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The Infertile Woman

Egg freezing - the lies doctors peddle about egg freezing

  While the Times of India article about a celebrity carrying a twin pregnancy after egg freezing will help increase awareness about the option of social egg freezing as a method for preserving fertility in older women, I am very concerned about the misleading mess......

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Why PCO patients should induce a period every month

Polycystic ovarian disease ( PCOD) is a common cause of infertility. Typically, most of these patients have irregular cycles because they don't ovulate regularly. Now, because they don't ovulate, they don't get pregnant , and they don't get regular periods either . Th......

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The Fallopian Tubes and Tubal Infertility

Fallopian tubes are an important part of infertility diagnosis. Disease of the tubes are a common cause of infertility. Fortunately there are efficient tests for tubal disease. What are the fallopian tubes ? How do tubal diseases cause infertility ? How is tubal diseas......

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Irregular cycles and infertility - is it PCOD or poor ovarian reserve ?

The most common cause for irregular cycle is PCOD - Polycystic Ovarian Disease. Then again, it could be that the Anovulation is due to poor ovarian reserve - a condition called the Oopause. However, if this is mistakenly diagnosed as PCOD, precious time is wasted and th......

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Treating endometriosis in an infertile woman

Often, endometriosis is diagnosed and treated by burning off the lesions during laparoscopy. . If the woman does not get pregnant after this, she gets a second opinion and repeats the process. Unfortunately, this may continue for a few painful rounds. The sad truth is t......

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PCOD - Causes, Symptoms &Treatment | A complete guide for infertile women

PCOD ( polycystic ovarian disease) is one of the commoner causes of infertility. It's a chronic disease, which patients need to learn to manage themselves. Sadly, lots of patients with PCOD are very confused. They seem to understand very little about their own problem......

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Oopause - poor ovarian response

Usually, ovarian function goes hand in hand with age, and as a women becomes older, her ovarian response starts declining. Every girl is born with a finite number of eggs, and their number progressively declines with age. A measure of the remaining number of eggs in the......

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