We deal with numerous infertile couples that have failed IVF cycles at other clinics. Most of these are poor ovarian responders and one of the most common questions they have is what the minimum of follicles required is, to move forth with an IVF cycle. They want to k......

Dr Margarete Sandelowski, Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has done some very exciting work in exploring how couples cope with their infertility. There are six patterns that she makes mention of. Six Patterns She observed that infertile coup......

Fertile couples don’t find it a challenge to make a baby in their bedrooms and most people just tend to take their reproductive ability for granted. They just presume that when they are ready to have a baby, they will have one. So, why exactly do people feel they want......

How does a Doctor deal with a Medical Error?

When the patient's course takes a downhill turn, family members will often suspect that the doctor made an error. This causes doctors to become defensive, and this widens the rift between the doctor and patient even more. Dr Pandya describes what doctors need to to do......

Improving Doctor Patient Trust

It’s common for infertile women to have pelvic pain. Many women in the reproductive age group complain of pain in the pelvis area. In some cases, this pain is just very generic and is called dysmenorrheal. However, in some cases, this pain is caused by endometriosis.......

Intrauterine insemination is an extremely common infertility treatment that is also fairly inexpensive. Since not much of technical expertise is required for it, most gynecologists offer IUI as the first treatment option for patients who have been identified to be inf......

Most infertile couples turn to IVF as their last shot at having a baby of their own. In most instances they have tried everything in the book and outside it, to get pregnant and have failed.  When they choose to do IVF, they put all their expectations and hopes into i......

Getting a sperm analysis test is important. In case the report comes back normal, it’s very reassuring for the patient; this test doesn’t have to be repeated either. If the analysis shows up as normal, the doctors won’t really have to examine the man at all as that chec......