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Low ovarian reserve? Causes and possibilities of getting pregnant
Low ovarian reserve refers to the low number of oocytes available in a woman's ovaries at a given time in her life. It is one of the main causes of female infertility and is strongly related to age, since after 35 years of age, the ovarian reserve drops drastically. Read more
What are Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART)? - Types & Costs
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is the set of techniques and treatments recommended in cases of male and female infertility to achieve pregnancy. Read more
What's the difference between freezing and vitrification of eggs?
There are two protocols for cryopreserving eggs: slow freezing and vitrification. Today, egg vitrification has replaced slow freezing because their survival rates are much higher. Read more
Swyer's syndrome: causes, symptoms and possibility of pregnancy
Swyer syndrome or pure 46 XY gonadal dysgenesis is a genetic alteration of unknown exact cause. It is the absence of correlation between phenotypic and genotypic sex. Therefore, these females are XY instead of being XX, although they have female genitalia. Read more
Embryo transfer: How many embryos should be transferred in IVF?
Deciding the number of embryos to transfer influences the success rates, whether they are vitrified (frozen), fresh or ovodonation embryo cycles. Read more
Uterine Factor Infertility - Diagnosis, Characteristics & Treatment
Uterine factor infertility or UFI refers to the set of causes of female infertility due to uterine causes, including Müllerian duct or uterine anomalies, alterations in the uterine lining, tumors, etc. Click here to read more. Read more
How to choose the best clinic for egg donation?
Many young women decide to go to an assisted reproduction centre to donate eggs. However, the woman may have doubts about where to go and about the whole procedure. Therefore, the first visit of a potential egg donor to an assisted reproduction centre will be informative. Read more
What is meant by egg vitrification and what are its advantages?
Vitrification or "freezing" of eggs is the assisted reproduction technique that allows preserving a woman's fertility until the moment she wishes to become a mother. In this way, the eggs remain vitrified in liquid nitrogen at -196ºC until the woman decides to use them to become pregnant. Read more
How to pause the biological clock and decide when to become a mother?
Oocyte vitrification is an assisted reproduction technique that allows women to preserve their fertility. Thus, when they wish to become mothers, they do not encounter the difficulties inherent to their age. It is therefore a matter of cheating the woman's biological clock. Read more
Midwest Centre for Reproductive Health
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The Midwest Centre for Reproductive health is a fertility clinic based in Maple Grove, Minnesota. They offer several reproductive techniques including AI, IVF, fertility testing and egg and sperm donation. Read more
What is Turner syndrome? Its causes, characteristics and pregnancy
Turner syndrome is an illness caused by the absence of an X chromosome in females. This results in the lack of sexual development, fertility and other associated disorders. Read more
What Is Hemophilia? Causes, Symptoms and Pregnancy
Haemophilia is a genetic disease that affects blood clotting and can cause major haemorrhages in severe cases. Since it has an X-linked recessive inheritance pattern, most of those affected are males. Read more
