly follicle keeps growing, it’s known as a functional cyst. There are two types of functional cysts…
As a part of your fertility diagnostic testing, you or your partner, may be asked to take a sperm analysis test to rule out or diagnose male factor infertility and measure the sperms quality.
Sperm quality refers to the sperm’s ability to fertilise an egg. This ability is determined by two interconnected factors: sperm motility and sperm morphology. The health of the DNA carried by the sperm is also extremely important.
On average, a minimum 75% of mature eggs should fertilise after ICSI. Sometimes total fertilisation failure (TFF) or total abnormal fertilisation fertilisation (such as 1PN or 3PN) can occur (in up to 3% of ICSI cases) and cause Low Egg Fertilization Rate.
Sometimes, regardless of maternal age and embryo quality, some IVF cycles fail. When this happens it is a devastating blow, both emotionally and financially and the most common question is WHY?
Congratulations! After taking on IVF for a chance to conceive, you succeeded and have a little bundle of joy at home. Now you’re wondering what are the chances of conceiving a second child with IVF.
You’re finding yourself in this awkward phase of your journey where you are both a mom and still infertile. While some may throw insensitive comments your way about how “your body knows what to do now” or “your infertility is probably corrected,” they would be wrong.
We are born with a certain number of eggs in our ovaries – this is our ovarian reserve. If you are told you have a low or diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), this means that your egg number is lower than what is expected for your age.
Endometriosis is a disease in which cells similar to those that line the uterus may grow elsewhere in the body, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes, resulting in extremely painful periods and sometimes causing infertility.
Endometriosis causes distortion of the pelvis and the release of inflammatory markers: macrophages and cytokines. But the impact of endometriosis goes beyond this.
