Rest and Heal After a failed IVF cycle, a woman should rest and resist the temptation to worry over all of the ways she could have prevented it. Maintain a healthy emotional state, and consider that natural pregnancies are as rare as IVF pregnancies. Infertile women and couples may also want to avoid getting into situations where they’ll have to…
As Infertility & Surrogate Consultants, we make it safer, easier and more enjoyable for individuals and couples, surrogates, donors and professionals to grow families through assisted reproduction. We explore a variety of different fertility treatment options that could help you conceive. We provide a full-service, hands-on approach.
WHAT IS SURROGACY? To put it simply, it takes four ingredients make a baby: an egg, a sperm, a womb to grow in, and a family to go home to. You have the last ingredient, but you need a place for your baby to grow, and that’s why you’re here. Gestational surrogacy may take a number of forms, but…
If you are trying to have a baby or are just thinking about it, it is not too early to start getting ready for pregnancy. Preconception health and health care focus on things you can do before and between pregnancies to increase the chances of having a healthy baby. For some women, getting their body ready for pregnancy takes a…
WHAT IS INFERTILITY Infertility is the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve spontaneous pregnancy in one year or 6months of women <35years ”, World Health Organization (WHO). In Africa, when a couple is unable to conceive ,it is assumed to be the woman fault, hence a lot of couple remaining childless or access medical treatment after…
Failed IVF cycles are devastating for many couples and women. Why does IVF fail, and why is IVF failure so devastating? As the below article points out, IVF can fail due to a number of reasons, including failed implantation, lack of viable eggs or sperm, no fertilization, and complications with embryo transfer. Physical Reasons Financial Considerations The financial…
Myth 1: The surrogate can disappear with your baby. Busted The surrogate doesn’t get to see the baby or touch at birth. These women already have kids of their own and are aware they are not related to the babies. They are not ready for an additional child There is a signed legal agreement that names the couple as…
You Are Not Alone When couples are considering using donor eggs, it is typically not their first option or the choice they had hoped for. Many couples have charged through infertility with determination only to be stopped dead in their tracks with an option they did not expect. They suddenly feel fear, indecision, confusion, and at times, isolation. When you…
Endometriosis (en-doe-me-tree-O-sis) is an often-painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus, the endometrium grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tube and the tissue lining your pelvis. Rarely, endometria tissue may spread beyond pelvic organs. With endometriosis, displaced endometrial tissue continues to act as it normally would, it thickens, breaks…