If your test results show up as abnormal during your infertility workup, there really is no reason to panic. In a way, it’s a good sign, the silver lining so to say.  Now, you have found the probable cause that can be remedied. There is bound to be a great deal of anx......

Most women are very sensitive when the topic about their age is brought up. This is the case, regardless of what her age is. In case the woman is infertile, she will be touchier about this. She knows that her biological clock is ticking away and that she cant rewind i......

We do have a large number of older patients coming in for treatment. Most have poor ovarian reserves and high FSH levels and they want us to do IVF for them, using their own eggs. The first thing I tell them is that they have to be realistic and understand that the ch......

Everything in the medical world is changing at a very rapid pace and so is the technology used in it. Current day medical testing equipment is very sensitive and tends to pick up even the smallest of abnormalities. It’s not uncommon for women in the reproductive age......

A large number of IVF specialists don’t really know exactly how to deal with the Empty Follicle Syndrome. This is a guide for IVF doctors dealing with EFS. In any IVF clinic, vaginal egg collection is a very routine procedure and all it takes is 20 minutes to do it.......

The 2WW is the crucial period in an IVF cycle and most women walk on eggs in these 15 days. They are scared that in case they do something wrong post the embryo transfer, their embryos will get harmed.  This is also one of the reasons why some women also take leave fr......

Is it possible for me to ascertain from the level of hCG in my blood, whether my pregnancy is a healthy one or not? Yes, that is possible, but only to a certain extent.  The human chorionic gonadotropins (hCG) hormone is a very remarkable hormone. It’s unusual because......

It can be very difficult to handle IVF failure as it affects not just the mind but the body as well. Whether you should stop or continue with the treatment is more of a personal decision, rather than one that your doctor or anyone else can help you with. It’s not unco......

Not only does infertility cause a lot of stress to the woman (because she has to undergo so many tests and treatments), but it also causes a great deal of stress between husband and wife. This can lead them to a point where they feel they are going insane, if it isn’t......

I always tell my patients that if they have opted to do IVF, its only one of the many options available to them.  Though I am an IVF specialist and am aware that most of the patients that come to me do so because they want to do IVF, one of the first things I tell the......