Category Archives: IVF

IVF stories help others deal with the frustration, disappointment, and delay that comes with IVF.

IVF denied to smokers and overweight couples

Smoker Denied iVF

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The ruling has been introduced by the Peninsula Health Technology Commissioning Group, which regulates the region’s NHS fertility treatment. Group chairman Dr Virginia Pearson said there was a link between smoking, weight and the success of treatment. But Dr Andy … Continue reading

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IVF chances boosted by 10 percent using new procedure

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05 March 2012 By Linda Wijlaars Appeared in BioNews 647 Protecting embryos from a laboratory environment during IVF treatment could increase successful pregnancy rates from 35 percent to 45 percent. A novel system, trialled in a recent study, consists of … Continue reading

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IVF helps to protect baby’s sight

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By Alexa Kaczka Nowadays, in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) is commonplace when it comes to conceiving a new child, but advances in the technology have taken it to heights never imaged when it was first developed. Processes such as Genea for Preimplantation … Continue reading

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New test can better predict successful IVF embryos

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Scientists at University College Dublin have discovered a new way of measuring the potential success rate of an embryo before it is transferred back into the womb during in vitro fertilisation (IVF). According to the findings published online in the … Continue reading

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Infertilit-He – An IVF Story

IVF Infertilit-He

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The doctor’s plan to put several sperm samples together to use for a try at insemination had just run into a roadblock. Enter plan B: In Vitro Fertilization My wife and I had already been through the suggested informational sessions … Continue reading

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Reproductive Technology Tips for Faith-Based Couples

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Reproductive Technology for Faith Based Couples The technologies available to people who want to have a baby but struggle to conceive naturally are many and growing, such as medications, intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), donated eggs and sperm, … Continue reading

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Natural IVF video from Create Health

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LONDON, 14 February 2012: It’s been over 33 years since Louise Brown was conceived using ‘natural IVF’. In the decades since Natural IVF began, high dose ovarian stimulating drugs are used in most IVF cycles. However, powerful drugs delivered in … Continue reading

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Cut IVF multiple births to 10 percent, says HFEA

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13 February 2012 By Nishat Hyder Appeared in BioNews 644 The rate of multiple births resulting from IVF treatment is to be no more than ten percent, announced the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA), in the final stage of … Continue reading

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Baby born after ‘unique’ IVF treatment

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This is baby Vivienne who was conceived by sperm that had been frozen for a generation – the oldest ever to successfully create a child in Britain. Fertility doctors used sperm that had been frozen in 1987 – when Margaret … Continue reading

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